Loughborough University is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England Loughborough University is based on a superb 440 acre single-site campus at the heart of the UK with an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research, strong links with industry and an unrivalled reputation for sport.
Nottingham and Leicester are under 30 minutes away from Leicester and London is two hours away by train. De Montfort University, University of Leicester and University of Derby are some of the other universities in the region.
With the launch of the Loughborough University London, the institutions has increased its postgraduate presence with a campus at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford.
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Reputation
Things you should know
It has been awarded the Green Flag Award for its vibrant campus in 2018/19 recognized as one of the nation’s best green spaces.
Loughborough is also home to the UK’s largest annual graduate careers fair with more than 260 exhibitors in attendance and offering opportunities for students.
Loughborough University was ranked 4th in the 2020 Guardian University League table and 8th according to the complete university guide nationally.
Loughborough was named University of the Year 2019 in The Times and Sunday Times University Good University Guide.
Loughborough was also given the title of University of the year at the Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2018.
Loughborough University is ranked 219th globally according to the QS World University Rankings 2020.
In 2018 Loughborough was named best in the UK for student experience in the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey for the fifth time since 2009.
The university is the best sporting university in the world according to QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020. It is ranked 28th for Arts and Design, 49th for Communication and Media Studies and between 51 and 100 in the world for Architecture, Psychology and Mechanical Engineering.
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, over 120 athletes from Loughborough represented 8 teams, across 10 sports. In total, 35 medals were won by athletes with Loughborough connections. (if it had been classed as a country in its own right, Loughborough would have finished 11th in the 2012 medal table).
Loughborough was chosen by the British Olympic Association as the training base and official Preparation Camp for Team GB in the run-up to the London 2012 Games.
CWTS Leiden 2019 ranks Loughborough University 228th globally.
Alumni
Of Loughborough University, London
Sam Billings - England and Chennai Super King cricket player.
Sir Peter Bonfield - former chief executive of ICL and BT Group.
Diane Farr - Numbers actress.
Malcolm Sayer - Jaguar Cars designer and engineer.
Chris Read - England Cricket wicketkeeper.
Monty Panesar - England Test cricketer.
Colin McFarlane - The Dark Knight (film) actor.
Murray McArthur - Game of Thrones and Doctor Who actor.