University of Leicester

University Road, Leicester

#=285 QS Global World Ranking
PublicStatus
Very HighResearch Output
19,466Total Students
1,656Faculty
6,787Int'l Students

About

The University of Leicester is a leading UK University committed to international excellence through the creation of world changing research and high quality, inspirational teaching. Leicester is the most socially inclusive of Britain's top-20 leading universities.Our StandingThe University of Leicester was the THE University of the Year 2008-9. In awarding the title the judges cited Leicester’s ability to “evidence commitment to high quality, a belief in the synergy of teaching and research and a conviction that higher education is a power for good”. Leicester was, said the judges, "elite...
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University highlights

2012
#185
2014
#=202
2015
#211
2016
#=235
2017
#=239
2018
#238
2019
#=223
2020
#=239
2021
#=242
2022
#=236
2023
#279
2024
#=272
2025
#=285

Ranking criteria

37.2

Overall

19.8

Academic Reputation

43.4

Citations per Faculty

22.7

Employment Outcomes

13.7

Employer Reputation

30.8

Faculty Student Ratio

International Faculty Ratio

88.8

International Research Network

95.3

International Students Ratio

Sustainability

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Student & Staff

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Data

Total students

19,466

PG students

22%

UG students

78%

International students

6,787

PG students

45%

UG students

55%

Total faculty staff

1,656

Int'l staff

590

Domestic staff

1066

Total students

19,466

PG students

22%

UG students

78%

International students

6,787

PG students

45%

UG students

55%

Total faculty staff

1,656

Domestic staff

1066

Int'l staff

590

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Scholarships

Offered

Yes

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