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Leicester LE1 7RH

Tel 0116 252 5281

admissions@le.ac.uk

www.le.ac.uk

Sunday Times ranking 19= (24)

Teaching excellence 71.4%

Student satisfaction 82.3%

Head teacher ranking 52= (66=)

Peer ranking 30= (35)

Research quality 64.4%

A/AS-level points 366

A-levels for entry 90%

Unemployment 6.2%

Firsts and 2:1s 65%

Student/staff ratio 15.2:1

Dropout rate 7% (9%)

World ranking 239=

Undergraduates 7,805 (1,863)

Postgraduates 2,066 (4,428)

Teaching staff 674

Applications/places 15,732/2,477; 6.4:1 (+11.3%)

Clearing entry 5%

Bursaries 40%: £100-£1,305

Scholarships ABB: £1,000

EU/overseas 6%/10.9%

Mature 17.4%

State school 88%

Lowest social classes 25%

Low-participation areas 11%

Live in 45% (100%) £67-£138

Leicester has been consistently among the top-ranking universities in England since the national student survey (NSS) was launched in 2005. This month’s figures place just Oxbridge and Loughborough higher among multifaculty institutions and it is not hard to see why students here are happy. Teaching quality has long been recognised as top-rate across the arts, sciences, social sciences and medical fields, securing 14 excellent ratings on the bounce from 1998.

Many students benefit from academics working at the cutting edge of research in their subject. The last research assessments gave genetics the highest 5* rating, but no fewer than 12 subjects (including history, pharmacology, law and pure/applied maths) fell into the next category, all of them considered international-class in up to half the work submitted.

A newly-admitted member of the 1994 Group of medium-sized universities with strong teaching and research profiles, Leicester is confident of more success when the outcome of the next round of assessments is announced next year. So are we.

A clear demonstration of all-round strength earns it a shortlisting for our University of the Year award.

Its rising star is acknowledged in an application rate this year that is up by more than 10%. Some science subjects – where Leicester is especially strong – have seen applications climb by more than half. Next September’s entrants will be the first to benefit from a new £28m university library, part of a £300m development plan.

The campus setting undoubtedly feeds into Leicester’s high levels of student satisfaction. There are rooms for all first-years, with plenty over for those wanting a further year living in. The city centre is close to hand. The students’ union is highly rated, too, winning a national award as the best in 2005 and the runner-up last year.

The university mirrors its location with a balanced intake not found in most other top-flight institutions. More than a quarter of the students are from working class backgrounds, about one in five are recruited from overseas, one in six undergraduates are mature and the majority are state school-educated.

Now 50 years old, Leicester is a modern university in every sense.

Open days September 22; October 6.

Student view Alex Smith, students’ union officer:

USP Staff and students will make you feel welcome the moment you arrive.

Worst feature We’re a friendly place so everyone will know you well.

Location It takes 10 minutes to get from one side of the campus to the other.

Social scene The halls of residence organise events all year.

Rated excellent (19) American studies; archeology; chemistry; classics and ancient history; economics; education; English; history; history of art, architecture and design; hospitality, leisure, recreation, sport and tourism (museum studies); law; maths, statistics and operational research; medicine; molecular biosciences; organismal biosciences; physics and astronomy; politics; psychology; teacher training.

Degree of student satisfaction: 82.3%

English-based studies 88.9; Mathematical Sciences 88.1; European Languages and Area studies 87.1; Law 86.5; Physical Geography and Environmental Science 86.0; Biology and related Sciences 86.0; Business 85.3; Human and Social Geography 84.3; History and Archeology 84.1; Electronic and Electric Engineering 83.6; Politics 83.2; Physical Science 81.3; Economics 79.7; Medicine and Dentistry 77.6; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 73.0; Computer Science 72.9; Psychology 71.5; Mechanically-based Engineering 71.4

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