Choosing Leeds
The University of Leeds is one of the UK's top universities, world-famous for its teaching and research, and located in the heart of a vibrant, affordable and student friendly city. We are first choice for more than 30,000 students from over 130 different countries.
The University of Leeds is renowned for the quality of our teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Our staff hail from over 100 different countries and have won prestigious national awards for quality and innovation in teaching. We have twelve National Teaching Fellows: more than any other university in England or Northern Ireland.
Our students are sought by employers and organisations across the globe and, in the 2007 world university league tables, our 'employer' review score was a magnificent 97 out of 100.
Established in 1904, the University is a member of Britain's Russell Group, representing Britain's foremost research-led universities, and a member of the Worldwide Universities Network, a global research alliance of higher education institutions.
Living Leeds
Explore life at Leeds in our International Student lifestyle magazine.
International life at Leeds [PDF: 1.8MB]
A University which has long been one of the giants of the higher education system.
The Times Good University Guide 2007