Leicester University Ranking Information - Top 15 in All UK League Tables

By Loke Yuen Wong

Leicester is a First Class University with strong reputation in teaching and research.

Founded in 1921, the University of Leicester is a top ranked UK university with strong international reputation in research and teaching. Today the university has 20,000 students with nearly 10,000 full time undergraduates and over 6,000 students studying its international courses through distance learning.

The University offers more than 140 undergraduate degree programs and 100 postgraduate degree programs with a wide range of courses and options available.

In the recent years Leicester is moving up its ranking in all major league tables in the UK and the world. It is now ranked as a Top 15 UK university, challenging for a place in the top ten.

University Ranking Information:

-Leicester is ranked 12th in the UK by the Complete University Guide 2008. It is described as a "first class university" by the Guide, signifying its outstanding performance in the ranking profile.

-Leicester is ranked joint 16th among all UK universities and joint 151st in the world by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University League Table. It is one of only 21 UK universities to feature in the world top 200 universities.

-It is ranked in14th place by both the Times Good University Guide and the Guardian University Guide 2009.

-The university was shortlisted for the award of the "University of The Year" by the Times Higher Education Supplement in 2005 and 2006. It was also shortlisted by the Sunday Times as University of the Year 2007.

-It was ranked joint first (with Loughborough University) for overall student satisfaction and teaching quality in the National Student Survey.

-It gained 13 grades of 5 and 5* ratings in the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2001).

-It has achieved 14 successive teaching scores of "excellent" (at least a score of 22 out of 24) from the Government's Quality Assurance Agency (QAA).

For more information on the latest university rankings (Australia, Canada, UK, USA and the world), please visit the Good University Ranking Guide and World Ranking Guide The author, LY Wong, holds an MBA from Heriot-Watt University (UK) and a BCom degree from The University of Adelaide (Australia).