Universities

University of Leicester

Founded as a university college in 1921 and granted its Royal Charter in 1957
There are 23,000 students and around 24% come from outside of the European Union, from a total of more than 70 countries
The university library has been completely refurbished and extended as part of a £300,000 campus development plan
A variety of campus services inc. restaurants, sports facilities and a health centre
Newly refurbished Student Union including a 1750 capacity entertainment venue
University of Leicester are proud to be a fixture in the top 20 of all major national league tables and ranked in the top 2% of universities in the world by both the QS World University Rankings 2011 and The World University Rankings
In 2011 Leicester was rated second only to Oxbridge for student satisfaction

22,000 students supported by 2,700 staff and was founded in 1870, originally as Leicester School of Arts
De Montford University boosts the UK economy by £389 million each year and has created more than 12,000 jobs
It proudly boasts 13 National Teaching Fellows, higher education’s most prestigious teaching awards
Four faculties offering 400 diverse undergraduate and postgraduate subjects, with full-time, part-time and distance learning options offering flexibility
The Faculty of Business and Law was ranked seventh out of 110 institutions for its levels of student satisfaction
De Montfort University is a public research and teaching university 40% of the University’s research is deemed ‘world leading
De Montfort’s Institute of Creative Technologies will also advise Nanjing University on a digital recreation of medieval China