About the University of Leicester
The University of Leicester is led by discovery and innovation – an international centre for excellence renowned for research, teaching and widening participation in higher education. It is ranked as a top 25 UK university by the Times Higher World University Rankings, and is also among the top 25 universities in the Times Higher Education REF Research Power rankings with 75% of research adjudged to be internationally excellent with wide-ranging impacts on society, health, culture, and the environment. We have more than 18,000 students from 170 countries.

Our Centenary
The University of Leicester is the only University in the world to be established through community fundraising as a living memorial in the wake of the First World War. This is reflected in the University's motto Ut vitam habeant – 'so that they may have life'. Fundraising began on Armistice Day 1918 and the University was founded as Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland University College in 1921.

Education that Changes Lives
The University of Leicester has a long and distinguished record of discovery, with research that impacts on all of our lives. We are world renowned for the discovery of DNA genetic fingerprinting by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys and our archaeologists and scientists discovered and identified King Richard III. Every single year since 1967 has seen a Leicester-built instrument operating in space. The University is a partner in Space Park Leicester – a new hub for the analysis and commercialisation of space-enabled data and space mission development.