About our students
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As a top 20 UK university with a worldwide reputation for research you’re sure to meet some of Britain’s brightest students. Yet they all share the drive, ambition and sheer pluck to match their qualifications. |
Why employers like |
Extra dimension
At Leicester we encourage the brightest students from a range of different backgrounds and it’s an approach that benefits our organisation and yours. For you it means an introduction to candidates who have already developed the real world skills and the determination to succeed that is so vital for your business.
Their first class education blended with real world experience can bring a breadth of talent to your business that you won’t find anywhere else.
Some Facts
- Leicester students on average have just short of AAB at A Level.
- Our 4,500 final year undergrads and masters’ students study a range of subjects from Historical Studies to Economics, Chemistry, Engineering, Biology and Mathematics.
- Our students are taught well. Leicester has been ranked in the top 20 of the Times and Guardian league tables for the past four years and provides a first class education - placed second (to Oxbridge) for the quality of lecturing staff in the Times Higher Student Experience Survey 2010.
- Leicester has one of the strongest student completion rates – 91% of our students leave the sector with an award according to government performance indicators.
- Our students come from a global community, with more than 80 countries represented on campus.
- Almost half of our students are studying at postgraduate level.
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