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Inspirational Teaching

Passionate people make for high quality teaching, that's why the Leicester learning experience is unique.

Alec Jeffreys with a student

A Leicester student shares our passion for their subject - that's what makes the learning experience at Leicester so special. Learning from enthusiastic, research active academics is infectious and creates a stimulating learning experience that enables you to go far.

High Quality Teaching

We're ranked top after Oxbridge in the 2011 National Student Survey amongst 120 mainstream public universities in the UK. Leicester's levels of student satisfaction have been consistently in the top-10 since the annual survey commenced in 2005.

Our commitment to your education means you will be:

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  • Taught by many leading research academics.
  • Interact with academics in regular lectures, seminars and tutorials.
  • Take flexible degrees that provide you with a variety of modules to reflect your interests.
  • Participate in interactive teaching methods ranging from lectures and seminars to online resources.

"The lecturers are really passionate and share their research with their students. This makes the learning experience unique."

Safeera, Sociology Undergraduate

Read more about what our students say

How Our Research Benefits You

Our world-class research continues to encourage the best academic minds to join our teaching staff (we have one of the highest proportions of staff who are research active in the UK); teachers at the cutting edge of their field, whose passion for their subjects results in exciting and innovative teaching.

Add that to a great all-round student experience and it's easy to why we are consistently rated so highly by our students in the National Student Survey.

Choosing Leicester means that you'll be choosing an experience that will make more of you; get a high quality degree here and get a much better start out there.

Find out more about how we help you get a head start once you graduate
Research that inspires your teaching

In 1984, Alec Jeffreys discovered the technique of genetic fingerprinting in a laboratory in the Department of Genetics. Twenty five years later, in 2009, Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys still conducts his research in the same Department - and teaches there too.

Simon James in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History has examined the rich archaeological remains of one of Rome's eastermost garrisons in the city of Dura on the Euphrates, uncovering evidence of chemical warfare from the 3rd century AD.

The Department of Physics and Astronomy supplied components for NASA’s Swift satellite which has greatly expanded our knowledge of gamma ray bursts. The University of Leicester also hosts the UK Swift Science Data Centre.