A Top Ten UK Research University
The University of Leicester is one of the UK's leading research universities:
- 2012 QS World University Rankings place us in the Top 10 in the UK and Top 100 in the world for research citations
- 2011 Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities place us in the top 2% of world universities
- It was at Leicester that the technique of genetic fingerprinting was first developed
- Our researchers are leading the search for King Richard III
The last UK Research Assessment Exercise confirmed this position:
- We have one of the highest proportions in the UK of staff who are research active
- 87% of staff submitted were assessed as producing research of international significance
- Our School of Museum Studies was found to have the greatest concentration of world-leading researchers of any department, in any subject, in any university, anywhere in the UK
Learn more about the University's groundbreaking research in our new series of research videos.
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As a major research institution we can offer research degrees in a wide variety of fields and means that our research degree candidates benefit from working with staff and supervisors who are at the frontiers of their disciplines.
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