About
University of Leeds is a UK university founded in 1904, based in Leeds. The Teaching Excellence Framework awarded University of Leeds a Silver rating.
Academic staff have published 207 works cited 2,164 times, with an h-index of 29.
Courses at University of Leeds (532)
Accounting and Finance
University of Leeds
NSS Score
90.55%
Accounting and Finance
University of Leeds
Accounting and Finance
University of Leeds
A-Levels
AAA
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£31,500
Actuarial Mathematics
University of Leeds
A-Levels
AAA - A*BB
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£30,000
Advanced Chemical Engineering
University of Leeds
Advanced Clinical Practice
University of Leeds
Who gets into University of Leeds
See full breakdown →Full-time undergraduates admitted in 2023-24, by neighbourhood deprivation. Source: Office for Students.
From the least deprived 20% of UK neighbourhoods
31.3%
From the most deprived 20%
14.9%
The richest-area share is 16.4 percentage points higher than the poorest-area share among 5,560 entrants in 2023-24.
Notable alumni of University of Leeds
See all 247 →247 notable graduates and former students with Wikipedia coverage, ranked by international reach. Source: Wikidata.
Keir Starmer
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024
Chris Pine
American actor (born 1980)
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian writer (born 1934)
William Lawrence Bragg
Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Kenyan writer (1938–2025)
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
George Porter
British chemist (1920–2002)
Mark Knopfler
British musician
Hage Geingob
President of Namibia from 2015 to 2024
Leslie Cheung
Hong Kong singer and actor (1956–2003)
Catherine Connolly
President of Ireland since 2025 (born 1955)
Emma Mackey
British-French actress and model
Rankings
- Complete University Guide 2026
- #21
- The Guardian (UK) 2026
- #28
- QS World 2026
- #86
- Times Higher Ed (World) 2026
- #118
- ARWU (Shanghai) 2025
- #151
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Quick Facts
- Location
- Leeds
- Postcode
- LS2 9JT
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1904
- TEF Rating
- Silver