the university of leicester is led by discovery and innovation – an international centre for excellence renowned for research, teaching and broadening access to higher education. the university of leicester is the daily mail university of the year 2025 and shortlisted for university of the year for both the times higher education (the) awards 2024 and the times and sunday times good university guide 2025. we are highly ranked in the uk, consistently in the top 30 of major national league tables including: 25th in the uk in the 2025 the world university rankings, 27th in the times and the sunday times good university guide 2025, and 29th in the daily mail university guide 2025. leicester is among the top 30 universities in the the’s research excellence framework (ref) 2021 rankings with 89% of research assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent, with wide-ranging impacts on society, health, culture, and the environment. in 2023, the university received an overall gold in the teaching excellence framework (tef) 2023, making it one of a small number of institutions nationally to achieve tef gold alongside a top 30 ref performance. the university is home to more than 20,000 students and approximately 4,000 staff.