University · Leicester, United Kingdom

University of Leicester

University in Leicester, United Kingdom

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About

instance of	university higher education institution open-access publisher educational organization
inception	1921
native label	University of Leicester
legal form	royal charter company
language used	English

Location and contact

country	United Kingdom
headquarters location	Leicester
location	Leicester
street address	University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 7RH (en-gb)
postal code	LE1 7RH
coordinate location	52.6214, -1.1244
historic county	Leicestershire
official website	https://le.ac.uk · language of work or name: English
phone number	+44-116-252-2522 +44-1162522522

People and numbers

count of students	17,825
employees	2,495

Rankings and recognition

ranking	326 · QS World University Rankings · 2026 193 · Times Higher Education World University Rankings · 2026 Earlier figures (13) 285 · QS World University Rankings · 2025 272 · QS World University Rankings · 2024 279 · QS World University Rankings · 2023 236 · QS World University Rankings · 2022 242 · QS World University Rankings · 2021 239 · QS World University Rankings · 2020 223 · QS World University Rankings · 2019 238 · QS World University Rankings · 2018 239 · QS World University Rankings · 2017 235 · QS World University Rankings · 2016 211 · QS World University Rankings · 2015 202 · QS World University Rankings · 2014 185 · QS World University Rankings · 2012

ranking

326 · QS World University Rankings · 2026
193 · Times Higher Education World University Rankings · 2026

Earlier figures (13)

285 · QS World University Rankings · 2025
272 · QS World University Rankings · 2024
279 · QS World University Rankings · 2023
236 · QS World University Rankings · 2022
242 · QS World University Rankings · 2021
239 · QS World University Rankings · 2020
223 · QS World University Rankings · 2019
238 · QS World University Rankings · 2018
239 · QS World University Rankings · 2017
235 · QS World University Rankings · 2016
211 · QS World University Rankings · 2015
202 · QS World University Rankings · 2014
185 · QS World University Rankings · 2012

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit	Centre for English Local History
has part(s)	University of Leicester Special Collections University of Leicester School of Archaeology and Ancient History
affiliation	Association of MBAs
member of	ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 Jisc European University Association ELIXIR UK University and College Union · membership number: MD094

Other facts

exact match	https://findthatcharity.uk/orgid/XI-ROR-04h699437

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (4)

coat of arms image	Coat of arms of the University of Leicester.svg
escutcheon image	Escutcheon of the University of Leicester.svg
flag image	Flag of the University of Leicester.svg
image	University of Leicester towers 2010.jpg

Wikimedia and technical details (9)

Commons category	University of Leicester
topic's main category	Category:University of Leicester
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Alumni of the University of Leicester
on focus list of Wikimedia project	Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher
IPv6 routing prefix	2001:630:306::/48
IPv4 routing prefix	143.210.0.0/16
API endpoint URL	https://idp.le.ac.uk/shibboleth · protocol: Shibboleth
archives at	University of Leicester Special Collections
social media followers	59,592 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 81089247 · 9 February 2023 83,400 · YouTube channel ID: UCkeCxFOMe2flWaZwQYt1Npg · 11 May 2025 Earlier figures (7) 57,204 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 81089247 · 9 January 2022 55,428 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 81089247 · 3 January 2021 53,882 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 81089247 · 24 April 2020 75,700 · YouTube channel ID: UCkeCxFOMe2flWaZwQYt1Npg · 4 May 2024 69,200 · YouTube channel ID: UCkeCxFOMe2flWaZwQYt1Npg · 17 February 2023 60,100 · YouTube channel ID: UCkeCxFOMe2flWaZwQYt1Npg · 18 March 2022 51,600 · YouTube channel ID: UCkeCxFOMe2flWaZwQYt1Npg · 3 July 2021

Identifiers in other databases (65)

Academia.edu institutional ID	leicester
Art UK collection ID	university-of-leicester-762
ARWU university ID	University-of-Leicester
Athenaeum museum ID	4172
Baidu Tieba name	莱斯特大学 · number of works: 80,141 · 12 March 2023
BBC News topic ID	cw84vyek6ewt
BBC Things ID	9b9ce9d3-8a22-4abf-a377-a690682cb460
Bibale ID	41249
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	12083436x
BIBSYS ID	6074520
British Museum person or institution ID	205095
Canadiana Name Authority ID	ncf11104233
CiNii Research ID	1980023484814236042 · subject named as: University of Leicester
Companies House company ID	RC000659
Crunchbase organization ID	university-of-leicester
Delfi.ee topic ID	64663582
DfE URN	133832
domain name	le.ac.uk
Facebook username	UniofLeicester
FactGrid item ID	Q1123078
Freebase ID	/m/01zn4y
Gateway to Research organization ID	C842A34F-18F7-454D-A259-FED802368496 · subject named as: University of Leicester AE0A6F70-C175-4550-B08F-74C8790007BB · subject named as: The University of Leicester
GeoNames ID	6640320
GND ID	1013524-8
Google Maps Customer ID	17931671249630396484
GRID ID	grid.9918.9
IATI organisation ID	GB-COH-RC000659
IdRef ID	029148472
Instagram username	uniofleicester
ISNI	0000000419368411
J9U entity ID	987007601444705171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID	1013524-8
KISTI ID	K000206648
Legal Entity Identifier	2138002X7QPA29XUAS85
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n80126213
LittleSis organization ID	94705
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	153648349
MusicBrainz place ID	f0fa89e1-3a29-4c6a-984c-c2a594e23728
NACSIS-CAT author ID	DA02065743
National Library of Brazil ID	000378331
NL CR AUT ID	ko2008486974 · subject named as: University of Leicester kn20081209014 · subject named as: University College of Leicester
Open Funder Registry funder ID	501100000738
OpenAlex ID	P4310311553 · subject named as: University of Leicester
OpenCorporates organization ID	gb/RC000659
openMLOL author ID	161342
QS World University ID	university-leicester
Quora topic ID	University-of-Leicester
Ringgold ID	4488
ROR ID	04h699437
SNARC ID	Q46930
subreddit	uol · language of work or name: English · subject named as: University of Leicester · 24 May 2023
The Guardian topic ID	education/universityofleicester
Times Higher Education World University ID	university-leicester
U-Multirank university ID	university-of-leicester
UK Parliament thesaurus ID	42714 · subject named as: University of Leicester
UK Provider Reference Number	10007796
UniRank ID	4792
University of Barcelona authority ID	981058584356206706
VIAF cluster ID	151272016
WhatDoTheyKnow organisation ID	university_of_leicester · subject named as: University of Leicester
Wolfram Language entity code	Entity["University", "UniversityOfLeicester::2x693"]
X (Twitter) username	uniofleicester · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 53,882 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 81089247 · 24 April 2020
YouTube channel ID	UCkeCxFOMe2flWaZwQYt1Npg · subject named as: University of Leicester · number of works: 1,020 · number of subscribers: 44,500 · number of viewers/listeners: 20,455,386 · 3 December 2020
‎Scilit organization ID	683
‎Yale LUX ID	group/2433055d-64fc-4d85-b636-6ef60f9c4992