University of Leicester

Fantastic university that has a internationally renowned Physics department and several other very strong areas of research. The Space Research Centre (which involves members of Engineering and Mathematics as well as Physics) has had multiple instruments fly on various space satellites, from NASA, the European Space Agency and more. The inventor of genetic or DNA fingerprinting, Sir Alec Jeffreys, is based at and does research at Leicester. The department of Archaeology is currently heavily involved with the discovery of a body that is probably Richard III, under council land in the city, and has been making the national news as a result.
The University of Leicester is regularly listed in the top 20 British universities by both the Times and the Guardian, with the Guardian having rated it as high as 12^th and the Times having voted it the Times Higher Education University of the Year in ²⁰⁰⁸⁄₉ (with special mentions both before and afterwards).
An active and vibrant Students’ Union only helps seal the deal. The SU co-​operates with their counterparts at nearby De Montfort University to organise things like the Varsity sports event, where our soccer, rugby and other teams compete, playing at the Tigers rugby stadium and the Foxes football stadium. Several societies are also extremely active, with annual conventions such as Sabrecon occurring in both the Students’ Union and the halls of residence. There is usually an annual beer festival and bands such as Feeder have played at the Summer Balls after the exams.

I’ve been a student at this uni for 8 years in undergraduate and phd courses. I really enjoyed my time there. The students union has had a major facelift, which I don’t personally like because it is a bit starbucks-​y, but I think most people will appreciate. There are plenty of cafes of a range of prices.
Halls of residence are very far away from the campus. It would take you the better part of 45 mins to get to the halls village. They are in a good state though.
There is a gym on campus and a bigger one in the halls village. Membership is £50 which is pretty decent. You can get a personal trainer too.
My course was psychology. Its a bit slap dash in terms of location. Half is one building, and the other half is in a stinky basement in the bottom of the medical building. So it doesn’t really make you feel special. The labs and equipment are up to spec, never had any problems.
For 3 years I put up with drills and hammers in the library because they doubled it in size but its finished now and it looks amazing. It makes working inside positively enjoyable (almost). There are plenty of pcs and if you are a grad student you get access to a special lounge/​pc area. The training in the library is really effective and they genuinely care about helping you. I have used them quite a lot and actually benefitted from them.
I suppose with any sizeable uni there are plenty of jobs on campus which is useful. Shops, cafes and bars, and there is also a work agency in the union to help you.

Good, solid university offering most of the courses you would expect. It always ranks highly. An interesting campus with some unique buildings.
Studentlifewise both the University and the city have a lot to offer.

Leicester University is one of the most underated universities in the UK. It consistnetly is ranked in the top 20 universities in league tables, but seems to often be overlooked by some for the more better known traditionally universities, like Sheffield and Leeds which actually tend to finish lower than Leicester in the league tables.
Leicester is an excellent choice, whatever your subject for anyone looking for a good university outside of the elite (Cambridge, LSE, etc). Location wise, Leicester is literally right in the middle of England and has excellent transport links to the rest of the country. The train station is a 10 minute walk from campus and the bus station is not much further.
Most of the departments at the university are rated good to excellent. The medicine and physics departments in particular are known nationally for there teaching and research quality. Other faculties from law, to politics to economics all consistently get good ratings and high student satisfaction rankings from students. The campus itself is also, with a few exceptions all located on university road, where as at many universities the campus is spread over an extremely large area, at Leicester it is fairly easy to get around.

Good uni. Solid courses. Student population very diverse. Conveniently near the train station so good the get to. Student union great. Old buildings, but undergoing refurbishment. Small and friendly.

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Die Leicester Museumstudien interessieren mich immer, weil ich selbst aus diesem Fach komme. Die Gebäude der Uni sind zum Teil recht alt und gut eingerichtet. Eine sehr gute Atmosphäre, als ich dort war. Sehr gut finde ich auch den guten kulturellen Mix an der Uni von Leicester!

I have heard good and bad things about this university, good for some things and bad for others, but nonetheless leicester has a pretty good student life to go with it.

This University is has a big campus and offers lots of different degrees. It’s particularly well known for it’s brilliant medical facalty.