Research and innovation
University steps up to help tackle coronavirus
Our community of researchers brings together excellence and innovation, pushing the frontiers of knowledge and discovery to shape a better future.
This involves creating, nurturing and promoting an environment in which people work together across disciplines and with partners to solve complex problems.
The result is truly transformational fundamental and challenge-led research that advances knowledge and creates solutions to local, national and global challenges.
Spotlight on coronavirus
Leeds jointly launches first cancer coronavirus registry
Oncologists from Leeds have helped launch a national project to track the impact of COVID-19 on cancer patients.
Treating bowel cancer during the covid-19 epidemic
Leading cancer experts recommend one course of radiotherapy and delaying surgery for bowel cancer patients during the covid-19 pandemic.
Simple fix creates coronavirus breathing aids
Engineers and scientists have developed a way to convert a sleep apnoea machine into a ventilator to treat people with covid-19.
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Top 10 in the UK for research and impact power
Research Excellence Framework
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3000 researchers
in our postgraduate community
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£100 million invested in the last five years
to recruit future academic leaders
Research that changes the world
Dr Morgan Herod, University Academic Fellow (UAF)
Find out how Dr Herod’s position as a UAF has helped him to develop his own research group looking at gastroenteric viruses.
Nature's lethal shape-shifter
Using 13,000 images taken using an electron microscope, researchers at Leeds have created a detailed visualisation of the norovirus.
Assessing the problem of poor sanitation
Experts are investigating a better way to measure the number of people exposed to the health risks of poorly managed sanitation systems.
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Executive Dean - Professor Andrew Thorpe
Deputy Dean - Professor Luke Windsor
Pro-Dean for Student Education - Dr Simon Baines
Deputy Pro-Dean for Student Education - Dr Melanie Prideaux
Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation - Professor Philip Mellor
Pro-Dean for International - Professor Manuel Barcia Paz
Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute - Professor Alison Fell and Deputy Director Dr David Higgins
Director of Postgraduate Research Studies - Dr Michael Spencer
Faculty office (3 Cavendish Road) - +44 (0)113 3432687
Schools of study
- School of Design - Professor Chris Carr
- School of English - Professor Fiona Becket
- School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies - Dr Joanne Crawford
- School of History - Professor Andrea Major
- Institute for Medieval Studies – Dr Alaric Hall
- Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied - Professor Christopher Megone
- School of Languages, Cultures and Societies - Professor Emma Cayley
- School of Media and Communication - Dr Kate Nash
- School of Music - Professor Karen Burland Clark
- School of Performance and Cultural Industries - Professor Alice O'Grady
- School of Philosophy, Religion and the History of Science - Dr James Stark (Interim)
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Executive Dean of Faculty - Professor Karen Birch
Pro-Dean for Student Education - Professor Kenneth McDowall
Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation - Professor Brendan Davies
Pro-Dean: International - Professor Jim Deuchars
Faculty office - +44 (0)113 343 5647
Undergraduate Admissions Enquiries: +44(0) 113 343 3021
Undergraduate Office enquiries for current students: +44 (0)113 343 8236
Postgraduates: see our Masters page
- School of Biology - Professor Ian Hope
- School of Biomedical Sciences - Professor Karen Birch
- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology - Professor Richard Bayliss
- Faculty Director of Taught Student Education - Dr Aysha Divan
- Director of Biological Sciences Graduate School - Professor Alan Berry
Centres
- Antimicrobial Research Centre
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology
- Biological Sciences in LIGHT
- Biomedical and Health Research Centre
- Centre for Plant Sciences
- Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre
- Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (Joint with the Faculty of Engineering)
- WELMEC Centre of Excellence in Medical Engineering
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Head of Leeds University Business School and Executive Dean of Faculty - Professor Julia Bennell
Pro-Dean for Student Education - Professor Nick Scott
Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation - Professor Mark Stuart
Pro-Dean for International - Professor Iain Clacher
Faculty office - +44 (0)113 343 6321
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Divisions
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Centres/Research Clusters
- Adaptation, Information Management, Technology (AIMTech)
- Applied Institute of Research in Economics (AIRE)
- Business Confucius Institute at the University of Leeds (BCI)
- Centre for Advanced Studies in Finance (CASIF)
- Centre for Decision Research (CDR)
- Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change (CERIC)
- Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies (CEES)
- Centre for Financial Technology and Innovation (CFTI)
- Centre for International Business at the University of Leeds (CIBUL)
- Centre for Operations and Supply Chain Research (COSCR)
- Centre for Technology, Innovation and Engagement (C-Tie)
- Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC)
- Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC)
- Global and Strategic Marketing Research Centre (GLOSMARC)
- Institute for Banking and Investment (IBI)
- Socio-Technical Centre (STC)
- Workplace Behaviour Research Centre (WBRC)
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Interim Executive Dean - Professor Alastair Mullis
Pro-Dean for Student Education - Professor Simon Lightfoot
Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation - Professor Anthea Hucklesby
Pro-Dean for International - Professor Norma Martin-Clement
Enquiries
- School of Education - +44 (0)113 343 4535
- School of Law - +44 (0)113 343 5033
- School of Politics and International Studies - +44 (0)113 343 6663
- School of Sociology and Social Policy - +44 (0)113 343 7938
Faculty office - +44 (0)113 343 7428
- School of Education - Professor Alice Deignan
- School of Law - Professor Alastair Mullis
- School of Politics and International Studies - Professor Richard Beardsworth
- School of Sociology and Social Policy - Professor S. Sayyid
Centres and institutes
- The Bauman Institute
- Leeds University Centre for African Studies
- Centre for Business Law and Practice
- Centre for Childhood, Education and Social Justice
- Centre for Contemporary Political Theory
- Centre for Criminal Justice Studies
- Centre for Curriculum, Pedagogy and Policy
- Centre for Democratic Engagement
- Centre for Digital Education
- Centre for Disability Studies
- Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies
- Centre for Global Development
- Centre for Health, Technologies and Social Practice
- Centre for Innovation and Research in Legal Education
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies
- Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE)
- Centre for Language Education Research
- Centre for Law and Social Justice
- Centre for Research on Families, Life Course and Generations (FLaG)
- Centre for Global Security Challenges
- Disability Law Hub
- European Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
- Leeds Institute for Data Analytics
- Leeds Social Sciences Institute
- N8 Policing Research Partnership
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Executive Dean - Professor Nora de Leeuw
Pro-Deans for Student Education – Professor Martin Levesley, Professor Paul Taylor
Pro-Deans for Research and Innovation – Professor Giles Davies, Dr Oliver Harlen
Directors of Postgraduate Research Studies – Professor Richard Hall, Dr Kelvin Tapley, Dr Stuart Barber
Pro-Dean for International – Dr Rob Sturman
Faculty office: +44
(0)113 343 6492
School of Chemistry – Professor Colin Fishwick
School of Chemical and Process Engineering – Professor Elaine Martin
School of Civil Engineering – Professor Muhammed Basheer
School of Computing – Dr Andy Bulpitt
School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering – Professor Robert Kelsall
School of Mathematics – Professor Dugald Macpherson
School of Mechanical Engineering – Professor Harvey Thompson
School of Physics and Astronomy – Professor Helen Gleeson
Centres and institutes
Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology
Bragg Centre for Materials Research
Centre for Immersive Technologies
Institute for High Speed Rail and System Integration
Institute of Process Research and Development
Leeds Institute for Data Analytics
Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics
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Executive Dean - Professor Andy Dougill
Pro-Dean for Student
Education - Professor Anne Tallontire
Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation - Professor Alan
Haywood
Director of Postgraduate Research Studies – Professor Pippa Chapman
Pro-Dean for International - Dr Bill Murphy
Faculty office - +44 (0)113 343 1941
School of Earth and Environment - Professor Simon Bottrell
School of Food Science and Nutrition - Professor Alan Mackie
School of Geography – Professor Robert Vanderbeck
Institute for Transport Studies - Professor Simon Shepherd
Centres and institutes
Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling
Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics
Global Food and Environment Institute
Leeds Social Sciences Institute
National Centre for Atmospheric Science
Priestley International Centre for Climate
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Executive Dean - Professor Paul Stewart
PA to Faculty Dean - +44 (0)113 343 3264
Pro-Dean for Student Education - Dr Laura Treadgold
Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation - Professor Rory O'Connor
Pro-Dean for International - Professor Linda McGowan
- Faculty Graduate School
- School of Dentistry - Dr Alan Mighell (Dean)
- School of Healthcare - Dr Janet Hirst
- School of Medicine - Professor Mark Kearney (Dean)
- Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine - Professor David Beech
- Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (LIHS)- Professor Laura Stroud
- Leeds Institute of Medical Education - Professor Laura Stroud (Interim Director)
- Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St James's (LIMR) - Professor Pam Jones
- Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research (LICTR) - Professor Julia Brown
- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Medicine (LIRMM) - Professor Philip Conaghan
- School of Psychology - Dr Peter Gardner
Centres and institutes
- ALPS CETL
- Biomedical Health Research Centre
- Centre for Innovation in Health Management
- Department for NHS Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education (Yorkshire Deanery)
- ICON-Health
- LIGHT Data Management Group
- Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit
- Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre
- WELMEC Centre of Excellence in Medical Engineering
Our environment allows interdisciplinary research to flourish; creating fresh ideas and approaches to problem solving. We conduct interdisciplinary and impact-orientated research to address challenges at regional, national and global levels. Below are some of the areas where we are working across disciplines to tackle global challenges.
Cities
Climate change
Culture
Data analytics
Energy
Food
Global health
Social change
Structural biology
Water
Centre for Immersive Technologies
Centre for MedTech Innovation
Global Food and Environment Institute
Institute for High Speed Rail and System Integration
Bragg Centre for Materials Research