Faculties
The University is divided into eight groups known as faculties. Each faculty is subdivided into schools, institutes and centres. Key contacts and web links for each are listed on the following pages. For individuals, see our A-Z staff listings
Visit the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures website
Executive Dean - Professor Frank Finlay
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 Humanities Research Institute - Professor Alison Fell and Deputy Director Professor Sita Popat
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 - Dr Fiona Becket
- School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies - Professor Abigail Harrison-Moore
- School of History - Professor Andrea Major
- Institute for Medieval Studies – Professor Emilia Jamroziak
- Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied - Professor Christopher Megone
- School of Languages, Cultures and Societies - Professor Matthew Treherne
- School of Media and Communication - Dr Kate Nash
- School of Music - Dr Karen Burland Clark
- School of Performance and Cultural Industries - Professor Alice O'Grady
- School of Philosophy, Religion and the History of Science - Professor Graeme Gooday
Visit the Faculty of Biological Sciences website
Executive Dean of Faculty - Professor John Ladbury
Pro-Dean for Student Education - Dr 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
Visit the Faculty of Business website
Head of LUBS and Executive Dean of Faculty - Professor Peter Moizer
Interim Deputy Dean - 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 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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Research Degree Programmes – Dr Dan Coffey
Visit the Faculty of Social Sciences website
Executive Dean - Professor Jeremy Higham
Pro-Dean for Student Education - Dr 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 Jason Ralph
- School of Sociology and Social Policy - Professor S. Sayyid
- Graduate School
Centres and institutes
- The Bauman Institute
- Leeds University Centre for African Studies
- Centre for Business Law and Practice
- Centre for Criminal Justice Studies
- Centre for Global Development
- Centre for Disability Studies
- Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies
- Centre for Family, Kinship and Childhood
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies
- Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE)
- Centre for Language Education Research
- Leeds Social Sciences Institute
- Centre for Policy Studies in Education
- Centre for Studies in Science and Mathematics Education
- N8 Policing Research Partnership
Visit the Faculty of Engineering website
Executive Dean - Professor Peter Jimack
Pro-Dean for Student Education - Professor Martin Levesley
Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation - Professor Giles Davies
Pro-Dean for International - Dr Raul Fuentes
Director of Engineering Graduate School - Professor Richard Hall
Faculty Services enquiries - +44 (0)113 343 8461
School of Civil Engineering - Professor Muhammed Basheer
- Energy and Sustainable Buildings
- Cities and Infrastructure
- Water, Public Health and Environmental Engineering
- Materials and Structures
School of Computing - Dr Andy Bulpitt
- Artificial Intelligence
- Applied Computing in Biology, Medicine and Health
- Algorithms and Complexity
- Distributed Systems and Services
- Computational Science and Engineering
School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering - Professor Robert Kelsall
School of Mechanical Engineering - Professor Harvey Thompson
- Institute of Design, Robotics and Optimisation
- Institute of Functional Surfaces
- Institute of Thermofluids
- Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (Joint with the Faculty of Biological Sciences)
School of Chemical and Process Engineering - Professor Elaine Martin
- Low carbon energy
- Industrial biotechnology
- Clean combustion
- Complex systems and processes
- Functional materials, products and devices
- Applied photon science
- Waste management and resource recovery
Multidisciplinary centres and institutes
- Robotics at Leeds
- Centre for Integrated Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience
- Centre for Integrated Energy Research
- Institute of Process Research & Development (iPRD)
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Research in Music
- WELMEC Centre of Excellence in Medical Engineering
Other centres and institutes
Biomedical and Health Research CentreVisit the Faculty of Environment website
Executive Dean - Professor Andy Dougill
Pro-Dean for Student Education - Dr Anne Tallontire
Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation - Professor Joseph Holden
Pro-Dean for International - Dr Bill Murphy
Dean's office - +44 (0)113 343 1941
School of Earth and Environment - Professor Simon Bottrell
- Earth Surface Science Institute
- Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science
- Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics
- Sustainability Research Institute
- Institute of Applied Geoscience
School of Geography - Robert Vanderbeck
- Centre for Spatial Analysis and Policy (CSAP)
- Cities and Social Justice
- Citizenship and Belonging
- Ecology and Global Change
- River Basin Processes and Management
Institute for Transport Studies - Professor Richard Batley
Cross-campus research institutes hosted by the Faculty of Environment
Visit the Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences website
Executive Dean - Professor Stephen Scott
Pro-Dean for Student Education - Professor Paul Taylor
Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation - Dr Oliver Harlen
Pro-Dean for International - Dr Rob Sturman
Faculty office - +44 (0)113 343 6492
Visit the Faculty of Medicine and Health website
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 - Professor Jennifer Kirkham (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 Trudie Roberts
- 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