Faculties

Visit the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures website

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)

Visit the Faculty of Biological Sciences website

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

Visit the Faculty of Business website

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

• Divisions

  • Accounting and Finance
  • Economics
  • International Business
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Work and Employment Relations

• 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)

• Research Degree Programmes - LUBSGradSchool@leeds.ac.uk

Visit the Faculty of Social Sciences website

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

Visit the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences website

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

Energy Leeds

Institute for High Speed Rail and System Integration

Institute of Process Research and Development

Leeds Institute for Data Analytics

Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics

Medical Technologies IKC

Robotics Leeds

Visit the Faculty of Environment website

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

Energy Leeds

Global Food and Environment Institute

Leeds Social Sciences Institute

National Centre for Atmospheric Science

Petroleum Leeds

Priestley International Centre for Climate

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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 - 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

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