Global
World-changing research and innovation through international collaboration
We are committed to making a difference to the world we live in. We are an outstanding research university, carrying out world-changing research and innovation through international collaboration to maximise global impact.
We aim to provide an outstanding education to attract, excite and retain high-quality students from diverse backgrounds, and equip them to succeed in a competitive global employment market.
Our global curriculum
International community
Facts and figures
- 1A top 100 university | QS World University Rankings 2020
- 2An international community of students and staff from over 170 countries
- 3Among the top 50 most international universities in the world 2018 | Times Higher Education World University Rankings
- 4A global network of more than 250,000 alumni from 180 countries
- 5Joint school with Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) to deliver world-class teaching and research
- 6One of the largest study abroad programmes in the UK with more than 400 active exchange agreements in 45 different countries
- 7Ranked 70th in the world for graduate employability | QS World Graduate Employability Rankings 2018
- 8More than half of our research papers have involved working with international collaborators in the past three years | 2018
News
Budgeting for our future climate
Environment, Global
Building up an appetite for a new kind of grub
Environment, Global
Making Leeds Medieval: University turns back the clock
Arts & Culture, Global
Celebrating satellites’ contribution to polar science
Global, Environment
New regulator of immune responses discovered
Global, Science
Using the past to unravel the future for Arctic wetlands
Environment, Global
Leeds scientists attempt to tackle HIV-related cancer
Health, Global