Global Engagement

Collaborate with us

Strategic partners

We have strategic partnerships with institutions across China, Germany and South Africa to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals, solve global challenges, and reduce inequality.
Education opportunities

We partner with institutions around the world to deliver joint teaching and collaborative awards in a wide range of subject areas.

Top 100 in the world

QS World University Rankings 2026

123rd in the world

Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025

Worldwide Universities Network (WUN)

We are a founding member of the WUN, 24-research-led universities collaborating on research, postgraduate study and continuing professional development.
Research and Education Network for Knowledge Economy Initiatives (RENKEI)

We are part of RENKEI, a partnership between universities in the UK and Japan to advance knowledge exchange.
UK-Jiangsu 2020 (China) World Class Universities Consortium

We are part of the UK-Jiangsu 2020 (China) World Class Universities Consortium, to drive innovation, develop international talent and bring together universities in the UK and Jiangsu.
Fulbright Distinguished Scholar award

We support the the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, which offers awards around the world for US citizens to teach, research and embark on professional projects.
Cheney Fellowship Scheme

The Cheney Fellowship Scheme supports outstanding overseas researchers to conduct research at Leeds.

Our students can take part in a wide range of international experiences to enhance their employability, studies and skills.

Our opportunities for full-time undergraduate students include:

studying abroad in destinations including Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, South Africa and Latin America
overseas field trips, work placements, volunteering and research exchanges
leadership programmes, including our Leeds to South Korea Leadership programme
Leeds International Summer School and support for incoming study abroad students
English language courses for international students accredited by the British Council.

Creating a drought to predict the Amazon 'tipping point'

An international research project in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest is underway, exploring the effects of extreme drought to identify how to protect forests in the face of climate change.
Turning a pest into an opportunity

Research in Uganda is exploring how an invasive species of water plant can be turned into biogas for cooking.
Forging collaboration through snow and ice

Next year, a team of scientists from Nepal, the UK and Norway will head to the notorious Khumbu Icefall, to drill into and take the temperature of the glacier at over 6000m altitude.
Corals, communities and climate change

An international research project is examining which coral reefs are proving more resilient than others to the effects of a warmer and more acidic ocean caused by climate change.
Vulnerable but resilient: Indigenous communities facing COVID-19

How indigenous populations were affected by, and responded to, COVID-19
Keyhole surgery technology and training to reduce inequalities in healthcare

A team of surgeons, engineers and designers have designed a technology to make it easier to carry out abdominal keyhole surgery in remote and low resource locations.
Sowing seeds of hope for Amazon conservation

Commerce and climate change have decimated 17% of the rainforest over the last 50 years - but communities are building it back from the soil upwards.