University of Leeds
| Latin: Universitas Loidensis | |
| Motto | Latin: Et augebitur scientia |
|---|---|
Motto in English | And knowledge will be increased |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine 1874 – Yorkshire College of Science 1884 – Yorkshire College 1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University 1904 – University of Leeds |
| Endowment | £94.8 million (2024) |
| Budget | £1.048 billion (2023/24) |
| Chancellor | Dame Jane Francis |
| Vice-Chancellor | Shearer West |
Academic staff | 3,940 (2023/24) |
Administrative staff | 5,875 (2023/24) |
| Students | 38,100 (2023/24) 36,440 FTE (2023/24) |
| Undergraduates | 26,335 (2023/24) |
| Postgraduates | 11,765 (2023/24) |
| Location | , West Yorkshire , England 53°48′26″N 1°33′6″W / 53.80722°N 1.55167°W |
| Campus | Urban, suburban |
| Newspaper | The Gryphon |
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| Affiliations | |
| Website | leeds |
The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884, it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine (established 1831) and was renamed Yorkshire College. It became part of the federal Victoria University in 1887, joining Owens College (which became the University of Manchester) and University College Liverpool (which became the University of Liverpool). In 1904, a royal charter was granted to the University of Leeds by King Edward VII.
Leeds is the tenth-largest university in the United Kingdom by total enrolment and receives over 68,000 undergraduate applications per year, making it the fourth-most popular university (behind Manchester, University College London and King's College London) in the UK by volume of applications. Leeds had an income of £1.05 billion in 2023–24, of which £190.9 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £748.1 million. The university has financial endowments of £94.8 million (2024), placing it within the top twenty British universities by financial endowment.
Notable alumni include current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer, former Home and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, NASA astronaut Piers Sellers and six Nobel laureates.