20 Facts About Leicester University

University of Leicester is a public research university based in Leicester, England.

Leicester University was the new president of the Literary and Philosophy society.

Some suggested that Leicester should join forces with Nottingham, Sutton Bonington and Loughborough to create a federal university college of the East Midlands, but nothing came of this proposal.

Leicester University then studied in Germany, and secured his PhD at Harvard.

Leicester University recruited others including Miss Measham to teach botany, Miss Sarson to teach geography, and Miss Chapuzet to teach French.

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Leicester University was replaced in 1932 by Frederick Attenborough, who was the father of David and Richard Attenborough.

In 1957, the Leicester University College was granted its royal charter, and has since then had the status of a university with the right to award its own degrees.

Leicester University won the first ever series of University Challenge, in 1963.

In January 2017, Physics students from the University of Leicester made national news when they revealed their predictions on how long it would take a zombie apocalypse to wipe out humanity.

Across Leicester University Road, linked by pedestrian bridges, lie the Maurice Shock and Hodgkin Buildings.

The David Wilson Library, twice the size of the previous Leicester University Library, opened on 1 April 2008 and a new biomedical research building has already been constructed.

Leicester University is held in high regard for the quality of its teaching.

Leicester University was ranked joint first in the 2005,2006, and 2007 National Student Survey for overall student satisfaction among mainstream universities in England.

Leicester University has research groups in the areas of astrophysics, biochemistry and genetics.

Leicester University Physicists were critical in demonstrating a fundamental prediction of Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity – that black holes exist and are common in the universe.

Institute of Learning Innovation within the University of Leicester is a research and postgraduate teaching group, directed by Grainne Conole.

Leicester University has been ranked as one of the top performing universities in the UK for COVID-19 research, after being awarded more than £10.

Leicester University was named Leicester University of the Year of 2008 by the Times Higher Education.

Leicester University has a number of different societies within its students' union.

University of Leicester is commonly associated with the Attenborough family.