The Leeds University Union has over 60 sports clubs which range from Cycling to Sailing. [48], With extensive links to the St James's University Hospital through the Leeds School of Medicine, the university operates a range of high-tech research laboratories for biomedical and physical sciences, food and engineering – including clean rooms for bionanotechnology and plant science greenhouses. The Leeds University Union is a National Union of Students affiliated body, located on the main university campus. After the rivalry between Oxford and Cambridge, the Christie's Championships is the oldest inter–university competition on the sporting calendar. The Gryphon (formerly known as the Leeds Student) is the weekly student newspaper, published free every Friday during term-time and distributed around the University of Leeds. John Lennon referenced Fanque in The Beatles song "Being for the Benefit of Mr.
In 2018, the global world ranking of the University of Leeds is No.93. [11] Students in this period were awarded external degrees by the University of London.[12]. [41], Special Collections holds over 300 incunabula most of which are in the Brotherton Collection. Top 10 in the UK for Law - The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2020, 4th for Criminology, The Guardian University Guide 2020, 2nd in the Russell Group for law student satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2019, Top 10 for employability, High Fliers 2019, 4th in the UK for impact of research, REF 2014. [43] The extensive coin collection consists of 15,000 coins and medals with a wide chronological and geographical spread. The University of Leeds is a leading UK University and achieved Gold in the 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework, in recognition of teaching excellence. [39] These are the English Literature Collections, the Leeds Russian Archive, the Liddle Collection, the Cookery Collection and its Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections. [64], Between 2014-15, Leeds was ranked as the 10th most targeted British university by graduate employers, a two place decrease from 8th position in the previous 2014 rankings. We have an established reputation for stimulating teaching which supports and inspires students to develop into highly-skilled law professionals, which is one of the reasons why our graduates are highly targeted by leading employers. It is also affiliated to Universities UK. Students at Leeds may choose from twinned European universities, with each faculty having particular university affiliations.[84]. Since being established in 1899, the School has shaped the intellectual and practical development of law and public policy on both a national and international scale. The university has risen to 13th place overall, which reflects impressive results in student experience, high entry standards, services and facilities, and graduate prospects.[20]. It was refurbished in 2003 to become two lecture theatres; one for 320 and one for 550, making it the largest capacity facility on the university campus.[28]. [48], The university also operate research facilities in the aviation field, with the Airbus A320 flight simulator. [80] In the 2016-17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 77:4:18 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 61:39.