Global connections

We are committed to international excellence through the creation of world-changing research and high quality inspirational teaching. Our staff and students hail from over 110 different countries, all coming together to create a truly global campus and city.

Our University is proud to have a global outlook, and currently we have exciting partnerships with Institutes in China and Ukraine.

Dalian University of Technology

The Leicester International Institute, Dalian University of Technology is a Sino-foreign cooperative educational institution (CEI), jointly established on 29 March 2017 by Dalian University of Technology (DUT) in China and the University of Leicester (UoL) in the United Kingdom with the approval of the China Ministry of Education. As a CEI, the Dalian Leicester Institute combines the essence of both prestigious parent institutions.

Chongqing Medical University

The Chongqing Medical University - University of Leicester Bachelor’s Programme of Clinical Medicine and Clinical Science is a Joint Education Programme (JEP) which was formally agreed in July 2019 by Chongqing Medical University (CQMU) in China and the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom with the approval of the China Ministry of Education. This JEP combines the essence and educational excellence of both of these prestigious universities to provide students with a distinctive and valuable learning opportunity.

Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi National University (KrNU)

As part of the UUK Twinning Scheme, University of Leicester signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi Naional University in December 2022, to collaborate in areas of education and research over a five year period. This support and collaboration has been demonstrated through staff and students from KrNU taking online English Language programmes and students joining campus-based programmes at the University of Leicester. Leicester is providing access to online learning resources and physical learning resources are planned in the future. The two universities will also explore potential research collaborations and joint conferences in the fields of mathematics, informatics and engineering, as well as infrastructure and facilities projects to support learning development and community engagement.

Our citizens are globally connected, diverse in their make up and united in their ambition. When there’s room for better, they don’t stand on idly – they push on, fighting to make the world a better place.