About the University of Leicester

Awards and accreditation

Awards

  • We have been ranked as the 35th most sustainable university in the world and 9th in the UK according to UI GreenMetric.
  • The University has won Times Higher Awards in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017 and 2018.
  • Leicester has been awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education on three occasions - the highest form of national recognition open to a UK academic or vocational institution.
  • In August 2015, HSBC announced for the second year running that the University of Leicester is the most affordable destination in Britain for both first and second-year students, according to their research.
  • In 2013 our Students' Union was named HE Students' Union of the Year in the NUS Awards.

Accreditations

Learn more about our charter marks and accreditations

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