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Leicester ranks among top 50 universities in the world for clinical medicine
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-ranks-among-top-50-universities-in-the-world-for-clinical-medicine
An international league table has ranked our University amongst the top fifty in the world for Clinical Medicine.
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Leicester academic secures grant to research technological advancements in UK energy system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-academic-secures-grant-to-research-technological-advancements-in-uk-energy-system
A researcher at the University has secured a grant worth £459,000 for a project which will explore the vast potential of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT).
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Chinese link with local renal unit builds on University initiatives
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/chinese-link-with-local-renal-unit-builds-on-university-initiatives
Links with a nephrology unit in Nantong China developed by University researchers have now led to Leicester’s Hospitals’ John Walls Renal Unit becoming a “sister renal centre” as part of the International Society of Nephrology Sister Renal Center (SRC) Programme.
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Politics of International Development
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/pl7597
Module code: PL7597 In this module you'll study competing theoretical perspectives in International Political Economy and explore how they relate to the question of global inequalities and the North-South divide.
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Archaeology of Islamic Societies
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar3088
Module code: AR3088 Who are the Muslims and what is their history? Is there an ‘Islamic’ culture, or indeed more than one? What is the place of the history of Islam in everybody’s history? How can archaeologists study Islamic societies? Islam originated in...
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/cls/research
Our research in the College of Life Sciences at Leicester is world-leading, covering the breadth of biological sciences through to clinical specialities and health sciences.
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Climate adaptation
https://le.ac.uk/sustainability/climate-adaptation
Adaptation and resilience Whilst the main focus of this plan is to reduce our negative environmental impact and help to avoid the worst effects of climate change, the fact remains that the world is currently experiencing changing conditions with projections that by the end of...
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Palaeobiology and the Stratigraphic Record
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gl1103
Module code: GL1103 Without life, Earth would be a very different place: since organisms first appeared, more than 3 billion years ago, they have fundamentally changed the nature of the Earth's oceans and atmosphere.
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Archaeology of Islamic Societies
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar3088
Module code: AR3088 Who are the Muslims and what is their history? Is there an ‘Islamic’ culture, or indeed more than one? What is the place of the history of Islam in everybody’s history? How can archaeologists study Islamic societies? Islam originated in...
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Remote sensing
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gy7705
Module code: GY7705 There is a great deal of interest from scientists, public officials and the general public in information derived from satellites about the Earth’s surface.