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Undergraduate
https://le.ac.uk/geography/study/undergraduate
Studying Geography at the University of Leicester will enhance and broaden your academic knowledge, develop your communication skills and provide excellent career opportunities. Find out more about our undergraduate courses.
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Geology with Palaeontology BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/geology-with-palaeontology-bsc/2026
Life. Evolution. Extinction. They might be huge concepts, but you can easily break them down through the lens of palaeontology. If you love fossils, and what they can tell us, this geology degree is for you.
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Study shows large gender imbalance in funding given for cancer research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/study-shows-large-gender-imbalance-in-funding-given-for-cancer-research
Male researchers receive far greater funding for cancer research than their female equivalents, suggests a study involving University of Leicester research and published in the journal BMJ Open.
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Academic staff
https://le.ac.uk/education/people/academic
Browse our academic staff in the School of Education at Leicester and see their contact details to get in touch with them.
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The kitten heel: progress for women in politics?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/kitten-heel
Read the article "The kitten heel: progress for women in politics?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Data Science MSc, PGDip
https://le.ac.uk/courses/data-science-msc/2025
In this conversion course you will learn how to interrogate existing data sets to solve problems and communicate your solutions with maximum visual impact to a range of audiences.
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Data Science MSc, PGDip
https://le.ac.uk/courses/data-science-msc/2026
In this conversion course you will learn how to interrogate existing data sets to solve problems and communicate your solutions with maximum visual impact to a range of audiences.
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Contact us
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/astrophysics/contacts
Find contact details for the colleagues in our Astrophysics division at Leicester.
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Trees in tropical logged forests release carbon at greater rate despite faster growth, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/carbon-trees
University of Leicester-led research focusing on the carbon dioxide produced by tree stems shows that individual trees in tropical forests impacted by logging produce more carbon dioxide per m2 of woody stem area than those in unaffected forests
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Principles of Microbiology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/bs2030
Module code: BS2030 This module builds on the knowledge of microbiology gained in module BS1040. The module provides an opportunity to consider microbes as complete entities rather than as sources of biological material.