University of Leicester 萊斯特大學
- Established in 1921 (university since 1957)
- Ranked in the top 2% of universities in the world by the QS World University Rankings 2010.
- Consistently features amongst the top-10 universities in England for student satisfaction.
- 3rd best in England (after Oxford and Cambridge) for the quality of lecturing staff. (THE 2011)
- Citation levels place the university in the top 1% of universitries in the world and 6th in the UK
- It was here that DNA Genetic Fingerprinting was invented by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys
- Dept of Museum Studies has the greatest concentration of world class research of any department of any discipline in the UK
- The University won the 2009/10 THE Award for Outstanding Student Support
