The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884 it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine and was renamed Yorkshire College. The
University, established in 1904, is one of the largest higher education institutions in the UK. We are
renowned globally for the quality of our teaching and research.
Leeds is
ranked 91st in the world (and 15th in the UK) in the 2021 QS World
University Rankings.
Leeds has also been named
University of the Year 2017 by The Times and The Sunday Times' Good
University Guide. In 2019, it
ranked 150th among the
universities around the world by SCImago Institutions
Rankings.