University of Leicester

• Times Higher Education 2018 World University Rankings: Leicester is ranked 159th in the world out of 1000 institutions listed.
• CWUR 2017 World University Ranking: Leicester is placed 19th in the UK and 226th in the world. 27,770 degree-granting institutions of higher education worldwide were evaluated.
• QS 2018 World University Ranking: Leicester is ranked 238th out of more than 950 institutions.
• Best Global University Rankings 2018: Leicester is ranked 232nd of 1,000 formally ranked universities.
• 8 out of 10 of Leicester’s distance learners would recommend their programme of study to others.
• 9 out of 10 of Leicester’s MBA students would recommend the Leicester MBA.
• The University has won Times Higher Awards in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and most recently in 2013 for Outstanding Communications Team and Outstanding Fundraising Initiative. It is the only university to win awards in seven consecutive years.
• The Association of Graduate Recruiters has recognised the University of Leicester as the best institution in the UK for its best initiative to prepare students for the world of work.
• The University of Leicester is consistently one of the most socially inclusive of the UK’s universities with a long-standing commitment to providing fairer and equal access to higher education.

The University of Leicester is one of the UK's leading research and teaching universities with over 25 years' experience of offering high quality distance learning courses. It is one of the UK's largest providers of distance learning courses with nearly 2,000 new distance learners joining them each year. Leicester's courses are internationally renowned and their students come from 206 culturally diverse countries, many of whom are supported by their extensive network of partners across the world.

In 2014/15 one in four distance learners studying with Leicester's School of Business were recruited by Stafford.