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About University of Leeds

The University of Leeds is a research-intensive university in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, established in 1904 and one of the largest universities in the UK, with more than 37,000 students. It is a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities. Its academic strategy for 2020 to 2030, Universal Values, Global Change, is built on the values of collaboration, compassion, inclusivity and integrity, with a commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Teaching and research are concentrated on a single red-brick campus of about 100 acres in Woodhouse, a short walk from Leeds city centre, with the clock-towered Parkinson Building at its main entrance on Woodhouse Lane. The Health Sciences Library and clinical teaching link the University to Leeds General Infirmary and St James's University Hospital.

Academic work is organised into five faculties: Arts, Humanities and Cultures; Leeds University Business School (Faculty of Business); Engineering and Physical Sciences (engineering, computer science, chemistry, mathematics, physics and astronomy); Environment and Social Sciences; and Health and Life Sciences (Medicine and Health with Biological Sciences). There are more than 300 Masters degrees, over 160 of which can be studied part-time, and the Lifelong Learning Centre runs part-time degrees, foundation years and access routes for mature learners.

Interdisciplinary research runs through institutional centres including the Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, the Bragg Centre for Materials Research, the Leeds Institute of Data Analytics, the Leeds Institute of Fluid Dynamics, the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, water@leeds and the Leeds Institute for Textiles and Colour. Specialist facilities include the National Facility for Innovative Robotic Systems, the Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom, the Virtuocity driving and pedestrian simulators and the University Smart Farm.

Leeds University Union sits at the centre of campus with over 300 clubs and societies, and The Edge sport and fitness centre is on site. The University houses over seven thousand undergraduates each year in halls ranging from historic residences such as Devonshire Hall and Lyddon Hall to modern city-centre apartments, and new first-year undergraduates and international undergraduates who apply by the deadlines are guaranteed an offer of University accommodation.

More than 14,400 international students from 137 countries study at Leeds. International entrants can begin with the University's own International Foundation Year, taught on campus by Leeds academics, or through the Leeds International Study Centre (Study Group) and the Northern Consortium UK (NCUK), of which the University is an owner member. Pre-sessional English courses are offered at undergraduate, Masters and research level.

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Tuition fees

UK undergraduates starting in 2027/28: £10,050 a year; the reduced fee for a study abroad or work placement year is £1,505.
International undergraduates: set per course and fixed for each year of the course; the reduced placement or study abroad year fee for 2027/28 is £4,575.
International Foundation Year (September 2027): £25,500 for Arts and Social Sciences and Business and Design routes; £26,000 for Engineering, Science and Healthcare routes.
Masters: set course by course and reviewed annually. Former Leeds students may receive a 10% alumni tuition fee discount.

International scholarships

Undergraduate International Excellence Scholarships: £3,000, £6,000 or £16,000 off the first year's tuition fee for self-funded or partially funded international students with an offer for September 2027 who show an excellent academic record and personal skills. Deadline 11 April 2027. MBChB and BChD are excluded.
Undergraduate International Regional Scholarships: an automatic £5,000 first-year fee reduction for passport holders from eligible countries and regions including the EU, Canada, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Nigeria, Norway, Singapore, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA.
Masters International Excellence Scholarships: £3,000, £6,000 or £16,000 tuition fee discount for international offer holders with at least a 2:1 or equivalent. Round one deadline 28 February 2027; round two deadline 16 May 2027. The MBA and fully online courses are excluded.
Masters International Regional Scholarships: an automatic £6,000 fee reduction for passport holders from Egypt, India, Japan, Mexico, Peru, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the USA and Vietnam.
International Foundation Year Excellence Scholarships: £3,000 tuition fee discount.
External awards administered with the University include Chevening Scholarships, Commonwealth Masters Scholarships, Beit Munro University of Leeds Scholarships, the Saïd Foundation Scholarship and the Marshall Scholarship for US students; the MBA has its own MBA Excellence Scholarships.

UK bursaries and scholarships

Leeds Bursary: non-repayable support for home-fee undergraduates with an assessed household income below £42,875, paid as cash, a tuition fee discount or an accommodation discount; the amount depends on household income and course.
Personal circumstances scholarships: £3,000 a year for three years (plus £2,000 a year for care-experienced or estranged students) for UK students from households with income of £42,875 or below, with shortlisting based on indicators of disadvantage.
Sanctuary Scholarship: full tuition fees and £10,000 a year towards study costs for forced migrants to the UK studying an undergraduate or Masters degree.
Course and faculty awards include Clothworkers' scholarships in fashion and textiles, the Dean's Excellence Business School Undergraduate UK Scholarship (50% fee reduction in year one), the Environment Undergraduate Bursary (£1,000) and High Performance Athlete Scholarships.

Other support

UK students can use government tuition fee and maintenance loans, Postgraduate Masters Loans, NHS funding and Disabled Students' Allowances. The Leeds Financial Assistance Fund provides non-repayable help to students and postgraduate researchers facing unexpected financial difficulty, and applications can be made at any time during the course. For Masters study, the UK government's Chevening and Commonwealth Scholarships are among the external options. See the international scholarships and funding and undergraduate funding pages.

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Undergraduate entry (UK applicants)

Full-time undergraduate applications are made through UCAS with a reference and usually a personal statement. The typical University minimum is passes in five subjects across GCSE and A-level, including GCSE English at grade C/4 or above, numeracy (depending on the course) and three A-levels at grades A*-E; course-specific grades are higher and vary by course. Three A-levels are normally expected in one sitting, and science A-levels in England usually require a pass in the practical assessment.

The International Baccalaureate Diploma is accepted with a minimum overall score of 31, with some degrees requiring more. BTEC Extended Diplomas, National Diplomas and National Extended Certificates are accepted, sometimes alongside A-levels. The Access to HE Diploma requires 60 credits with at least 45 at level 3, including 30 at Distinction and 15 at Merit as a minimum. Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers, the Irish Leaving Certificate (Higher Level) and Cambridge Pre-U are also accepted. Some courses may make an alternative offer involving the Extended Project Qualification, for example AAB plus an A in the EPQ instead of AAA.

Contextual admissions

Access to Leeds is the contextual admissions programme for UK applicants and can offer entry up to two grades below the standard offer (for example ABB instead of AAA), with a preparatory study module and on-course support. Applicants from Low Participation Neighbourhoods receive additional consideration automatically and may have their offer reduced by one A-level grade in most cases. Foundation years (extended degrees) are available for students without the qualifications for direct entry.

Key dates for 2027 entry

21 September 2026: Access to Leeds applications open.
15 October 2026: UCAS deadline for medicine, dentistry and veterinary programmes.
21 October 2026: Access to Leeds deadline for Medicine and Dentistry applicants.
13 January 2027: UCAS equal consideration deadline for all other courses (later applications may be accepted where places remain).
21 January 2027: Access to Leeds deadline for all other courses.
27 September 2027: teaching begins.

Part-time undergraduate applications are made directly to the University. Deferred entry is generally welcomed.

International undergraduate entry

International students apply through UCAS in the same way as UK students and should check country-specific qualification equivalents on the international entry requirements pages. Applicants without the entry requirements can take the integrated International Foundation Year, which leads to more than 150 undergraduate degrees, the Leeds International Study Centre International Foundation Year or International Year One (Study Group), or NCUK foundation programmes.

English language requirements

Undergraduate: IELTS Academic or IELTS for UKVI 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in each component; TOEFL iBT 80 overall (tests before 21 January 2026) or 4 overall with no less than 4 in each component (tests from 21 January 2026); PTE Academic 60 with no less than 59 in each component.
Masters: IELTS 6.5 overall with no less than 6.0 in each component; TOEFL iBT 88 overall (older format) or 4.5 overall with no less than 4 in each component; PTE Academic 64 with no less than 60 in each component.
Research degrees: IELTS 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in each component as a minimum.

Some courses set higher requirements. IELTS results must be from a single test (or one test plus One Skill Retake) and no more than two years old at the course start date. Pre-sessional English courses can be used to meet the requirement.

Masters entry

Applications for 2027/28 open on 1 October 2026 and are made through the University's applicant portal. The typical deadline is 30 July 2027 for international students and 10 September 2027 for UK students, although some courses close earlier. Applicants upload degree certificates and transcripts and, depending on the course, a CV, referee details, a portfolio or a personal statement. International applicants with conditional offers must meet their conditions six weeks before the course start date. Pre-Masters routes are available through NCUK and the Leeds International Study Centre (Business).

Research degrees

Research degree applicants search for projects and supervisors by faculty and school and apply to the relevant graduate school, with funded opportunities available through Centres for Doctoral Training and Doctoral Training Partnerships.

Visas and CAS

Taught postgraduate applicants who need a Student visa pay a tuition fee deposit of £2,000 after accepting an unconditional offer in order to receive a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS); for September 2026 entry the deposit or exemption evidence is due by 21 August 2026. Applicants who have previously studied in the UK on a Student visa provide their previous immigration documents with the application.

Main campus, Woodhouse, Leeds (LS2 9JT): a single campus of about 100 acres on Woodhouse Lane, around 20 minutes' walk from Leeds railway station, housing all five faculties, Leeds University Union and most student services.

Libraries: four on campus. The Brotherton Library in the Parkinson Building holds the arts and languages research collections and the Brotherton Research Centre of rare books and manuscripts; the Edward Boyle Library (open 24 hours) holds science, engineering and social sciences collections with over 2,000 study spaces; the Laidlaw Library is dedicated to undergraduates with over 900 study spaces and the Skills@Library service; and the Health Sciences Library is on level 7 of the Worsley Building near Leeds General Infirmary. A further library operates off campus at St James's Hospital.
Galleries and collections: the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery and the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery (both in the Parkinson Building, free and open to the public), and the Michael Marks Building housing the Marks and Spencer Company Archive.
Sport: The Edge sport and fitness centre on campus.
Digital learning: HELIX, a learning innovation hub with immersive technologies, multimedia production studios and a makerspace.
Residences: catered and self-catered halls on and near campus, including Charles Morris Hall, Ellerslie Global Residence, Henry Price Residences and Lyddon Hall on campus; Devonshire Hall and Lupton Residences in Headingley; Central Village, CitySide and Carlton Hill near the city centre; and Blenheim Point for postgraduates. Family accommodation is available in limited numbers.

Hospital sites: medical and health teaching and research link to Leeds General Infirmary, St James's University Hospital and Chapel Allerton Hospital with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Research farm: the University Smart Farm and National Pig Centre support agricultural and environmental research.

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