University of Leeds
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| Motto | et augebitur scientia (and knowledge will be increased) |
|---|---|
| Established | 1831 (part of Victoria University 1887, royal charter 1904) |
| Type | Public |
| Chancellor | Melvyn Bragg, Lord Bragg of Wigton |
| Vice-Chancellor | Professor Michael Arthur |
| Staff | 7,581 [1] |
| Students | 32,241 (undergraduate & postgraduate degree programmes), 32,602 (short courses) [1] |
| Location | Leeds, England |
| Turnover | £366 million (GBP) [1] |
| Colours | Green, Red, Black and Beige |
| Affiliations | Russell Group, WUN, Yorkshire Universities, White Rose University Consortium |
| Website | www.leeds.ac.uk |
University of Leeds (sometimes called Leeds University) is a university in Leeds, UK. It first started in 1831 with the opening of a school to teach medicine which was one of the first outside of London, Oxford, and Cambridge.
Today Leeds is the most popular university in the UK and one of the country's leading universities.
