University of Leeds
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The University of Leeds (English University of Leeds ) is a university in Leeds, UK. With more than 32,000 enrolled students, it ranks among the largest universities in the country and in 2006 received the second highest number of study space applications.
History
The foundation of today's university was established in 1831 with the founding of the Leeds School of Medicine, 1874 was followed by the Yorkshire College of Science, which served the education of children industrialists and traders from the middle class and was partially funded by the local industry. The Yorkshire College of Science was religiously independent, so that a study not only members of the Church of England was possible. As the traditional universities of Oxford and Cambridge opened other denominations, the Yorkshire College of Science focused on progressive and practical teaching methods and devoted addition to the natural sciences and engineering sciences and classical and modern philology and history, which caused a rename in Yorkshire College. 1887 merged the Yorkshire College with the Leeds School of Medicine.
In 1888 the Yorkshire College of the Victoria University, a consortium of institutions of tertiary education in northern England. Although women had been previously denied the study, they found only with the creation of appropriate institutions from 1896 a significant portion of the students. As the cooperation of the institutions within the Victoria University for the distances to be bridged caused problems, the members became independent after the turn of the century. The University of Leeds in 1904 was appointed by King Edward VII for independent university.
University today
In the academic year 2007/2008 more than 32,000 students in more than 700 undergraduate courses and 474 postgraduate students were enrolled at the university, came to 26,500 additional participant shorter study programs. In the undergraduate courses, 52.4 % of the participants are female. The university employs more than 7,500 employees.
The University is one of the leading research institutions in the UK and is a member of the Russell Group. In the 2001 carried out, the research quality rater Research Assessment Exercise, the University finished in seventh place for the number of excellent researchers with top grade and eighth place for research power. Were also awarded top marks the departments of English Studies, Electrical Engineering Studies, Italian, food technology, engineering and urban planning.
In university ranking of The Times Higher Education Supplement ranked the University of Leeds in 2006 to 19th place within the United Kingdom, the 50th place in Europe and the 121st place worldwide for the Humanities even the 55th place worldwide.
Location
The campus is located 1.6 km north of the city center within walking distance of downtown and the residential area of Hyde Park and Headingley. The main entrance and the main buildings are located on the main road designated as A660 after Otley. Operated by the University halls of residence are located primarily on campus, in the immediate vicinity as well as in Headingley. The more distant residences are on bus routes, operated by First West Yorkshire and partly only operate during the semester, connected to the campus.
In addition to the campus in Leeds, the university has a branch in Wakefield. Another outsourced campus at Bretton Hall closed in the summer of 2007, the institutions located there moved to the central campus to Leeds.
Campus and Facilities
The 40 -acre campus in Leeds was built in stages between the founding of the university and the present time, a further expansion is currently taking place in the form of a new administration building. In addition, located on the campus of older, adopted by the University of terraced houses and a park that was created from a former cemetery.
The main building, Parkinson Building, the Clock Tower University Tower was completed in 1951 and is widely visible because of its location on a hill. A significant part of the building of the university was created in the 1970s in uniform, dominated by concrete architecture, including the Auditorium Center Roger Stevens Building, which was recognized for its efficient use of space, which, however, a confusing array of 25 lecture halls due.
The university library has five locations with a total stock of 2.78 million books and 9,500 periodicals. The majority is located in the Brotherton Library and Edward Boyle Library located on the central campus. In addition, students, faculty and staff are more than 9,000 computers.
The student body is organized as independent from the University of Leeds University Union ( LUU ), which sits in its own building on the campus, where it operates, among other things, a pub, several cafes and bars as well as a small supermarket, whose profits to finance counseling services for students serve. In addition LUU 225 student clubs and interest groups are organized, which are meeting rooms available. Furthermore, with Leeds student a weekly newspaper published in the semester as well as with LSRfm.com and LS: TV radio and television stations operated.
Famous Alumni
- Nambaryn Enkhbayar (* 1958) from 2005 to 2009, President of Mongolia
- Nicholas Kaiser (born 1954 ), astronomer
- Mark Knopfler ( b. 1949 ), musician
- Christopher Leslie (born 1972 ), British politician
- George Porter (1920-2002), Chemist
- Piers Sellers ( born 1955 ), astronaut
- Harold Shipman (1946-2004), physician and serial killer
- Clare Short ( born 1946 ), British politician
- Wole Soyinka ( b. 1934 ), Nigerian writer
- Jack Straw ( born 1946 ), British since 2007, Lord Chancellor and Minister of Justice
- Dan Smith ( born 1986 ), lead singer of the band Bastille