The University of Leicester

Academic strengths & graduate outcomes

Across 205 courses, The University of Leicester's largest teaching areas are history and philosophy (26 courses), architecture and planning (25 courses) and geography and earth sciences (17 courses), with further provision in mathematical sciences, business and management and computer science. In the latest national data it records 86.5% average course satisfaction (NSS), 88.9% first-year continuation, 87% of graduates in work or further study and 77.4% in professional or managerial roles. Median graduate pay rises from about £28,083 fifteen months after graduating to £36,078 after five years, peaking at £53,500 for Clinical Sciences.