University of Leicester
University of Leicester | |
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motto | Ut Vitam Habeant |
founding | 1921 |
Sponsorship | state |
place | Leicester , UK |
Acting Vice-Chancellor | Edmund Burke |
Students | 16800 (2016/17) |
Employee | 2495 |
Website | www.le.ac.uk |
The University of Leicester ( English University of Leicester ) is a university in Leicester [ ˈlɛstə ], England , and is now considered a research university .
16,800 students were enrolled in the 2016/17 academic year. A well-known discovery at the university is DNA analysis , developed by Sir Alec Jeffreys in 1984 . Various research facilities and centers are located at the University of Leicester, including the Stanley Burton Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies .
See also
Web links
Commons : University of Leicester - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://le.ac.uk/about/governance-and-management/vc-office/acting-vice-chancellor
- ^ "2016/17 Students by HE provider, level, mode and domicile" (CSV). Higher Education Statistics Agency.
Coordinates: 52 ° 37 ′ 17 " N , 1 ° 7 ′ 28" W.