利茲大學同時是英國羅素大學集團(Russell Group)、紅磚大學(Red Brick University)、白玫瑰大學聯盟、N8大學聯盟、大英國協大學聯盟(Association of Commonwealth Universities)和歐洲大學聯盟(European University Association)的重要成員,多次被評為英國最好的10所研究型大學之一,每年獲得的研究經費穩居英國各大學中的前10名。利茲大學也是2012年倫敦奧運會中國代表團的訓練大本營。
威廉·亨利·布拉格,1915年諾貝爾物理學獎得主,Sir William Henry Bragg,OM,KBE,PRS– For his services (with his sonWilliam Lawrence Bragg) in the analysis ofcrystal structure by means of X-rays.
阿徹·約翰·波特·馬丁,1952年諾貝爾化學獎得主,Archer John Porter Martin, was an English chemist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of partition chromatography with Richard Synge.
理察·勞倫斯·米林頓·辛格,1952年諾貝爾化學獎得主,Richard Laurence Millington Synge,was a British biochemist, and shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of partition chromatography with Archer Martin.It was during his time in Leeds that he worked with Archer Martin, developing partition chromatography, a technique used in the separation mixtures of similar chemicals, that revolutionized analytical chemistry.
喬治·波特,1967年諾貝爾化學獎得主,George Porter,OM,FRS– University of Leeds graduate - For studies of extremely fast chemical reactions (flash photolysis).
沃萊·索因卡,1986年諾貝爾文學獎得主,Wole Soyinka– University of Leeds graduate - the Nigerian writer was awarded for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986.
皮爾斯·福斯特,2007年諾貝爾和平獎得主,Piers Forster- current member of staff at the University of Leeds shares the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for with co-authors of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change Report and Al Gore.
Learn Direct CEO,The Met Office CEO,Tata Consultancy Services總顧問 Sarah Jones等。
其他校友
Politics
JohnBattle,Labour Member of Parliament for LeedsWest (English,1976)
AlanCampbell,Labour Member of Parliament for Tynemouthand Government Whip (PGCE)
JonWharam,Communications Director for Tony Blair 1997-2001 (BA (Hons) Politicsand Parliamentary Studies)
NambarynEnkhbayar,President of Mongolia(Exchange student,1986)
Joséángel Gurría,Mexican economist,secretary general of the Organisation for EconomicCo-operation and Development (OECD)
KenHind,barrister and former Conservative Member of Parliament for West Lancashire (Law,1971)
EricIllsley,Labour Member of Parliament for BarnsleyCentral (LLB in Law)
ChristopherLeslie,Labour Member of Parliament for Shipley 1997-2005 (Politics andParliamentary Studies,1994)
ClareShort,Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood and formerInternational Development Secretary (Political Science,1969)
JackStraw,Labour Member of Parliament for Blackburn,current Justice Secretary andformer Home Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons(LLB in Law,1967)
PaulTruswell,Labour Member of Parliament for Pudsey (History,1977)
SimbaMakoni Zimbabwean Politician and Candidate for Zimbabwe Elections 2008
V.Craig Jordan,OBE,responsible for pioneering research into breast cancer andthe development of the cancer drug Tamoxifen,(BSc and Ph.D. inpharmacology,1969 and 1972)
JenniferRoss Meiring,architect director with BDP (B.A.,English,1979)
GeorgePorter,chemist,Nobel prize winner and President of the Royal Society(Chemistry,1941)
PiersSellers,NASA astronaut (Biometeorology,1981)
JenniferWilby,Director of the Centre for Systems Studies,University of Hull.
Other
AbdullahYusuf Ali - One of the World's most famous translators of the Quran.
MichaelAsher,Desert explorer and author (English 1977)
AlistairBrownlee,Olympian and ITU Triathlon World Champion. (Physiology and Sport2009).
DanielByles,Guinness World Record holding ocean rower and polar explorer (Economicsand Management Studies 1996)
ClaireCashmore Bronze medalalist in both the 2004 Paralympics and the 2008Paralympics.
ChristopherFay,CBE,chairman of the advisory committee on business and the environment,chairman of Expro International and a director with BAA and Anglo American,andchairman and chief executive of Shell UK from 1993–1998 (BSc and Ph.D. in civilengineering,1967,1970)
KatFletcher,president of the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom,2004-2006 (Sociology)
BekeleGeleta - Secretary General,International Federation of Red Cross and RedCrescent Societies (MA Transport Economics,1974)
PeterHendy - Commissioner,Transport for London(Economics & Geography,1975)
DavidHessayon - gardening author and,according to the Guinness Book of Records,biggest-selling non-fiction author in history (Botany,1950)
RichardHoggart,sociologist and author of The Uses of Literacy (English,1939)
AbdullahO. Nasseef - Saudi geologist,chemist and politician
TomPalmer,Rugby Union player
DavidParry,dialectologist who founded the Survey of Anglo-Welsh Dialects
IvorPorter,Ambassador and Author of Operation Autonomous and King Michael(English,1936)
RichardProfit,polar explorer (Biology and Management Studies 1996)
SirChristopher Rose - former head of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division (LL.B.,1957)
DrHarold Shipman,general practitioner and convicted serial killer (Medicine,1970)
GeorgeMartin Stephen,high master of St Paul's School,London (Englishand History)
MarilynStowe,divorce lawyer and the first Chief Assessor and Chief Examiner of theLaw Society's Family Law Panel (Law,1970s)
CecThompson - rugby league player and co-founder of Student Rugby League
SubirRaha- arguably the most influential business leader in the Indian public sector.Staff
LascellesAbercrombie,poet and literary critic (Professor of English literature,1923-1929)
WilliamAstbury,physicist and molecular biologist who made pioneering X-raydiffraction studies of biological molecules (Textile physics,1928-1961)
ZygmuntBauman,sociologist
SirWilliam Henry Bragg,Nobel Prize winning physicist/chemist (Physics,1909-1915)
AsaBriggs,historian
DameLynne Brindley,Chief Executive of British Library (University Librarian,1997-2000)
AnastasiosChristodoulou,Deputy Secretary of Leeds University and FoundationSecretary of the Open University
J.I. M. Stewart (Michael Innes),writer (English,1930-1935)
E.P. Thompson,historian (Extra Mural,1948-1965)
ProfessorJ. R. R. Tolkien,writer (English,1920-1925)
StephenTurnbull,military historian
M.X.Rui,physiologist
ProfessorPhilip Wilby,composer,School of Music until 2006
VernaWright,senior lecturer,rheumatology
G.Wilson Knight,literary critic (English)
學部設定
利茲大學共有九大學部,分別是Faculty of Arts(文學學部)、Faculty of Biological Sciences(生物科學學部)、Faculty of Business(商學部)、Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law(教育·、社會科學與法律學部)、Faculty of Engineering (includes the School of Computing)(工程學部,包括計算機部)、Faculty of Environment(環境學部)、Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences(數學和物理科學學部)、Faculty of Medicine and Health(醫學與健康學部)、Faculty of Performance, Visual Arts and Communications(表演、視覺藝術與交流學部)。其中,每一個學部下設不同的學院、研究所、研究中心。
1.商學院:會計與財務、經濟、國際貿易、管理、市場、工作與僱傭關係等。利茲大學商學院(Leeds University Business School)在九十年代成功發展,知名度大幅度提升,目前已成為享譽國際的英國最大頂尖商學院之一。該院擁有雄厚的科研實力和教學經驗豐富的師資力量,開設了內容豐富的會計,金融,管理等商務類課程。利茲大學商學院以其獨特的辦學魅力吸引了不同國家的學生來此求學,是一所國際化的學院。利茲大學商學院以其高水準的研究質量而聞名。據全球知名FinancialTimes在2001年1月份所公布的最新商學教育評審,利茲大學商學院名列全球Top100頂尖大學商學院,以及名列歐洲Top10大學商學院研究評審第5。利茲大學的會計與金融和國際商務專業均排名英國第一,並長年處於英國前十。管理學專業排名英國第八、世界第三十六。
申請資格:students from over 150 countries postgraduate study
獎學金名稱:Ford Foundation International Fellowship Programme (福特基金國際獎金)
獎學金數額:Variable
申請資格:graduate-level leading to Master’s or Doctoral degree from IFP countries or territories
獎學金名稱:British Council Awards 英國委員會獎金
獎學金數額:Variable
申請資格:certain international students
獎學金名稱:Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship Programme (JJ/WBGSP) (日本世界銀行畢業生獎金)
獎學金數額:Variable / cover the cost of completing a master’s degree
獎學金名稱:Tetley & Lupton Scholarships
獎學金名額:9
獎學金數額:£4000 to £5200 / cost of academic fees at full-cost rate for international students / new taught postgraduates only and are available for one year only
申請資格:undertake taught postgraduate study in session 2010/11
獎學金名稱:Faculty of Biological Sciences – Biological Sciences International Masters Prize Scholarship (生物科學國際 研究生 獎金)
獎學金名額:1
獎學金名稱:Faculty of Engineering – Excellence Scholarship (工程學院,卓越獎學金)
獎學金名額:Variable
獎學金名稱:Leeds University Business School – Executive MBA scholarship (商學院,MBA獎金
獎學金名額:Variable
獎學金名稱:School of Education MA Study Bursaries (教育學院,研究獎學金)
獎學金名額:Variable
獎學金名稱:School of Sociology & Social Policy – Partial Fee Bursaries(社會學與社會政策學院,部分學費獎金)
獎學金名額:Variable
獎學金名稱:School of Performance and Cultural Industries – Taught Postgraduate Scholarship – International(表演與文化產業學院,授課型研究生,國際獎金)
獎學金名額:4
獎學金名稱:School of History Masters Scholarships (歷史學院碩士獎學金)
獎學金名額:3
獎學金名稱:Beresford Masters Scholarships
獎學金名額:3
獎學金名稱:School of Chemistry – Chemical Biology Scholarship (化學學院,化學生物獎金
獎學金名額:10
獎學金名稱:School of Chemistry – Chemical Process Research and Development Scholarship – Up to 10 awards available (化學研究與發展獎金)
獎學金名額:10
獎學金名稱:School of Chemistry – Chemical Process Research and Development Industrial Scholarships(化學研究與產業發展獎金)
獎學金名額:3
獎學金數額:International students fees of £2,000 and maintenance of £3,500