利兹大学同时是英国罗素大学集团(Russell Group)、红砖大学(Red Brick University)、白玫瑰大学联盟、N8大学联盟、大英国协大学联盟(Association of Commonwealth Universities)和欧洲大学联盟(European University Association)的重要成员,多次被评为英国最好的10所研究型大学之一,每年获得的研究经费稳居英国各大学中的前10名。利兹大学也是2012年伦敦奥运会中国代表团的训练大本营。
威廉·亨利·布拉格,1915年诺贝尔物理学奖得主,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.
阿彻·约翰·波特·马丁,1952年诺贝尔化学奖得主,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·劳伦斯·米林顿·辛格,1952年诺贝尔化学奖得主,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.
乔治·波特,1967年诺贝尔化学奖得主,George Porter,OM,FRS– University of Leeds graduate - For studies of extremely fast chemical reactions (flash photolysis).
沃莱·索因卡,1986年诺贝尔文学奖得主,Wole Soyinka– University of Leeds graduate - the Nigerian writer was awarded for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986.
皮尔斯·福斯特,2007年诺贝尔和平奖得主,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.
英国国家快运公司National Express Group plc(LSE:NEX) 主席 Phil White;
英国手机零售商(Carphone Warehouse Group PLC)手机仓库公司(LSE:CPW) CEO Andrew Harrison;
英国翠丰集团Kingfisher plc(LSE:KGF) CEO 兼主席 Peter Jackson;
联合房产The UNITE Group plc(LSE:UTG)主席 Subir Raha;
印度石油公司Indian Oil Corporation和石油天然气公司Oil and Natural Gas Corporation主席;
杜拜工业城Dubai Industrial City执行主席 Rashed Al Ansari;
Learn Direct CEO,The Met Office CEO,Tata Consultancy Services总顾问 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)
学部设定
利兹大学共有九大学部,分别是Faculty of Arts(文学学部)、Faculty of Biological Sciences(生物科学学部)、Faculty of Business(商学部)、Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law(教育·、社会科学与法律学部)、Faculty of Engineering (includes the School of Computing)(工程学部,包括计算机部)、Faculty of Environment(环境学部)、Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences(数学和物理科学学部)、Faculty of Medicine and Health(医学与健康学部)、Faculty of Performance, Visual Arts and Communications(表演、视觉艺术与交流学部)。其中,每一个学部下设不同的学院、研究所、研究中心。
1.商学院:会计与财务、经济、国际贸易、管理、市场、工作与僱佣关係等。利兹大学商学院(Leeds University Business School)在九十年代成功发展,知名度大幅度提升,目前已成为享誉国际的英国最大顶尖商学院之一。该院拥有雄厚的科研实力和教学经验丰富的师资力量,开设了内容丰富的会计,金融,管理等商务类课程。利兹大学商学院以其独特的办学魅力吸引了不同国家的学生来此求学,是一所国际化的学院。利兹大学商学院以其高水準的研究质量而闻名。据全球知名FinancialTimes在2001年1月份所公布的最新商学教育评审,利兹大学商学院名列全球Top100顶尖大学商学院,以及名列欧洲Top10大学商学院研究评审第5。利兹大学的会计与金融和国际商务专业均排名英国第一,并长年处于英国前十。管理学专业排名英国第八、世界第三十六。
申请资格:students from over 150 countries postgraduate study
奖学金名称:Ford Foundation International Fellowship Programme (福特基金国际奖金)
奖学金数额:Variable
申请资格:graduate-level leading to Master’s or Doctoral degree from IFP countries or territories
奖学金名称:British Council Awards 英国委员会奖金
奖学金数额:Variable
申请资格:certain international students
奖学金名称:Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship Programme (JJ/WBGSP) (日本世界银行毕业生奖金)
奖学金数额:Variable / cover the cost of completing a master’s degree
奖学金名称:Tetley & Lupton Scholarships
奖学金名额:9
奖学金数额:£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
申请资格:undertake taught postgraduate study in session 2010/11
奖学金名称:Faculty of Biological Sciences – Biological Sciences International Masters Prize Scholarship (生物科学国际 研究生 奖金)
奖学金名额:1
奖学金名称:Faculty of Engineering – Excellence Scholarship (工程学院,卓越奖学金)
奖学金名额:Variable
奖学金名称:Leeds University Business School – Executive MBA scholarship (商学院,MBA奖金
奖学金名额:Variable
奖学金名称:School of Education MA Study Bursaries (教育学院,研究奖学金)
奖学金名额:Variable
奖学金名称:School of Sociology & Social Policy – Partial Fee Bursaries(社会学与社会政策学院,部分学费奖金)
奖学金名额:Variable
奖学金名称:School of Performance and Cultural Industries – Taught Postgraduate Scholarship – International(表演与文化产业学院,授课型研究生,国际奖金)
奖学金名额:4
奖学金名称:School of History Masters Scholarships (历史学院硕士奖学金)
奖学金名额:3
奖学金名称:Beresford Masters Scholarships
奖学金名额:3
奖学金名称:School of Chemistry – Chemical Biology Scholarship (化学学院,化学生物奖金
奖学金名额:10
奖学金名称:School of Chemistry – Chemical Process Research and Development Scholarship – Up to 10 awards available (化学研究与发展奖金)
奖学金名额:10
奖学金名称:School of Chemistry – Chemical Process Research and Development Industrial Scholarships(化学研究与产业发展奖金)
奖学金名额:3
奖学金数额:International students fees of £2,000 and maintenance of £3,500