英国利兹大学leeds

　　利兹大学，University of Leeds, 是一所拥有光辉的百年历史的英国顶尖大学之一，世界百强名校，在此诞生了6位诺贝尔奖得主，英国“常青藤”——罗素大学集团成员，六所英国“红砖大学”之一。立思辰留学360介绍说，利兹大学位于英国第二大金融城市利兹市市中心，其前身是建立于1831年的利兹医学院和建立于1874年的约克郡科学院。1887年，以上两个学校与曼彻斯特欧文学院、利物浦大学学院合并为维多利亚联合大学。1904年利兹大学获得皇家许可而成为独立的大学。利兹大学也是2012伦敦奥运会系中国奥运代表团主训练基地。

　　学校格言 Latin: Esse quam videri. 英语翻译：To be, rather than to seen. 中文：外观莫如实质。

　　学校开设560个本科专业和300个研究生专业。有包括近900名中国学生在内的33，223名来自世界145个国家的学生。（2012年7月数据）

　　利兹大学是英国最受欢迎、同时也是入学竞争最激烈大学之一，根据英国高等院校招生办公室（UCAS）2010年的数据，利兹大学2010年有52,823名申请者，其中7,462人被录取，录取率为14.1%。2011年录取率为13.0%，而其中利兹大学商学院本科大一录取率仅为6.8%,仅有340-360位学生能有幸被录取。

　　2011年7月14日，英国高等教育基金委员会HEFCE公布的资料显示利兹大学被列入英国12所精英大学之一。2009至2010学年度，总计一共有50712名学生A-level考试取得至少AAB的成绩，其中，有26121(52%)名学生最后上了这12所大学。这12所大学分别是伯明翰大学、布里斯托大学、剑桥大学、杜伦大学、埃克塞特大学、利兹大学、曼彻斯特大学、诺丁汉大学、牛津大学、谢菲尔德大学、南安普顿大学、华威大学。英国每日电讯报Telegraph则称这些大学为英国的“常青藤大学”。

　　经过一个多世纪的发展，利兹大学成为了英国最负盛名的大学之一，利兹大学也是全英最好的10所研究性大学之一，年研究经费获取总额一直排名全英前10。立思辰留学360介绍说，作为世界前一百强知名学府，利兹大学是目前英国规模最大的大学之一，同时也是最受英国本土学生欢迎的大学，利兹大学的许多学院都在历年英国大学排名榜中名列前5。在最近的科研评估中，利兹大学的35个系获得国内或国际“优秀”级别，800多名研究人员参加了具有国际重要意义的研究项目，而且都获得5或5*级评分。

　　英文介绍

　　Leeds University,founded in 1904,is successful in a way that reflects both its own virtues and the determined reinvention which the city of Leeds has undergone in recent years,and from which the institution benefits.

　　You can take a virtual tour of Leeds,which is a mecca for nightlife. What with the nightlife,Harvey Nichols and Harry Ramsden‘s,students at Leeds apparently have the biggest overdrafts in the country. Leeds is buzzing: this is an exciting place to live.

　　Leeds University has a very active students’ union. One union PR said: “You don‘t come to a place like [this] if you’re an introvert”.

　　The university has embraced modular courses,enabling students to study for mixed degrees. This allows them to exploit the huge language school which facilitates the flow of students both ways,with over 100 partners across the globe.

　　In August 2001,the university merged with the specialist arts institute,Bretton Hall College,situated just outside Wakefield. Now the university‘s Bretton Hall campus it specialises in music,acting,dance,theatre and creative writing,and is expected to become a major force in performance and cultural studies.

　　Alumni of bold,brash Leeds include Richard Hoggart,author of The Uses of Literacy,Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka,cartoonist Steve Bell,and Paul Dacre,editor of the Mail.

　　Leeds is among the top ten universities for research in the UK and is internationally acknowledged as a centre of excellence in a wide range of academic and professional disciplines.

　　We have an ambitious vision to join the top 50 universities in the world by 2015 through our distinctive ability to integrate world-class research,scholarship and education.

　　Integrating research and learning and teaching is at the heart of our strategy. Our courses are taught by staff who are engaged in world-class research and cutting-edge professional practice.

　　We invest our own resources in helping organisations turn university research into world-class products and services. From the invention of the Ultracane which helps blind and visually impaired people,to a spin-out company which provides expert services and new technologies for the biopharmaceutical,defence and healthcare sectors,we are at the forefront of innovation.

　　Our size and international reputation enables us to offer one of the widest ranges of academic courses in the UK. During the current academic year there are over 30,500 students attached to 700 undergraduate and 474 postgraduate degree programmes. A further 31,382 men and women are enrolled on short courses with the University.

　　Our graduates are highly sought after by employers and go on to succeed in all walks of life and are leaders in their field.