Excellence and innovation
Our community of researchers brings together excellence and innovation, pushing the frontiers of knowledge and discovery to shape a better future.
This involves creating, nurturing and promoting an environment in which people work together across disciplines and with partners to solve complex problems.
The result is truly transformational fundamental and challenge-led research that advances knowledge and creates solutions to local, national and global challenges.
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Research that changes the world
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Unchecked emissions could double heat-related child mortality
If carbon emissions are limited to slow temperature rise, as many as 6,000 child deaths could be prevented in Africa each year, according to new estimates.
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Honorary Degrees 2022
After a pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, honorary degree ceremonies are returning to University of Leeds to celebrate the success of key figures in the worlds of law, art, science and more.
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University and Asda announce data partnership
Asda and the University have joined forces to better understand pressing societal challenges such as nutrition, environmental and health issues through a strategic data partnership.
Coronavirus research
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Air quality inside buildings should be improved
Air quality inside buildings and on transport systems should be improved to reduce the impact of future pandemics or the spread of flu and other infectious diseases, say engineers and scientists.
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COVID-19 ‘has reshaped science forever’
Following in a long line of eminent scientists and engineers, Professor Cath Noakes will stand in the Royal Institution’s iconic auditorium and explain the big ideas reshaping society.
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Flexible working revolution remains a work in progress
Employers have yet to adapt to the flexible working revolution sweeping through the UK’s offices, new research has shown.
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Phone app to support patients coping with long COVID
People with long COVID could be monitored with the aid of a ground-breaking mobile phone app and clinical website.
Facts and figures
90% of the research submitted
4,000 researchers in our postgraduate community
£100 million invested in five years to recruit future academic leaders
Faculty contacts
The University of Leeds is divided into seven groups known as faculties. Each faculty is subdivided into schools, institutes and centres.
Find contacts for a faculty or research area
Key contacts and web links for faculties, schools and interdisciplinary research centres and institutes are listed.