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Leicester University

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Overview
Sex ratio (M:F): 53:47 Full-time undergraduates: 21,000
Applications per place: 8 Points range: 240-360
Flunk rate: 5% Unemployed after 6mths: 7%
Booze Index: £1.60 Av. housing cost per week: £75.44
Av. debt per year: £5,008 Access fund: £2.3million

A tree-lined mile out of town, The University of Leicester may be smaller and older than nearby De Montfort, but it hums with a hard-working and friendly vibe ... more detail This place lives and breathes for its research expertise and includes Europe’s biggest academic centre for the study of outer space. The whole campus is chock full of impressive facilities (not least the legendary toilets in the brand-spanking new library) and, teaching-wise, students have rated it one of the best unis in the country ... more on academic The Students' Union never fails to entertain with its big events and miniature media empire ... more on the SU All new students can find themselves a place in the various University residences, including some in the Botanical Gardens... more on housing Sporty students will find themselves well provided for with facilities, if a little strapped for silverware ... more on sports

Woohoo: Space-age studies in a down-to-earth atmosphere
Boo: Halls are cut off from the world by the long trek into town
Tel: (0116) 252 2522
E-mail: study@le.ac.uk
Website: www.le.ac.uk

Text in italics is Push's opinion - take it or leave it Last updated on: Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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