University of Leeds

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University of Leeds
Motto et augebitur scientia (and knowledge will be increased)
Established 1831 (part of Victoria University 1887, royal charter 1904)
Type Public
Chancellor Melvyn Bragg, Lord Bragg of Wigton
Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Arthur
Staff 7,581 [1]
Students 32,241 (undergraduate & postgraduate degree programmes), 32,602 (short courses) [1]
Location Leeds, England
Turnover £366 million (GBP) [1]
Colours Green, Red, Black and Beige
Affiliations Russell Group, WUN, Yorkshire Universities, White Rose University Consortium
Website www.leeds.ac.uk

University of Leeds (sometimes called Leeds University) is a university in Leeds, UK. It first started in 1831 with the opening of a school to teach medicine which was one of the first outside of London, Oxford, and Cambridge.

Today Leeds is the most popular university in the UK and one of the country's leading universities.