De Montfort University
- Country United Kingdom
- Founded In 1870
- University Type Public
- Total Students 20000+
- Phone Number +441162551551
- Email [email protected]
- ZIP Code LE1 9BH
- Website https://www.dmu.ac.uk/
- International Students 2700
- Size of Campus 0
- Male Female Ratio 27:23
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De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) is a public university in the city of Leicester, England. Originally founded as the Leicester School of Art in 1870, It was established in accordance with the Further and Higher Education Act in 1992 as a degree awarding body. The name De Montfort University was taken from Simon de Montfort, a 13th-century Earl of Leicester credited with establishing the first Parliament of England in 1265.
De Montfort University has approximately 27,000 full and part-time students, 3,240 staff and an annual turnover in the region of £168 million. The university is organised into four faculties: Art, Design, and Humanities (ADH); Business and Law (BAL); Health and Life Sciences (H&LS); and Computing, Engineering and Media (CEM). . It is a Sustainable Development Hub, focusing on Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, an initiative by the United Nations launched in 2018.The Department of Education awarded university a Gold rating in the 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework. It is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
The university campus comprises numerous buildings, including Campus Centre Building, Kimberlin Library, Queen's Building which houses the faculty of technology, Hawthorn Building which includes DMU Heritage Centre and Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. There are also other buildings like the Trinity House which comprises the Vice-Chancellor's office, Chantry Building, Great Hall of Leicester Castle which comprises business school and Gateway House. Additionally, the campus houses Hugh Aston Building which has the faculty of business and law, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Centre, The Venue which comprises skating rink, movie hall, and Vijay Patel Building which comprises arts, design and humanities school.This university has specialized faculties for all types of streams such as Faculty of Art, Design and Humanities, Faculty of Business and Law, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences and Faculty of Computing, Engineering, and Media. It offers more than 100 undergraduate courses, and over 70 Master's programs in the areas of business, law, art, design, humanities, media, engineering, energy, computing, sciences, and social sciences. Each year more than 2,700 international students from more than 130 countries choose to study with the university.
The UK Department of Education awarded the institution a Gold rating in the 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework, describing teaching as being "consistently outstanding" and "of the highest quality found in the UK Higher Education sector". The 2014 Research Excellence Framework described roughly 60% of the University's research activities as "world-leading" or "internationally excellent".
The university has one of the largest numbers of Teacher Fellows of any UK university and was awarded Centre of Excellence status for its performance practice teaching and student support.This award has enabled further investment in research as well as the construction of a new building with performance studios and rehearsal areas.
Further, the University was ranked 94th in the UK for the Guardian rankings of 2018, 70th by The Complete University Guide for 2019, and 67th by The Times/Sunday Times higher education ranking.
In 2019, the first ever Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings, a global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, ranked De Montfort University 50th in the world.
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Programs
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MEng (Hons) Mechatronics and Robotics
Full Time United Kingdom
Duration
48 month
1st Year Tuition Fees
GBP 15750
Exams Accepted
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Ranking
| Ranking | From | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | Times Higher Education |
Accomodation
On campus accommodation
Available.
De Montfort University provides on-campus accommodation to its students and aims to provide accommodation to all new UK and international undergraduate students who request it
University offers the choice of 14 halls of residence with more than 4,600 rooms
There is a variety of contract lengths, with prices ranging from £97 to £191 per week
All the halls are self-catered
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Recruiting Companies
IBM | Vodafone | HSBC | Barclays Bank | IBM | Conceirge Technologies | Deloitte | BBC | BMW
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