University of Leicester

The University of Leicester is a leading research-intensive university providing an inspiring education and student experience, and delivering world-changing research that improves people’s lives. It includes an Institute for Space, which works in collaboration with Space Park Leicester to address some of the most pressing space sector and global sustainability challenges. Discovery and challenge-led science is at the core of all of the space-related research, space engineering and technology development at the University of Leicester.

Its league table standing places it among the leading UK universities, and it was named the Daily Mail University of the Year 2025 and twice shortlisted for University of the Year (THE Wards 2024 and The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025).