Victoria University, Leeds

University of Leeds

Motto	Latin: Et augebitur scientia
Motto in English	"And knowledge will be increased"
Type	Public
Established	1904 – University of Leeds 1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine
Endowment	£72.7 million (as of 31 July 2017)
Budget	£667.2 million (2016-17)
Chancellor	Jane Francis
Vice-Chancellor	Alan Langlands
Administrative staff	8,000
Students	33,300 (2016/17)
Undergraduates	24,345 (2016/17)
Postgraduates	8,955 (2016/17)
Location	Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 53°48′26″N 1°33′6″W / 53.80722°N 1.55167°W / 53.80722; -1.55167Coordinates: 53°48′26″N 1°33′6″W / 53.80722°N 1.55167°W / 53.80722; -1.55167
Campus	Urban, Suburban
Newspaper	The Gryphon
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Affiliations	ACU Association of MBAs CDIO EQUIS EUA N8 Group Russell Group Santander Network Universities UK AACSB White Rose Consortium WUN
Website	www.leeds.ac.uk

The University of Leeds is a Russell Group university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1831 as the Yorkshire College of Science. Later it became simply the Yorkshire College, incorporated the Leeds School of Medicine and became part of the federal Victoria University alongside Owens College (which became the University of Manchester) and University College Liverpool (which became the University of Liverpool). In 1903 a royal charter was granted to the University of Leeds by King Edward VII.

The university is a founding member of the prestigious Russell Group, comprising the leading research-intensive universities in the UK, as well as the N8 Group for research collaboration, the Worldwide Universities Network, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, the White Rose University Consortium, the Santander Network and the CDIO Initiative. It is also affiliated to Universities UK. The Leeds University Business School holds the "Triple Crown" of accreditations from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the Association of MBAs and the European Quality Improvement System, placing it in the top 1 per cent of the world's business schools.