Loughborough University

Here at Loughborough, we take pride in offering an experience and creating a community that you can be proud to be a part of. Loughborough University is proud of its long history as an institution of further and higher education. Thanks to the vision of its founding father, Dr. Herbert Schofield, it has grown and developed into one of the country's top universities.
Our teaching and learning offers academic excellence in a broad range of disciplines, from sport and exercise science to engineering, business, and the arts, and was recently awarded Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). Our outstanding student experience gives every student the opportunity they need to achieve their full potential. Our strong connections to the industry boost these opportunities by providing students with access to placement. Our reputation for sporting excellence, which spans performance, facilities, expertise, and working partnerships, confirms our position as the number one university for sport.
Our Students' Union is one of the very best in the country and is one of the only unions to be owned and managed by students.
Our students, graduates, staff, and campus-based partners are at the heart of all we do. They are the key to our continuous success. Within this close-knit community, there is an atmosphere of determination and a will to succeed, which creates an environment that motivates everyone to be the best. Our students are proud of their association with the University, with many returning to campus after graduation to either continue with their education, partner with the University through work, or, in some cases, develop their professional career as an employee of the University.
We also provide a diverse and multicultural environment, with over 20% of our employee numbers represented by international staff members, covering over 90 different nationalities. We attract outstanding academics who are enthusiastic about their subjects and leaders in their field. Please find out more about the high standard of teaching our academic staff provide in the Learning and Teaching section.
We recognize how important it is to invest in the development of our staff. That is why every member of staff at Loughborough can access a full range of development opportunities. We are also proud to hold a bronze institutional award for Athena Swan, which shows our commitment to recruiting, retaining, and promoting women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine, and Manufacturing in Higher Education.
As a university, we are renowned for the relevance of our research. Our results help businesses and industry to compete more effectively, shape public policy, and ultimately improve the quality of people's lives. Our research strengths span the arts, humanities, social sciences, sport, science, design, engineering, and mathematics. Many of these individual strengths cluster around themes, and we call these enduring world-class research areas our Beacons.