University of Leeds fast facts:

-          The University of Leeds was chartered  in 1904 but has been operating as a medical school since 1831

-          During the 2009–10 academic year, over 32,800 students were attached to around 560 different first-degree programs and approximately 300 postgraduate degree programs

-          Leeds is the second largest single site university in the United Kingdom.

-          From 2006 to present, the university has consistently been ranked second in the United Kingdom for the number of applications received, second only to the University of Manchester

-          The University Refectory is the University's main canteen during the day, serving a range of hot and cold food whilst in the evenings it is converted into one of Leeds's largest music venues, having a 2,100 person capacity for live events.

-          Many famous bands and musicians have played at the University Refectory throughout their careers. These include The Who who recorded Live at Leeds at the venue (originally in 1970, and then returned in June 2006 to recreate the original show), Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and more recently Muse (recorded and played on MTV), The Strokes, Bloc Party, Manic Street Preachers, K.T. Tunstall, Arctic Monkeys, The Coral and Paul Weller.

-          The university was ranked 85^th in the world in 2010 by QS World University Rankings. (Australian National University ranked 20^th)

-          The university library houses special collections ranging including locks of hair from the  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven.

-           Further collections held include William Shakespeare's First Folio (Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories. & Tragedies) published in 1623 and valued at around £15 million.

-          The university also holds Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, first published 5 July 1687 and Oscar Wilde's manuscript of The Duchess of Padua from 1883.

-          There are 9,000 personal computers available across the campus.

-          The union is one of the largest student union operations in the UK.

-          Notable alumni include former Prime Minister of Mongolia, Mark Collett and their BIG TICKET item, former serial killer Harold Shipman.

The Parkinson Building
The main building of the university

The Emmanuel Centre
Chaplaincy Department of the University of Leeds

This once was the longest corridor in Europe...somewhere in mainland Europe took the title recently
It's long!



Outside the Student Union building
Most of the clubs are underground!



Courtyard outside the Great Hall

The Great Hall where graduations take place

The Brotherton Library
I consistently get lost in here because there are no corners to get your bearings!

The University of Leeds Business School
Buildings previously belonged to boys grammar school

The cemetery behind our residence building
The girls get the view out on to the tombstones!