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The University of Leicester, founded as a university college in 1921 and granted its Royal Charter in 1957, is a government-financed institution with a leading international reputation for teaching and research. It has over 20,000 students. Of the 11,000 full-time students, 18% come from outside the European Union, from a total of more than 80 countries.
The University has first-rate facilities for teaching, study, research, sports and leisure. The main campus occupies an attractive site close to the city centre and a short distance away there are excellent student residential facilities set in fine gardens.