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About LeedsThe School of Mathematics
We offer undergraduate degree schemes which are both comprehensive and extremely flexible. This flexibility includes opportunities for students to spend a year studying in Europe or America, to spend a year in industry, to choose from three or four year courses, and to study non-mathematical subjects alongside mathematics. In the teaching quality exercise in 1998 we scored 22/24. We pride ourselves on our friendly atmosphere and good staff-student relations. There is a staff-student committee with representatives from all sections of the School. It is a forum for discussing issues within the School, such as course content and tutorial arrangements, as well as wider issues relating to the University as a whole. The Maths Society, which is run by students, is open to all students and staff, and organizes a range of social and sports events. Find out more about undergraduate mathematics degrees at Leeds. The University of Leeds
The University is one of the largest and most successful in the United Kingdom, with about 24,000 full-time equivalent students. With some 2,000 academic staff and research fellows, it is the home of many distinguished scholars with a wealth of experience in teaching and research, and an array of courses which few others can equal. We have students from over 100 countries, so studying at Leeds is a great way to meet people from other parts of the world. The University also has the advantage that all departments are on one campus which is virtually traffic-free and very close to the city centre. Leeds University Library houses one of the country's major university libraries. The main science collection is in the Edward Boyle library, right next to the Maths building. This, together with various areas in the School, provides ample space for private study. The University Sports Centre, situated on-campus, provides seven squash courts (including one glass-court), weight-training and fitness rooms, a table-tennis room, and three general-purpose sports halls for indoor activities such as badminton, five-a-side football, basketball, netball, volleyball, aerobics, judo, cricket net-practice and hockey.
For more information, see the University of Leeds website, and the Leeds University Union website. The City of Leeds and beyond
The centre of Leeds is just a ten minute walk from the University. It has a compact shopping area; a mixture of the old and new, from modern precincts to Victorian arcades and markets. Leeds also has thriving commercial, financial, medical and legal communities. There is a city Art Gallery with a relaxing coffee shop, and next door you can visit sculpture exhibitions at the internationally renowned Henry Moore Institute. For night life there are pubs, restaurants, cafe bars, night clubs and live music venues such as the Leeds Town and Country Club and the Irish Centre. If you are in search of culture the West Yorkshire Playhouse, the Grand Theatre (home of Opera North), and the concert season at the Town Hall can help provide it. Leeds is renowned for its sporting connections. The city boasts several major sporting attractions and venues: Elland Road, home of Leeds United Football Club; Headingley, home of test matches, Yorkshire Cricket Club and Leeds Rugby League Club; Leeds International Swimming Pool; The Leeds Marathon and Half-Marathon; International Cycling; as well as a wide range of sporting facilities for active participation both in the University and the City.
There are also plenty of places to visit around Leeds. There is York, oozing with history, Bradford with the National Museum of Photography, the beautiful countryside of the Yorkshire Dales and Moors, or you can step back in time by visiting some of the local abbeys and stately homes. Why not search for the ghosts of Cathy and Heathcliffe in Brontë country, or take a trip to Holmfirth and walk in the footsteps of Compo and Clegg from "Last Of The Summer Wine"? Then there is always Emmerdale... Leeds has excellent rail, coach, motorway links with all of the country. Hull is just an hour away for ferries to mainland Europe, and for the high fliers there is Leeds/Bradford airport with regular flights to other UK airports, Ireland, other parts of Europe and beyond. The University is just fifteen minutes walk from the central coach and railway stations, and within Leeds itself there are frequent bus services and scores of taxis. For more information, see the Leeds City Council website and YorkshireNet |
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