Loughborough University has an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research, strong links with industry, and unrivalled sporting achievement.
In 2006 full-time students voted Loughborough one of their top five universities in the new National Student Survey, and recently published league tables place Loughborough in the top six universities in the UK, confirming it as one of the country’s leading higher education institutions.
Loughborough is research-intensive. Its ethos from its earliest days has been to produce highly relevant research that solves real world problems to assist both business and industry, and improve people's quality of life. Nearly half of the University's income is for research, and its research partnerships and links with business and industry are the envy of other institutions.
The 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) recognised research of international
excellence in all departments and in addition to eleven '5 grade' awards, the
University was awarded the top '5* grade' for work in Built Environment, Sports
Science and Social Sciences. Loughborough has also been awarded the highest
level of funding per grant, of any UK university, by the Engineering and
Physical Sciences Research Council. The expertise of University staff in
specific research areas is reflected in the fact that Loughborough is providing
five Sub-Panel Chairmen for the RAE in 2008.
[ Taken from the Loughborough University Website ]
