Leeds, The University of

University of Leeds

contributes
£1,136 million

to the UK economy.


Contributes
£726 million

to the local economy.

This is part of the estimated
£1,040 million

contributed by higher education to the city of Leeds.

It directly employs
7,705
people.

But it actually creates
11,681
local jobs.

And in total it generates
18,434
UK jobs.

There are
36,250
students.

It's behind
78
graduate start-up businesses.

It also supports
1,539
other organisations through knowledge exchange.


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UK parliamentary constituency for University of Leeds:
Leeds Central


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Note: all employment figures presented are Full-Time Equivalents. This means that part-time workers are counted pro-rata based on the proportion of full-time hours that they work. This enables a common currency to be established, which adjusts for working hours of staff across universities as well as of other workers.



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