University profile

Leeds Beckett University

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2024/25 edition

About Leeds Beckett University

Whatever your motivation for pursuing postgraduate study, Leeds Beckett will help you raise your game and reach new heights. Whether you want to enhance your promotion prospects, develop your expertise, change career or explore an interest, we have more than 180 courses for you to choose from.

We also have a range of study options, including online and part-time, so you can balance studying around work, family life, or other commitments.

Connect with the experts

Our courses aim to maximise your professional expertise, to develop and enhance your skills – it’s what we call 'The Postgraduate Advantage'.

We pride ourselves on close links with employers and the professions. Our impressive programme of public lectures and seminars has attracted inspirational speakers from the worlds of business, sport and the arts, giving students the opportunity to engage, learn and network.

Recent speakers including Sir Keir Starmer, the Leader of the Opposition, Dame Kelly Holmes, a double Olympic gold medallist and a Leeds Beckett Honorary Graduate, and the legendary engineer for The Beatles and producer of David Bowie, Ken Scott.

Our facilities

We are committed to providing the best facilities for our students. We recently invested £80m into Leeds School of Arts, a new state-of-the-art hub for our Creative Arts courses which includes TV, film, and music production studios, a performance theatre, and a Dolby Atmos movie cinema.

We’ve also invested £45m into a new home for the Carnegie School of Sport. This hub is home to our highly specialist teaching and research facilities as well as acting as a hub for elite athletes, sports and industry partners.

Our commitment to providing modern and state of the art facilities doesn’t stop there, with a further £75m being invested into our campus within the next five years.

In addition to this, we’ve been awarded a five-star rating for our existing facilities by QS Stars University Rankings. This includes are 24/7 libraries, which boasts over 200,000 resources available online. This means you can study at a time, and a place, that suits you.

Life in Leeds

As one of the most vibrant and eclectic places in the UK, it’s no surprise that Leeds is home to over 70,000 students. From our range of high street and boutique shopping arcades, or our electric nightlife to the serene open spaces and parks throughout the city, Leeds caters for all.

It benefits from a compact city centre which means getting around on foot is easy, but that doesn’t mean the city is small. Leeds can boast that it’s home to one of the biggest parks in Europe, Roundhay Park.

Postgraduate Open Days

Our Postgraduate Open Days are a great opportunity to discover whether studying a postgraduate course, like a master’s, is right for you. You’ll get to speak to our academic team about the course you’re interested in and our student support teams can offer advice on everything from funding your studies to disability support.

Contact details

Email
admissionsenquiries@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 (0)113 812 3113
Address
Leeds Beckett University
+44 (0)113 812 3113
Leeds
LS1 3HE