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University of Leicester

LC control no.n 80126213
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingUniversity of Leicester
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Variant(s)Leicester, Eng. University
Leicester University
See alsoPredecessor: University College of Leicester
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Beginning date1957
Associated countryGreat Britain England
LocatedLeicester (England)
Field of activityEducation, Higher
Found inIts Catalog, 1954-55.
Leicester University engineering building, 1994.
Its website, viewed 24 Apr. 2015: home p. (University of Leicester; University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH)
University of Leicester Act 1958, May 1958 (a University College endowment fund was established in Leicester on Armistice Day 1918 and a college was opened in October 1921 under the name of the Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland College; in 1927 the name of the College was changed to University College Leicester; on 4 Dec. 1950 the College was granted a charter under the name University College of Leicester; on 1 May 1957, the University College was granted a charter constituting and founding in the city and county of Leicester a university by the name and style of the University of Leicester)
Associated languageeng