Universities in Leicester

Leicester is home to two universities, the University of Leicester, which attained its Royal Charter in 1957 and is one of Britain's leading universities ranked 12th by the 2009 Complete University Guide, and De Montfort University, which opened in 1969 as Leicester Polytechnic and achieved university status in 1992.

De Montfort University is a university situated in the centre of Leicester, England. It currently receives more funding for its research than any other post-1992 university, and has the second highest number of National Teacher Fellows of all UK universities. It is composed of two campuses; Leicester City and the outlying Charles Frears.

The university is organised into faculties, comprising Art and Design, Business and Law, Health and Life Sciences, Humanities, Technology and the Institute of Creative Technologies. Whilst teaching takes place primarily on the Leicester City campus, the School of Nursing and Midwifery is based on the Charles Frears campus. This is set to change, following the School's planned relocation to the city campus in 2011.

DMU website: http://www.dmu.ac.uk/

They do not have a pre-master course for media students. If you want to know some information about a pre-master course for internation media students, please click here.

The University of Leicester is a research-led university based in Leicester, England, with approximately 22,000 registered students - about 13,000 of them full-time students and 9,000 part-time and/or distance learning. The main campus is a mile south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park and Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College.

University of Leicester is ranked 12th in the UK (out of 113 universities) by the Guardian University Guide 2011.

The University's academic schools and departments are organised into four colleges which are, in turn, supported by the Corporate Services, including College of Arts, Humanities & Law; College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology; College of Science & Engineering ; College of Social Science.

The Department of Media and Communication, belongs to College of Arts, Humanities & Law, is one of the longest established academic centres providing undergraduate, pre-master and postgraduate courses in the area of media & communications.


University website: http://www2.le.ac.uk/


The Department of Media and Communication website: http://www.le.ac.uk/mc/

Pre-master for Media in University of Leicester

Pre-Masters in Communications, Media & English as a Foreign Language is a special course in University of Leicester.  

If you come from countries where English is not the first language or without the academic qualifications, the pre-master course is your best choice. 

This course is provided by the Department of Media and Communication (DMC) with the English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU). It is a full-time, one year, campus-based programme, which starts from October and runs to June.

The general aim of the programme is to allow you access onto the master’s programmes of this university.

The specific aims are:

    * English language development: to ensure that each student achieves reading, writing, listening and speaking skills corresponding to at least IELTS 6.5 overall (or equivalent alternative test result);

    * Academic qualification: successful completion of this course will bring students to the academic level necessary for Master’s degree study;

    * Study and communication skills: this course will ensure that each candidate’s abilities are equivalent to those expected of a holder of a good UK first degre.

The cost of the pre-master course for media students almos ￡7590 in 2010.

The English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) offers the English Language and Study Skills courses to pre-master students of the University of Leicester for 1 year. The courses includ listening, reading, speaking, writting, grammar and vocabulary, which will improve your English Language quickly. At the same time, ELTU teachers will give the media background and information to media pre-master students. 

Pre-Masters in Communications, Media & English as a Foreign Language course website: http://www.le.ac.uk/mc/teach/pg/GradDip.html

ELTU website: http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/eltu 

University website: http://www2.le.ac.uk/ 

The Department of Media and Communication website: http://www.le.ac.uk/mc/