Explore the School of English
Come find your place
Your choice of university is very important and we want you to have all the information you need to make the right decision. Below you'll hear from our academic staff and current students, and have an opportunity to tour our fantastic facilities. Take a closer look at what’s waiting for you in Leeds, and remember to get in touch if you have any questions.
Library virtual tour
Take a 360 tour of our world-leading academic research libraries.
When joining the School of English, you'll be able to work with materials ranging from Shakespeare's First Folio and the Simon Armitage Archive to the Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture and the Leeds Playhouse Collection.
Our students' favourite places in Leeds
Leeds is a thriving cultural hub with something for everyone. Perhaps you’ll immerse yourself in the city’s theatres, explore the museums, take part in the active nightlife or simply explore the parks and countryside.
Looking for inspiration? Find out more
Top 10 spots on campus
We know you’ll enjoy spending time within our School between lectures, seminars and tutor time – whether to catch up on reading or to just meet up with friends.
But there’s so much more to discover. That's why we asked our current students to share some of their favourite places with you.
Discover our students’ top 10 places on campus
Leeds to lead new survey of English dialects
A comprehensive survey of England’s dialects is to be undertaken by the Dialect and Heritage project following an injection of funding.
The archive includes the ground-breaking work of the Survey of English Dialects, carried out by nine field workers in the 1950s. The survey will now be updated and made available online for the first time, with the help of volunteers recruited and trained as oral history and dialect fieldworkers and transcribers.