Loughborough University

Sports University
of the Year

We’re proud to be named Sports University of the Year for the fourth time by the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025.

Undergraduate study

We have a fantastic range of undergraduate courses to choose from. Browse our courses for 2025 entry and explore what Loughborough has to offer.

Postgraduate study

Enhance your knowledge, expand your skills and advance your career with a postgraduate degree from Loughborough.

Building better humans

At the crossroads of sport, health and wellbeing.

What can't Loughborough wait for?

Our Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Nick Jennings on how Loughborough is working towards a cleaner, healthier, fairer world. And how if you study, work or partner with Loughborough, you'll be joining us in the pursuit of better.

50 years of litter on Skye

The tranquil beach on the Isle of Skye where 1 square metre of sand holds 1,000 pieces of litter

Fighting bacteria with nanoscale technology

Our Materials experts are developing films with enhanced antimicrobial properties – helping to combat MRSA infections in healthcare settings

How digital waste is polluting the planet

Digital waste is a growing problem, with organisations collecting and storing more data than ever before. What is the environmental cost of dark, redundant, obsolete, or trivial data, and how can organisations reduce their digital waste footprint?

DECODE – combining AI with the human touch

Our experts are working alongside people with learning disabilities, carers and health professionals to develop health and social care coordination that is fit for purpose and suits the community’s needs.

Transforming global rehabilitation outcomes

Loughborough’s world-leading research and expertise to play a key role in pioneering innovative new approaches to rehabilitation with the UK's first National Rehabilitation Centre

Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC)

The world needs to learn how to live with RAAC, and we are providing the research-based answers on how to do it.

How can we produce fuels and chemicals without costing the earth?

Finding new ways to convert biowaste into fuel sources and essential items so we can live sustainably, in a post-petrochemical world.

Leading the way in Para sport research

Creating more opportunities in Para sport, helping make history.

The urgent need for a net zero built environment

Curbing global warming is probably the biggest challenge we face – and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report highlights the urgency with which we need to act.

Predicting and preventing the impacts of flooding

Rolling out innovative IoT technology that enables individuals and communities to build resilience against the impacts of flooding.

New rights for UK workers are unlikely to put enough money in the pockets of those who need it

14 October 2024

Living Well Inquiry publishes White Paper and welcomes contributions

11 October 2024

Unique Loughborough study calls for changes to public toilet design to safeguard public health

10 October 2024

Professor Vicky Goosey-Tolfrey wins Outstanding Woman in STEM award

9 October 2024

Oct

IAS Africa Summit Event Series

28 Oct 2024 - 31 Oct 2024

Nov

Service of Remembering 2024

Oct

Contemporary Jewellery: Exploring Its Impact on Well-Being (exhibition)

29 Oct 2024 - 8 Nov 2024

Nov

Diwali Disco Party

More news and events

World-leading

Research

One of the top 20 research-led universities in the country, Loughborough is renowned for the relevance of its work, driven by society’s need for solutions to real-life issues.

Business and enterprise

Collaborations

Develop your organisation by partnering us in research, consultancy, new technologies and services and recruiting high calibre students and graduates for placements or employment.

World-class

Sport

Unrivalled sporting reputation offering excellence in research and teaching, and opportunities from recreational activities up to the highest levels of elite performance.