Loughborough University

Welcome to Loughborough

Congratulations to all new students who will be joining us this year. Follow our checklist of things you need to do before you arrive and start getting ready for life at Loughborough.

Undergraduate study

We have a fantastic range of undergraduate courses to choose from. Browse our courses for 2024 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.

Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC)

The world needs to learn how to live with Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete, and we are providing the research-based answers on how to do this. This is the key message from our academics in the wake of the UK RAAC crisis.

Research Excellence

The results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF), show that 91% of Loughborough University’s research is now ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally-excellent’.

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.

Improving health across all stages of life

From childhood to old age, we translate our public health research into practical ways for helping people improve their health across all stages of life.

Boosting research collaborations to support healthy lives

An abundance of research ideas but not enough time to deliver them. How an innovative solution will make research go further and faster.

How well do you know your body?

Helping to explain how a healthy or unhealthy representation of the body is created and maintained in the brain.

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.

PING Performance Research Centre

State-of-the-art facility strengthens partnership with global brand to advance cutting-edge technology and innovation in the world of golf.

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.

'Child First' Justice

The foundation of a progressive approach to how children should be understood, treated, and supported when they come to the attention of the Youth Justice System.

Substantial increase in the cost of living with dignity in the UK - new report

8 September 2023

Loughborough shortlisted for three Times Higher Education Awards

7 September 2023

Testing the impact of extreme weather on urban sleep quality – new project

5 September 2023

How populism interfered with science communication during Covid – new study

4 September 2023

Sep

Voices of Diversity: Panel discussion featuring Nadina Ali

Sep

Topology and Functionality Transformed Electronics for Internet-of-Things Applications

Sep

Public lecture: Nature’s Olympians

Oct

Public lecture: Good to Grow?

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.