The history of Loughborough University can be traced back to the establishment of a small technical institute in 1909. Originally, Loughborough University of Technology provided education only in technical subjects like art and science. The university was given its current name in 1996. Currently, the university has 22 academic schools and departments, over 100 research groups, institutes and centers, and over 35 professional services, teams.

Located in the center of Loughborough, UK, the university campus covers an area of 440 acres. The campus has a world-class infrastructure and provides a plethora of facilities like huge lecture theatres, a well-stocked library, well-equipped laboratories, an extensive IT network, a conference center, excellent accommodation, and Loughborough Students’ Union. The university also has an arts center, a bank, a health center, two theatres, restaurants, and some shops. Also, it provides the students with excellent sports facilities. The university has a postgraduate campus in London too. Both the campuses have won many awards and rankings for the facilities they offer.

Loughborough University offers numerous undergraduate, doctoral and postgraduate programs in various fields like accounts, finance, engineering, sciences, architecture, business, computer science, management, mathematics, languages, sports, economics, arts, social sciences, media, and psychology. The university houses more than 17,000 students and over 3,700 staff members. It is a member of a renowned international academic network, UNITECH International, and has collaborations with many international institutions like MIT, IIT Delhi, and Nanyang Technological University. It also has strong links with many funding agencies and sponsors like the Brunei High Commission, the Libyan Embassy, Oman Cultural Attaché Office and the Chevening Organization. The university equips the students with the skills and knowledge required to improve their employability and offers them plenty of outstanding career opportunities.

Loughborough University has a large network of alumni. There are more than 178,000 alumni across 169 countries. Sir Peter Bonfield is BT Group’s former chief executive. Lord Sebastian Coe is an Olympic athlete well-known for holding the world marathon record. Paula Radcliffe is Williams Formula One team’s Head of Vehicle Performance and Rob Smedley’s former race engineer. Malcolm Sayer is a successful car and aircraft designer. Rosalind Ayres is a popular English actress. Tanni Grey-Thompson is a television presenter, Welsh politician, and a former wheelchair racer. Clive Woodward used to be an English rugby player and served as the coach for the England rugby team from 1997-2004. There are lots of other distinguished and notable names linked to the university.

Home to around 17,800 students from 180 countries, Loughborough University is known for its academic excellence and research work. Loughborough is offering 200+ UG and PG courses, for which the university has two intake sessions- January and October. While applications for undergraduates are accepted via UCAS, those for PG courses are accepted through the university’s online application system.

Admissions are comparatively moderate as the acceptance rate is around 60%-70% (past 5 years). Indian students seeking admission at Loughborough University need 88% in Class XII and 65% in UG. Along with this, the students need to submit an IELTS score of over 6.5. Supporting documents (SOP, LORs, CV) also play an important role in admission decisions but academic scores are given preference. The decision is notified to applicants within 3-5 weeks of application submission.

Loughborough university acceptance rate

Application are comparatively moderate as the acceptance rate is around 60%-70% (past 5 years). Indian students seeking admission at Loughborough University need 88% in Class XII and 65% in UG.

Loughborough university ranking world

Loughborough University is ranked 226 in QS World University Rankings by TopUniversities and has an overall score of 4.4 stars, according to student reviews on Studyportals, the best place to find out how students rate their study and living experience at universities from all over the world.

Loughborough university ranking uk

QS World University Rankings 2020 – Top Universities in the UK 21-49
UK Rank	Global Rank	Institution
29	209	Queen’s University of Belfast
30	226	Loughborough University
31	242=	University of Leicester

Loughborough University – School of Business and Economics

Established over 40 years ago, the Loughborough University School of Business and Economics is one of the top business schools in the UK and part of the one per cent of business schools in the world to hold AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA accreditation.

The school offers courses across bachelors, master’s and postgraduate level across disciplines of: accounting and finance; economics; human resource management and organisational behaviour; information management; international business; strategy and innovation; management science and operations and marketing and retailing.

With more than 400 global partnerships, the school offers salaried placements to undergraduate students and internships to MBA students.

Courses at bachelors level in business are: accounting and financial management; finance and management; information management and business; international business; management sciences; retailing, marketing and management. In the economics department, the courses are economics; business economics and finance, and economics and management.

As well as The Loughborough MBA, master’s programmes offered cover finance and economics, management, marketing, human resources management and work psychology, information management and business analytics.

Loughborough offer a Business and Economics MPhil, PhD and is currently offering unfunded PhD topics across a number of its discipline areas/departments, including: corporate social responsibility reporting; corporate finance and the political environment; international trade in relation to Brexit; workplace bullying/cyberbullying and games-based assessment. In the international business, strategy and innovation area: entrepreneurship in emerging markets; internationalisation strategies; culture-strategy nexus in global organisations; social innovations and entrepreneurship; strategy and performance in complex environments and digital innovations and development.

There are four collaborative Research Centres at the School aiming to shape policy and practice across both the public and private sector. The centres include: Centre for Information Management; Centre for Productivity and Performance; Centre for Professional Work and Society and the Centre for Service Management.

The school recently set up a new centre for doctoral training at the Loughbrough University Online Civic Culture Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) that applies cutting-edge concepts and methods from social science and information science to understand the role of social media in shaping civic culture.

Among notable alumni are: Louise Cooke, CEO of Parmalat, Africa; Jill Ross, managing director at Accenture; Tim Dyson, Global CEO of Next 15; Laura Unsworth MBE, Team GB Hockey Player; Sarah Branquinho, corporate communications and external affairs director at World Duty Free; Nick Bunker, CEO of KP Snacks; Andrew Fisher, executive chairman of Shazam; Paul Philpott, President and CEO of Kia Motors; Peter Dawkins, vice chancellor and president of Victoria University; Christine Hodgson, chairman at CapGemini UK; Stuart Miller, chief executive officer and founder of ByBox; and Jeff Prestridge, financial journalist (Personal Finance Editor, Mail on Sunday).

Loughborough university economics

Our BSc Economics degree will give you new perspectives on some of the most pressing and challenging problems and choices facing the world today. With the option of a year on placement or studying abroad, this degree will help you stand out to employers and equip you for a wide range of rewarding careers.

Economics relates to every aspect of our lives, from the decisions we make as individuals to the policies adopted by governments and the products and services offered by companies.

By studying our BSc Economics degree you’ll develop the skills of an economist, equipping you to understand how consumers and firms interact and behave, how government policy affects the economy and how financial systems operate. You will have the opportunity to tailor your degree as well with optional modules in more specialist subjects, especially after your year on placement or studying abroad. BSc Economics opens up a wide range of careers helping organisations or governments make better informed decisions. For example, economics can help governments devise better policies, help banks and financial institutions make better financial decisions, and help business managers make better pricing, production and investment decisions. With the option of a year on placement or studying abroad, this degree will help you stand out to employers and equip you for a wide range of rewarding careers.

Skills for employability is a key part of the Loughborough experience and can really boost your job prospects and this degree has a module specifically built in to help you develop your study and employability skills.

Why you should choose us

12thIN THE UK FOR ECONOMICSThe Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021TRIPLE ACCREDITATIONAACSB, EQUIS and AMBAGoldAWARDED GOLD IN THE TEACHING EXCELLENCE FRAMEWORK (TEF)7thLOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY RANKED 7TH IN THE UKThe Guardian University Guide 20211stIN THE UK FOR EMPLOYER-STUDENT CONNECTIONSQS Graduate Employability Rankings, 20205 Star+UNIVERSITY – ONE OF ONLY 13 WORLDWIDEInternational QS Stars Scheme, 2020

Loughborough university ranking economics

Loughborough University has retained its top five ranking in the 2020 Guardian University Guide, taking 4th place for the second year running.

The national league table, published today (Friday 7 June), ranks the country’s 121 universities by scoring each institution on a range of aspects of university life, including how satisfied students are with their course and what their chances are of getting a good job.

Speaking about Loughborough’s continued success in the league table, the University’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Robert Allison said: “It is incredibly rewarding to see that the hard work and dedication of the entire Loughborough family, who work tirelessly to ensure all  our students get the very best out of their university years, has been recognised yet again.

“To see Loughborough ranked in the top five, behind only Cambridge, St Andrews and Oxford, is fantastic and I would like to thank everyone who plays a part in making the University such an incredible place.”

Loughborough again cemented it’s position as one of the UK’s Top-10 UK business schools as it was once again ranked in the Top-5 in the UK for both ‘Accounting and Finance’ and ‘Business, Management and Marketing‘ in the 2020 Guardian University Guide, outperforming most Russell Group universities:

Subject area rankings:

• 2^nd for Accounting and Finance
• 4^th for Business, Management and Marketing

‘Graduate Prospects’ by subject area:

• 1^st for Graduate Prospects in Accounting and Finance
• 2^nd for Graduate Prospectus in Business, Management and Marketing

The 2020 Guardian University Guide top ten is:

• 1. Cambridge
• 2. St Andrews
• 3. Oxford 
• 4. Loughborough
• 5. Durham 
• 6. Bath
• 7. Imperial College
• 7. Lancaster
• 9. Warwick
• 10. Lancaster 

Loughborough university courses

​Below is a list of all of our undergraduate subject areas here at Loughborough University.

• Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering.
• Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering.
• Bioengineering.
• Biosciences.
• Business and Economics.
• Chemical Engineering.
• Chemistry.
• Communication and Media.