University of Leicester vs University of Birmingham

The very compact campus contains a wide range of twentieth century architecture, though the oldest building dates from 1837. The main campus is a mile south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park and Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College.

2 campuses- Edgbaston and Selly Oak located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK; centered around Chancellor’s Court and Old Joe.

• The students' Union has three student groups in the University producing media, including LUST(Leicester University Student Television), Leicester Student Magazine and Galaxy Radio.

• The University has over 200 societies activities like Community Action, Politics and Debate, Liberation, National and cultural, Campaigning etc.

• The Leicester City Football Club of the University is famous and has a strong history of championship-winning teams.

250 clubs & societies; Houses the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Shakespeare Institute, Mingana Collection of Middle Eastern manuscripts, Lapworth Museum of Geology, Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower; UoB Sport & Fitness club (consisting of 50m swimming pool, multi-sports arena, 6 glass-backed squash courts, 200-station gym, 10m climbing wall, Performance Centre, 5 activity studios, etc.); 9 Costas, 2 Starbucks; other university cafes; etc.

The University has an alumni network of more than 185,000 members from 201 countries. Some of the University Of Leicester’s notable alumni are as follows:

• Malcolm Bradbury( Novelist)
• Adele Parks( author of several bestselling novels) 
• Will Tudor( Actor)

11 Nobel laureates; Neville Chamberlain & Stanley Baldwin (Former British PM); Sir Edward Elgar (British composer); Baroness Amos (UN Under-Secretary-General); Lord Roll of Ipsden (Director of the Bank of England); Isaac Hempstead Wright (Actor); Rodolfo Neri Vela (Mexican scientist & astronaut); Tim Curry (Actor)