Logo Search Facebook Twitter Linkedin Instagram Pinterest Google Plus YouTube STUDY RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ABOUT DMU MORE About DMU University governance Campus development Heritage Centre DMU Square Mile GREAT Festivals of Creativity Schools and departments Confucius Institute Professional services News Simon de Montfort: 750 years of Parliament The Five Photographs That Changed Everything Contact us Events DMU QEII Leisure Centre Mission and vision History DMU Estate Partnerships Academic staff Quality management and policy Jobs at DMU How to find us Contact us DMU rises to highest-ever position in influential university guide De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) has risen to its highest-ever position in the influential Complete University Guide, published today. DMU is up 17 places to 54 and is one of just 11 universities in the country to have improved its position by 10 places or more. It is the latest in a series of league table improvements seen by the university. The Sunday Times and Times named DMU as the most-improved university in Britain and DMU was also placed in the top 50 universities with the best employment rates. Just last week, the student-led WhatUni? web site placed DMU in the top 50 universities, based on feedback from students. The Complete University Guide, which is published today, ranks 126 universities in the UK according to criteria such as student satisfaction, research quality, spending on student facilities and academic services, staff/student ratio, graduate prospects and the numbers of good honours degrees awarded. The rise up the table recognises DMU’s sustained focus on improving graduates’ employability and its determination to provide students with the best possible university experience. Links with top brands such as Rolls-Royce, IBM and Gap have seen students given incredible placement opportunities while Graduate Champions provides recent graduates with paid internships with leading UK businesses to boost their CVs. DMU’s innovative #DMUglobal programme – which provides students with international experiences on campus and overseas - has also been hailed by business bosses as crucial in developing graduates with a global outlook. In February, #DMUglobal was praised by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) at the GREAT Festival of Creativity, the UK Government’s showcase of the best of British innovation. RELATED NEWS: * Come to a DMU open day - book your place now * DMU is rated in Britain's top 50 universities by students * DMU becomes the highest climber in The Times and The Sunday Times' university league table One of the areas examined by the guide is academic quality. In December, the contribution made by DMU’s academics to knowledge across a wide variety of subject areas was recognised in the REF, which rates the quality and impact of research carried out by UK universities. The REF found 95 per cent of DMU’s research to be of international quality. Among accolades for many of DMU’s subjects, the university’s Media and Communications research was named joint first for quality. Dr Bernard Kingston, principal author of TheCompleteUniversityGuide.co.uk, said: “The league tables, taken with the rankings for specific subjects, offer would-be students an accurate and independent guide to the UK university system.” Posted on Monday 27th April 2015 Search news archive Year 2015 2014 Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Please Select Academics Alumni Art and Design Awards Business Campus developments Commerce Community Corporate Creative Culture Employability Events Health Honorands Humanities Innovation International Law Life Sciences Partnerships Politics Research Students Sustainability Teaching and learning Technology News DMU is a dynamic university, read about what we have been up to in our latest news section. Events At DMU there is always something to do or see, check out our events for yourself. 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