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De Montfort University is located in Leicester, East Midlands, United Kingdom. It was created in 1992 from the old City of Leicester Polytechnic. Today it has just two campuses, both within Leicester itself: Leicester City Campus and Charles Frears. Other campuses outside of Leicester have been sold off or transferred to other Universities. Out of the two unis in Leicester, De Montfort perhaps have the lower reputation, but rather than more traditional courses, it focuses on more vocational and career specific courses.

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Facilities

Libraries

The library provides all the usual services. Journals (also available online), books and other articles. There are three libraries which provide this service with the Kimberlin library being the biggest. The inside of the library has been modernised. To some it's considered to be 'like the inside of an IKEA store', 'breathtakingly modernised' and 'the only good point of DMU'.

IT and Computing

Sports

The uni has quite a good sports centre. It has the usual sports hall which plays host to basketball games between local team Leicester riders and other teams from across the country. The league runs from october to easter time. As well as the basketball court the sports centre (John Sandford sports centre) has facilities for badminton, squash, indoor tennis and weight training. You can purchase a sports card for £42 for 12 months.

There is also a sports centre down Saffron Lane, which is called Aylestone Sports Centre (I think) which is about 20mins walk from DMU.

Welfare

Healthcare

Shops

The city centre holds a wide variety of shops. There are two main shopping centres, the shires and the haymarket. As well as these there are lots of shops around the main highstreet and down lots of little back streets, as well you have a market. Whatever your taste you will find the shop for you, from topshop to new look, from pound shops to up market art shops. Leicester holds a diverse range of shops, matching its diverse culture.

A short car ride away from the city centre, or a bus ride is an outdoor retail park, fosse park. This holds even more shops if the city centre doesn't fill your shopping needs.

Restaurants

The city centre itself hosts a range of restaurants. There are all the usual takeouts, e.g. mcD, kfc, dominoes, kebab shops, chineses, indians etc. But as well as that there are a variety of eat in restaurants. The city has 2 nandos, pizza express, pizza hut, and a few others. There is definatly not a short supply of places to eat. There are also 5 subway restaurants in Leicester scattered throughout the city.

Banks

Transport

Leicester is situated on the Midland Mainline and has direct services to London St Pancreas. The trains run frequently and reliably. From Leicester to London it costs around £25, thats if you leave bookings till the last minute. The city centre also has a good transport service with lots of buses. There are two bus stations in the city where you can get a bus to most parts of the city. You can buy a yearly student bus pass for £238. The city also has a strong cycle network.

Careers service

Part-time jobs

Religious facilities

Islamic Society

De Montfort university has a very large prayer room for Muslims, one of the largest in the country.

The Islamic society (I-Soc) at De Montfort, holds many events through out the year, with internationally recognised speakers from around the globe.

Events include:

Islam Awareness Week

Charity week (De Montfort's I-Soc, won the prize for raising 6666 pounds for charity!, the prize was, apart from an award, was a talk delivered by sheikh Suleiman Mullah, a very well known speaker from South Africa.

And other events and talks.

Social

Bars, Pubs and clubs

The city centre hosts lots of bars, clubs and pubs. Within the city there are countless bars, along London road you have a variety from the classy Landsdowne to the more studenty varsity. Inside the city there is r'bar which is famed for its shots, as well as this there are also the usual lloyds and walkabout. The city also has a large amounts of clubs. There is mosh for you indie/rock lovers and Zanzibar and liquid for you pop lovers. There are also many others including life, fan club etc.

If you want a pub to watch sport in, there are quite a few around. There's "The Victory" which is directly opposite Leicester Tigers ground, there's "The Bricklayers" - they seem to enjoy their football and there is "Fox and Tiger" basically a Leicester City and Leicester Tigers dedicated pub directly opposite the train station.

Events

Clubs and societies

There are many media outlets on campus for you to get involved with. This includes a newspaper, a radio station and a TV station run by the students.

Accommodation

Accommodation policy

Accommodation is given out on a first come, first served basis. So do not delay in sending you application back once you get it, otherwise you could be left with the less desirable accommodation!

Facilities

Residences

Grange Court

Grange court is horrible! They are seriously bad, they had bare breeze blocks for walls, there was graffiti in the lifts/stairs/corridors etc. Seriously scary.

The Grange

Good accommodation. En-suite and just around the corner from the Campus Centre.

Private sector

Student union

Prices

Bottles tend to be around £1.50

Environment

Architecture

The buildings at De Montfort, specially the campus centre, are very well designed and look astonishing, and have a modern sophisticated feel to them.

All the buildings are very well maintained, and are very clean from the inside.

Local area

great town with lots of shops and clubs all walking distance from the uni (10 minutes) or you can get a bus if your really lazy. Narborough rd for loads of food places. Dont forget maryland chicken for when your drunk in town and on narborough road. 6 hot wings and chips £1.99 : )

The local area itself is very cultural. There are people from all sorts of heritages/backgrounds which gives the city a vibrant feeling, and it also means whilst you are here you can experience a lot of different cultures, including extremely tasty food. Leicester is located on the River Soar which runs very close to the uni providing a nice place to relax.

Teaching quality

De Montfort doesn't have the best reputation for a university, though some say it is getting better. It is more highly regarded for art based subjects and certainly doesn't have a reputation for being good with more traditional, academic subjects.

Applying to De Montfort

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Other De Montfort Articles

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