Location

DMU’s newly transformed campus is the result of a £136m investment by the university, creating one of the most impressive expanses for teaching and learning in the UK.

Located right in the heart of Leicester, DMU is a blend of the historic and the new, respecting the tradition of the area and its buildings while at the same time creating a new legacy of our own.

At the heart of it is our stunning new Vijay Patel Building, which houses our art and design courses in a building as creative as the students who study there. Surrounding that we have our newly-refurbished Campus Centre, home of the De Montfort Students’ Union, our striking Hugh Aston building for business and law, our magnificent 19th-century Hawthorn building for health and life sciences and many others.

We have also spent £4.2 million restoring Leicester Castle – located right on the edge of our campus – giving new life to this historic gem and making it the base of our Leicester Castle Business School. On top of that there are many fine places to eat and drink, to learn, to study and to live, all in a beautifully landscaped environment.

Leicester is widely recognised as one of the UK’s most forward-looking and diverse cities and has been named as one of the top 10 cities in which to live and work in the UK, the highest in the Midlands and ahead of London and Cardiff (2015 Good Growth for Cities Index), with great transport links nationally and internationally. DMU is proud to play an important part in Leicester life, culture and history, and in raising its profile.