Leeds is ranked nationally between 10th and 14th. The university is ranked as the 31st best in Europe and was ranked 93rd in the QS World University Rankings for 2019. Higher education and research institution, founded in 1904, the university has 33,300 students, the fifth largest university in the UK. The University of Leeds has teaching and research strengths across a wide range of communication subjects – from popular culture to political communication, journalism studies to digital media.