The University of Leicester (UoL) is a leading research-oriented UK university located in Leicester, one of the top ten cities in the UK. Since its establishment in 1921, the University of Leicester has been praised for the rigor, depth and quality of its teaching, as well as for its significant research achievements. The University of Leicester has a strong focus on academic research and is renowned in the UK academic community for its genetic research and biochemistry. It is from there that the Genetic Fingerprint was developed. The University of Leicester now offers courses in biological sciences, business, chemistry, social work, computer science, earth and oceanography, education, electrical engineering, English literature, geography and environmental studies, history and art history, law, mathematics, medicine, mechanical engineering, political science, psychology, sociology, and other disciplines under the University's six schools.