Find your school's referencing style
Each school in the University requires students to use a specific style of referencing. Check the referencing style used in your school before you begin your assignments. Your work should also be marked using this guidance.
The University referencing policy (PDF) sets out the referencing requirements that all taught students and their tutors are expected to follow.
Full guidance on the Leeds styles is available by clicking on the links below. Where more than one style is listed you can choose either style, unless otherwise stated in your module handbook.
All cross-faculty modules with module codes beginning “LEED…” use the Leeds Harvard style.
What referencing style does my school use?
| School | Referencing style |
|---|---|
| Biological Sciences | Leeds Harvard |
| Business | Leeds Harvard |
| Centre for Molecular Nanoscience (CMNS) | Leeds Numeric |
| Civil Engineering | Leeds Harvard or Leeds Numeric |
| Chemical and Process Engineering | Leeds Harvard or Leeds Numeric |
| Chemistry | Leeds Numeric |
| Colour Science | Leeds Numeric |
| Computer Science | Leeds Harvard or Leeds Numeric |
| Design | Leeds Harvard |
| Dentistry | Leeds Harvard |
| Earth and Environment | Leeds Harvard |
| Education | Leeds Harvard |
| Electronic and Electrical Engineering | IEEE |
| English Language modules | Leeds Harvard |
| English Literature and Creative Writing modules | MHRA |
| Fine Art | MHRA |
| Food Science and Nutrition | Leeds Harvard |
| Geography | Leeds Harvard |
| Healthcare | Leeds Harvard |
| History | MHRA |
| Languages, Cultures and Societies | Leeds Harvard |
| Law: Criminal Justice and Criminology | Leeds Harvard |
| Law | OSCOLA |
| Lifelong Learning Centre | Leeds Harvard |
| Mathematics | Leeds Harvard or Leeds Numeric |
| Mechanical Engineering | Leeds Harvard or Leeds Numeric |
| Media and Communication | Leeds Harvard |
| Medicine | Leeds Harvard or Vancouver |
| Music | MHRA |
| Music, Psychology of | APA |
| Performance and Cultural Industries | Leeds Harvard |
| Philosophy, Religion and the History of Science | Leeds Harvard |
| Physics and Astronomy | Leeds Harvard or Leeds Numeric |
| Politics and International Studies | Leeds Harvard |
| Psychology | APA |
| Psychology with Education module | APA |
| Sociology and Social Policy | Leeds Harvard |
| Transport Studies | Leeds Harvard |