研究卓越框架（Research Excellence Framework，简称REF）2014评估报告中,以优异研究成就名列英格兰第9，全英第14位；英国自从1994年设立英国大学最高荣誉奖——英国女王年度奖以来，拉大共获得七次奖章，获奖次数仅次于牛津大学。

Accounting and Financial Management Discipline Group;
Additive Manufacturing Research Group (AMRG);
Advanced Ceramics Research Group (Department of Materials);
Advanced Polymers Research Group;
Advanced Signal Processing Group (ASPG);
Advanced Virtual Reality Research Centre (AVRRC);
Anarchism Research Group;
Animation Academy Research Group;
Applied Aerodynamics Research Group;
Applied Cognitive Research Group;
Applied Vision Research Centre (AVRC);
BHF National Centre for Physical Activity and Health;
Biological Engineering Research Group;
Biophysics Research Theme;
Building Energy Demand Theme;
Built Environment;
Centre for 5G Research (5GRC);
Centre for Analytical Science;
Centre for Biological Engineering;
Centre for Child and Family Research;
Centre for Engineering and Design Education (CEDE);
Centre for Environmental Studies;
Centre for Global Health and Human Development;
Centre for Global Sourcing and Services;
Centre for Gymnastics Research;
Centre for Information Management;
Centre for Innovative and Collaborative Engineering (CICE);
Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Intelligent Automation;
Centre for Non-Linear Mathematics and Applications;
Centre for Olympic Studies and Research;
Centre for Post-crisis Finance;
Centre for Professional Work and Society;
Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST);
Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP);
Centre for Research into Eating Disorders (LUCRED);
Centre for Service Management;
Centre for the Study of International Governance (CSIG);
Citizenship and Identity in a Globalizing World Research Theme;
Clinical Sleep Research Unit;
Communications Research Centre;
Communications Research Division;
Construction Technology and Organisation Theme;
Crime Science Research Group;
Cultural Communities, Cosmopolitanism and Citizenship Research Group (CulCom);
Culture and Media Analysis Research Group (CaMARG);
Dementia Research Group;
Design Education Research Group;
Design Ergonomics Research Group;
Design Practice Research Group;
Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG);
Drawing and Visualisation Research Group (Tracey School Members Group);
Dynamical Systems Research Group;
Dynamics Research Group;
Dynamics Research Theme;
Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture Research Group;
Electronic Systems Design Research Group;
Electronics Manufacturing Research Group;
Energy Materials Research Theme;
Energy Research Division;
Energy Research Theme;
Engineering System of Systems Group;
Environment Research Theme;
Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre;
Environmental Radiochemistry Research Centre;
EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Intelligent Automation;
European Construction Institute (ECI);
Geometry and Mathematical Physics Research Group;
Global Analysis and PDEs Research Group;
Health and Care Infrastructure Research and Innovation Centre (HaCIRIC);
Health Research Theme;
Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals Research Theme;
Healthcare Engineering Research Group;
Helpline Research Unit;
High Speed Networks Research Group;
Human Geography Research;
Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour Discipline Group;
Inflammation Exercise and Metabolism Research Group;
Information Policy, Law and Ethics Research Theme;
Infrastructure and Transport Theme;
Innovative electronics Manufacturing Research Centre (IeMRC);
Innovative Manufacturing & Construction Research Centre;
Institute of Surface Science Technology (ISST);
Institute of Youth Sport (IYS);
Intelligent and Interactive Systems Research Group;
Intelligent Automation Research Group;
International Business, Strategy and Innovation Discipline Group;
International Centre on Vibro-Impact Systems (ICoVIS);
Knowledge Management Research Group;
Linear and Nonlinear Waves Research Group;
Loughborough Materials Characterisation Centre;
Loughborough Sleep Research Centre;
Loughborough’s Qualitative Digital Research Laboratory (The LiQUiD Lab);
Low Carbon Technology Group;
Macroeconomics;
Management Science and Information Systems Discipline Group;
Manufacturing Research Theme;
Marketing and Retailing Discipline Group;
Materials and Structures Research Theme;
Mathematical Modelling Research Group;
Mathematics Education Centre;
Mechanics of Advanced Materials Research Group;
Memory Studies Research Group;
Microeconomics and Industrial Organization Discipline Group;
Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice;
Modern and Contemporary Research Group;
Musculo-Skeletal Biology Research Group;
National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (NCS-EM);
Networks, Communications and Control Systems Research Group (NCCS);
Novel Materials Research Theme;
Paediatric Exercise Physiology Research Group;
Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport;
Photonics Engineering and Health Technology Research Group;
Physical Activity and Public Health Research Group;
Physical Geography Research;
Physiology and Nutrition Research Group;
Plasma and Pulsed Power Research Group;
Polarons, Superconductivity and Molecular Electronics Research Theme;
Politicized Practice Research Group;
Process Engineering Research;
Publishing Research Theme;
Quantum Computing Research Theme;
Security Research Theme;
Sexual Politics Research Group;
Sleep Research Centre;
Sociology of Sport Research Group;
Spintronics Research Theme;
Sport Policy and Management Research Group;
Sport Psychology Research Group;
Sports Biomechanics and Motor Control Research Group;
Sports Technology Institute;
Sports Technology Research Group;
Stochastic Analysis Research Group;
Surface Engineering Research Group;
Sustainable Design Research Group;
Sustainable Manufacture Research Group;
Systems and Control Research Group;
Systems Division;
Terahertz Superconducting and Semiconducting Electronics Research Theme;
Textiles Research Group;
Theatre and Performance Research Group;
Theoretical Computer Science Group (TCS);
Thermofluids Research Group;
Thermofluids Research Theme;
Transport Infrastructure;
Transport Safety Research Centre (TSRC);
Transport Studies Research Group;
User Centred Design Research Group;
Vision, Imaging and Autonomous Systems Group (VIAS);
Vulnerability and Inclusion Research Group (VIRG);
Water and Waste Management Theme;
Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC);
Wireless Communications Research Group;
Work and Health Research Centre;
X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory;
Young Carers Research Group (YCRG);