Leeds Met is reaching a global audience after our channel has become an official YouTube education partner - making us the most viewed European educational channel this month.

The University's YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/leedsmetuni - has been added to YouTube EDU, in a move which will see lectures and other academic content available to view online.

According to YouTube EDU statistics, Leeds Met is the 16th most viewed educational channel in the world this month, and is currently the highest ranking educational channel in the UK, joining the ranks of heavyweights such as Harvard, Yale and M.I.T.

YouTube EDU was previously confined to American universities and educational organisations, but from today, European universities are added to the site's directory.

Leeds Met's YouTube channel has become established as one of the foremost university YouTube channels in the UK, with more than 14,000 channel views. The site's rich and engaging content has seen it peak as the 31st most viewed YouTube channel in the UK, beating heavyweight broadcasters such as Sky News.

Cris Neill, Online Content Manager at Leeds Met said: "We welcome the launch today of YouTube EDU. The platform offers us the means to reach a truly international audience, to inform and engage our educational partners across the world. It is very exciting to be a part of the evolution of what is effectively a global online campus, and we look forward to sharing the very best of that we think, feel and do with other members of the online community."

Building on existing functionality like a Directory View that lists all participating university channels alphabetically, YouTube EDU users now have two new ways to find the university content that is most relevant to them.

Users can filter videos by language via a drop-down menu and browse videos by subject.

Anna De Paula Hanika of YouTube EDU said: "YouTube EDU is a global classroom where everyone - from those who want to see what university courses are like, to intellectually curious graduates - can watch and engage with a range of academic videos that have been uploaded by some of the world's most prestigious universities.

"Our education destination is a direct response to our community's interest in this type of content and we look forward to adding even more institutions over time."