The incredible feat was made official on Thursday evening at the annual BUCS Annual Awards Dinner with Loughborough’s points total of 9,492 setting a new sector-leading record.
Loughborough’s closest competitor, the University of Nottingham, amassed 8,227 in second place – a huge 1,265 points behind the African Violet.
In a year of sporting excellence, Loughborough were victorious in women’s basketball, men’s basketball, women’s netball, men’s tennis, and women’s football, among others.
Many Loughborough teams also maintained a 100 per cent win rate as men’s futsal, men’s badminton (1 and 2), women’s hockey, women’s netball, men’s rugby union, and women’s squash all went unbeaten throughout the campaign.
Since 2016, Loughborough has continued to impress, breaking the 6,000, 7,000, 8,000, and 9,000 points total.
Richard Wheater, Director of Sport, at Loughborough University, said: “To win a 43rd consecutive title is an incredible achievement by all involved. Once again, we’ve witnessed outstanding talent, dedication, and determination from our brilliant coaches, athletes, support staff, and volunteers.
“Everyone should feel incredibly proud that we’ve lifted another overall title and, in the process, written another chapter in the history book of sport here at Loughborough University.”
On an evening of great success for Loughborough, Ireland international swimmer Daniel Wiffen was also named Sportsman of the Year. The 23-year-old has enjoyed another stellar year, including breaking numerous BUCS records and the 800m freestyle world record at the European Short Course Championships.
The University also hosted the showpiece BUCS Big Wednesday this year – for the first time since 2015 – which saw almost 2,500 spectators come to campus to watch first-hand the very best of sport from across the higher education sector.
BUCS oversees higher education sport in the UK and supports and promotes the lifestyle and educational benefits of participating in sport.
Each year it delivers more than 50 sports to 170 universities across a varied programme of over 6,000 teams and individual competitors.