University of Huddersfield

Global, innovative and modern – welcome to the University of Huddersfield

Home to almost 20,000 students from across the world, the University is based right in the town centre and at the heart of the local community. We support thousands of people, from school leavers to researchers, to achieve their goals each year. The University has high standards of teaching and learning and excellent facilities and is also a growing centre of research and excellence pushing the boundaries of knowledge.

(*)We are proud to have been recognised as a gold-rated university by the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).

(*)We won the first Global Teaching Excellence Award recognising the University’s commitment to world-class teaching and its success in developing students as independent learners and critical thinkers (Higher Education Academy, 2017).

(*)Our academic staff are continually rated as providing high-quality teaching in an exciting and stimulating environment. In fact, Huddersfield is joint first in England for professionally qualified teaching staff (HESA 2020).

(*)We are joint second for National Teaching Fellowships which mark Britain’s best lecturers in Higher Education, winning a total of 17 since 2008 (2020 data).

(*)We’ve world-leading applied research groups in biomedical sciences, engineering and physical sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities (REF 2014).

(*)The University of Huddersfield became the Times Higher Education University of the Year in November 2013. Judges highlighted the University’s outstanding record for student satisfaction and employability with the University placed in the top ten in the country in both categories.

Since 2008, £156 million has been spent on campus development making sure our students have access to some of the best facilities in the country. We committed to sustainability and reducing our impact on the environment by pledging a carbon neutral campus by 2030.