About the University of Huddersfield

Join a successful, innovative and modern university

Studying at the University of Huddersfield means you'll be somewhere that's going from strength to strength in academic achievements, enterprise and levels of student satisfaction. The place to start whatever you aim to do in life, it pays to get a good education. And that's exactly what you can expect from the University of Huddersfield. Whether you are leaving school or college or returning to education after a period of work or raising a family, we can help you achieve your goals.

If you're looking to enhance your career prospects or simply want to study for the sheer pleasure of learning, welcome to the perfect place to start.

Our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Bob Cryan, is the
current chair of Yorkshire Universities, the regional
higher education association for Yorkshire and the Humber.

Lots of good reasons to choose Huddersfield...

Top quality

We offer high quality teaching with a strongly vocational emphasis. In fact, we were voted a top university for teaching quality in the Times Higher Education Supplement league table in May 2005. We're also among the UK's top 10 providers of 'sandwich courses' where students undertake a paid work placement in industry or commerce. That's one of the reasons why we've got an impressive record for graduate employment. It's a direct result of our practical and vocational approach, combining real work experience with high academic standards.

Every year over 800 students take part in sandwich year placements in industry or commerce and another 1,400 take part in some form of shorter placement scheme.

We have a strong research profile, excellent grades for teaching quality and an impressive record for graduate employment.

Research strengths

Huddersfield has an international reputation for History, Music, Social Work, Engineering and Chemistry. Our Centre for Provision Technologies is widely regarded as the best in the UK and one of the top three in Europe. Our new sonic research lab for music students will be the first of its kind in England and the developments within our computer games studios led us to be awarded a contract by Microsoft in a recent international competition. The University has a major growth programme in research and enterprise both through significant new investment across the University.

Enterprise

We place great emphasis on enterprise and employability. As both the private sector and public services increasingly contract-out many of their operations, it pays to adopt a self-reliant and independent approach.

The University's Business Mine is an on-campus facility that provides a professional environment for students and alumni to try out their business ideas with the support of a business mentor. With a full enterprise support programme to provide the necessary skills, the use of computing and telecommunications equipment, a business library, hot-desking and a supportive networking environment to help you develop a successful business; it's no wonder we have supported the development of some very successful businesses.