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All courses are accredited where necessary by the appropriate professional bodies:
As such, Computing and Engineering has an enviable reputation for quality.
When inspected by the UK Government’s Quality Assurance Agency, our Electronic Engineering Department was graded 24/24, the highest grade possible and our Mechanical and Automotive Engineering Department was Commended in all areas, again the highest award. Our Computing Department will be inspected in the next two years.
We consistently score very highly for student satisfaction in the annual National Student Survey.
In the last Research Assessment Exercise our Mechanical and Automotive research and Centre for Precision Technology (CPT) was graded 4.
Professor Jiang is one of the top researchers within the School of Computing and Engineering's Centre for Precision Technologies.
In 1999 she was awarded the prize for the Chinese Engineering Research Student of the Decade by the Chinese Government for what was considered the best doctoral dissertation during the 1990s and has recently been awarded a very prestigious Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award.
Two research students won scholarships to work on short term contracts to NASA in 2003/4 and one of our research students was elected the British Computer Society's Young Professional of the Year 2004. Research software called 'GIPO' developed in-house won an award at the First International Competition on Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling, held at Monterey, California in June 2005.
The University is one of the UK's top 10 providers of sandwich courses, which is one of the reasons why we comfortably exceed the national average for graduate employment. Over 94% of graduates go straight into a job or further study. Computing and Engineering is a leader and innovator in sandwich education within the University. All our undergraduate degrees feature a one year work placement for home or international students, some of whom choose to work in another country or their home country. Computing and Engineering employs a dedicated team of 4 staff to help students secure the right kind of work placement. Academic staff are appointed to visit students on placement, wherever that may be in the world. Every year we place up to 200 computing and engineering students for 12 months in industry. Salaries in the placement year are excellent. The experience gained by our students on placement makes them very attractive to employers.
As a student you are allowed to work up to 20 hours each week whilst studying and 40 hours during holidays. See our University Jobshop for part-time opportunities. Also, through the Post Study Work Scheme students can stay and work in the UK for up to two years after graduation.
Huddersfield is an historic town in the centre of the country. It is less than 1 hour from Manchester International Airport (200+ global destinations) by direct train and a good place from which to explore the rest of the UK. The rapidly expanding Leeds Bradford International Airport is at a similar distance from Huddersfield.
Only London and Bath have more protected historic buildings per capita of population.
The University campus is in the town centre. Almost 1:10 of the Huddersfield population are students!
You are never far from other big city facilities, countryside and the sea: 30 minutes from Manchester and Leeds; an hour from Liverpool, York, Sheffield, and only 2/3 hours from Birmingham, Newcastle, London and Edinburgh.
Huddersfield is one of the largest towns in the UK and very safe, multi-faith and multi-cultural, with a rapidly expanding retail sector including many international shops, cafes and restaurants.
The University has some 21,000 students currently from 87 countries around the world. Our School has students from 49 countries.
Huddersfield has strong textile, engineering, chemical and manufacturing industries and rapid growth in new companies in e-commerce, games and the creative industries. Major companies include Syngenta (chemical), Holset Engineering (turbochargers) and David Brown (tractors).
Student accommodation is both University owned and privately owned.
Huddersfield offers some of the lowest living costs in the country. Single en-suite serviced rooms are available for reasonable rates and public transport is cheap and plentiful.
View the DIGS video for the accommodation at Storthes Hall
Every year more and more students come to Huddersfield from the EU, other European countries and the rest of the world. The latest information on fees can be found on our website and if you need a visa we can also help you with your application. If you require additional English language support then we can even provide it as part of your course to help you gain the best from your studies with us.
