University of Huddersfield
Huddersfield | Yorkshire and The Humber
Ucas code: H60
The University of Huddersfield welcomes almost 20,000 students, including over 3,000 international students from more than 120 countries and is recognised for the quality of its teaching. It was the first university in England to achieve recognition as having the highest proportion of professionally-qualified teaching staff* and the first and only UK university to have achieved 100% of permanent teaching staff as Fellows of the Higher Education Academy**. It is a gold-rated university in the Teaching Excellence Framework and in 2017 won the first Global Teaching Excellence Award.
*HESA - First awarded in 2016, maintained in 2017 and 2018 and 2019. Joint first in 2020. ** Permanent staff, after probation: some recently appointed colleagues will only obtain recognition in the months after their arrival in Huddersfield, once they have started teaching.
*HESA - First awarded in 2016, maintained in 2017 and 2018 and 2019. Joint first in 2020. ** Permanent staff, after probation: some recently appointed colleagues will only obtain recognition in the months after their arrival in Huddersfield, once they have started teaching.
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We asked more than 11,000 undergraduates to say how far they would describe their uni as having the following characteristics. We carry out this analysis where we have scores from at least 30 students. You can also see whether these ratings are high, medium or low compared to other universities.
Number of students
17,295students attended last year
Undergraduate / Postgraduate
79%of students are undergrads
Full-time / Part-time
11%of students are part-time
Male / Female
44%of students are male
Young / Mature
27%of students aged over 21
UK / Non-UK
17%of students here are from outside the UK
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