About us


University of Huddersfield

The University of Huddersfield is a growing centre of research and excellence and we always push 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).

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. We asked our staff and students why they thought the University of Huddersfield won the University of the Year award. Here's what they said.

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The Careers & Enterprise Company

The Careers & Enterprise Company was established in 2015 to help link schools and colleges to employers, in order to increase employer engagement for young people.

During our first three years, we have worked with Local Enterprise Partnerships to build a national network which now links 2,000 (over 50%) schools and colleges to employers. We have also funded 150 programmes to provide high-quality employer engagement activities to young people where they are most needed. The Government’s Careers Strategy published in December 2017 expanded our role

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