Queensgate
Huddersfield
HD1 3DH
Tel 01484 473 969
Admissionsandrecords@hud.ac.uk
www.hud.ac.uk
Open day: October 28

PERFORMANCE

Sunday Times ranking 75 (84=)

Student satisfaction 76%
Head teacher ranking 101= (73=)
Peer ranking 83= (82)
Research quality 52.4%
A-level/Higher points 257
Unemployment 12.7%
Firsts and 2:1s 51.8%
Student/staff ratio 16.3:1
Dropout rate 19% (18.4%)

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VITAL STATISTICS

Undergraduates 11,594 (5,185)
Postgraduates 1,062 (2,590)
Teaching staff 630
Applications/places 17,943/4,123; 4.4:1 (-1%)
Clearing entry 6.9%
Live in 25% £66-£91
Bursaries 46%: £500
Scholarships None

SOCIAL MIX

EU/overseas 1.3%/1.7%
Mature 31.5%
State school 97.7%
Lowest social classes 41.3%
Low-participation areas 15.1%

Students at the University of Huddersfield have a vast array of information at their fingertips. A £1.4m investment in e-journals, e-books and databases in 2006-7 was complemented by an annual £3.5m spend on other computing resources.

Facilities follow suit. A creative arts building opened recently, including a recital hall, electro-acoustic research studio, art and design studios and recording equipment. Work has started on a new home for the business school, with proposals to develop resources for pharmacy subjects. There are plans to spend a further £100m.

New courses this year include video animation and technical production, web technologies, sociology, health and wellbeing, and contemporary arts, while a degree in property development starts next year.

The Business Mine facility enables students to experiment with entrepreneurial ideas, and sandwich courses include a paid work placement to help boost graduate CVs. However, graduate unemployment of 12.7% last year puts Huddersfield in the bottom dozen institutions in the UK for jobs.

University centres in Oldham and Burnley, where there are low levels of participation, help to make university more accessible in these areas.

STUDENT VIEW

Junaid Ejaz, students’ union president:

First impressions A small, accessible university where you feel you belong.
Worst feature A lack of green and open spaces on campus.
Facilities With everything on campus, you don’t have to go far to take advantage of what’s on offer.
Deal clincher Individual attention means Huddersfield is more personal than other, bigger universities.

Rated excellent (14)
Allied health professions (health visiting, physiotherapy, podiatry); applied social work; earth, environmental sciences and environmental studies; education; electrical and electronic engineering; engineering; geography; history; hospitality, leisure, recreation, sport and tourism (hospitality management, transport and logistics); molecular biosciences; music; nursing; organismal biosciences; politics.

Student satisfaction
History and Archaeology 86.2; Medical Science and Pharmacy 85.6; Initial Teacher Training 85.1; Finance and Accounting 82.9; Psychology 82.6; Other subjects allied to Medicine 81.4; English-based studies 80.5; Agriculture and related subjects 79.6; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 78.3; Nursing 78.1; Politics 77.9; Biology and related Sciences 77.2; Other Creative Arts 77.1; Performing Arts 77; Law 75.9; Architecture, Building and Planning 74.7; Social Work 74.3; Business 73.9; Electronic and Electrical Engineering 73.9; Computer Science 73.8; Art and Design 73.5; Communications and Information studies 72.2; Physical Science 72.1; Management 71.3; Technology 69.6; Media studies 66.7; Tourism, Transport, Travel and others in Business and Administrative studies 66.2; Sports Science 62.7; Mechanically-based Engineering 56.3

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