University of Huddersfield

The University of Huddersfield (informally Huddersfield University) is a public university located in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. The University has world-leading applied research groups in biomedical sciences, engineering and physical sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities. It has quadrupled its research income and its number of postgraduate researchers in recent years. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise, the University of Huddersfield achieved its best ever result. It rose to 68th in the UK Research Power league table, having been placed 97th in the 2008 REF. More University of Huddersfield academics, 262, were entered than in any previous cycle, and the proportion of world leading research submitted increased to 15%. The University has been successful in winning a series of awards in recent years. It was ranked 701+ in the 2015–16 QS World University Rankings. The University was the Entrepreneurial University of the Year at the THE awards 2012. It won the Outstanding Registry Team 2013 at the THE Leadership and Management awards 2013. The University was University of the Year at the THE awards 2013. In 2014 the University was named the Times Higher Education's (THE) Best University Workplace. The University was the New University of the Year at the Educate North Awards 2015. In 2016, the University came top among all UK universities for having qualified teaching staff. More than 90% of its academic were found to have a teaching qualification, with the next-highest institution scoring 84%.