The University of Huddersfield was established in 1825. The University is situated in the town of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England and is located near the town center. With over 24,000 Students from over 130 countries are represented on campus, the University has a million turnover, contributing m to the local economy. New university campuses have been established in Barnsley and Oldham to encourage participation in higher education in areas where many people have not traditionally taken up this option. With a strategic plan in place which outlines aims and objectives up to 2013, the University is committed to growth in student numbers, and to achieve a greater range of research excellence.

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School of Art, Design and Architecture

University of Huddersfield has a clear mission in the School to foster the next generation of creative practitioners, who will maximise their contribution to the cultural, social and economic well being of society. They do this through valuing reflective and critical approaches to the exchange of ideas, within an equal opportunity context, including the understanding of cultures, diversity, individuality and creative practices.

All staff are researching or engaged in professional practice to ensure the curriculum is current and relevant to today’s needs and fits the ambitions of our students. The school students are ready for employment and/or further study by the unique way they structure the courses reflecting the way in which the creative industries work, thereby offering students a multitude of experience in real life situations.

The school works closely with employers and professional statutory bodies to ensure currency of the curriculum at all times, to ensure all graduates of the School will have well developed creative, technical, entrepreneurial and cognitive skills as well as business knowledge and understanding. The school offers high quality teaching with a strongly vocational emphasis. Huddersfield was ranked joint first out of all Yorkshire universities for high quality staff and lectures in the Opinion panel Research Survey in 2007.

Facilities and Resources

In the summer of 2008 the School moved into a fantastic iconic Creative Arts Building (pictured above) which is a purpose designed studios for Fashion, Graphic Design, Illustration and Digital Media feature in some of the most outstanding new architecture that an art school has seen in decades. Dedicated lecture theatres for all Art, Design and Architecture students also help to develop the sense of a real creative environment.

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Acommodation

Storthes Hall Park, the main purpose-built student village, was once a psychiatric hospital. This was mostly demolished and developed into the student village, opening in 1995. Storthes Hall is 4.5 miles from the main University campus, set in the countryside, near Kirkburton on the A629 road to Penistone. A bus service runs between Storthes Hall and the University between 08:00 and 23:30 (all buses are free to residents before 18:00). While under University ownership (up to 2003) this bus service ran until 2am, providing a safe form of transport home for students after a night out.

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Ashenhurst Houses is located closer to the main campus. Ashenhurst has a range of 4 bedroom and 8 bedroom houses, all of which have shared kitchen and lounge areas. Each house has two toilets, two showers and a bath which are shared by the tenants. Ashenhurst also has 24 hour on site security, a TV room and washing/drying facilities which are shared between the whole site. Both Ashenhurst houses and Storthes Hall Village were sold to Ubrique Investments Limited in 2003, having previously been owned by the University.

Highlights

• Over the last 10 years nearly million has been spent on the campus and resources with a further million already planned
• University of Huddersfield is a successful, innovative, modern university with an excellent research record in a range of subjects.

 Design, Fashion & Art Programs in Brief

Masters Degree Programs (1 year)

• MA Fine Art
• Diploma Leading to Master of Architecture
• MA International Design Marketing and Communication
• MA 3D Digital Design
• MA International Fashion Design
• MA International Fashion Management
• MA International Fashion Promotion
• MA International Graphic Design Practice
• MA Textiles
• MA Digital Media
• MSc / PgDip / PgCert - Digital Media Production
• MA Spatial Design

Bachelors Degree Programs (3 years)

Foundation Degree Programs (2 years)

Eligibility: Please check the individual pages for the criteria.

Attachments:

huddersfield_application_art.pdf	[UoH Application Form]	630 Kb
huddersfield_ISC_application_Art.pdf	[UoH ISC Application Form]	605 Kb
huddersfield_ISC_prospectus_art.pdf	[UoH ISC Prospectus]	1929 Kb
Huddersfield_PGArt_Brochure.pdf	[UoH Art & Design PG Brochure]	9164 Kb
Huddersfield_UGART_brochure.pdf	[UoH Art & Design UG Brochure]	8160 Kb