School of Art, Design and Architecture | University of Huddersfield | Masters Degree | Diploma

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.

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.