Student life

Live in a student friendly town

At Huddersfield, you will enjoy living in a peaceful and safe northern town, while completing your degree with the opportunity to create a successful career. With a thriving student community of over 20,000 from 100+ countries, the town is very warm and welcoming to all.

Things to do in Huddersfield

Huddersfield is a vibrant town with lots of cafes, restaurants, live performance venues, sports facilities and shopping areas. Close to both the beautiful Yorkshire countryside and multiple major cities, you can enjoy fast-paced city living and peaceful country landscapes.

What the town has to offer:

The Huddersfield Open Market - open every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with stallholders selling locally produced and sourced fruit and veg, meat and fish. You’ll also find fabrics, fashion, kitchen equipment and household goods.
Two national parks – the Yorkshire Dales to the north and the Peak District in the south.
The Lawrence Batley Theatre for a night of culture and entertainment.
Castle Hill, a historic Yorkshire landmark with the most picturesque view, perfect for a picnic day.

Cost of living

Huddersfield offers a relatively low cost of living, compared to major cities like London, which makes it the perfect place for students to live. Students can also take advantage of student discount, which are commonly offered by most shops, cafes and restaurants.

Student life on campus

The University has invested £157 million in campus development, including new buildings, top class facilities and support services.

As a student at the International Study Centre, you will have access to all the University's facilities from day one, including the library, Students' Union, research facilities, specialist laboratories, gym, along with 60+ global societies, 150+ academic and sports clubs. The fantastic learning facilities at the University of Huddersfield have been awarded 5 stars by QS (2020, 2023).

There's also a Huddersfield Narrow Canal that runs through the heart of our campus with a tree-lined towpath, perfect for those downtime moments!

Modern library

With access to millions of books, journal articles, databases and media items, the University library will be an important tool for your success at Huddersfield. Open seven days a week and staffed with friendly, knowledgeable employees, the library will always be accessible to you. Study spaces are available to fit your working style, too - whether that’s quietly and alone, or collaboratively. The library is spread out over five floors with over 400,000 books in print alone.

Campus safety

The University of Huddersfield campus is a safe place to study and socialise. There is an on-campus security team, open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. There is also a dedicated University Safer Student Police Officer who is there to keep students safe by offering crime prevention advice and safety tips.

Clubs and societies

You won’t be short of activities to do at Huddersfield. There are over 60 global societies for different regions and over 150 academic and sports clubs and societies on campus to choose from, including everything from salsa dancing and drama club to American Football and Wing Chun Kung Fu. If there’s something you’d like to do that doesn’t currently exist, feel free to start a society or club yourself.

The University's international societies are sponsored by the International Office and are student-led groups open to all students and staff at the University. Their purpose is to represent different cultures, languages and countries on and off campus, include others, educate and learn from one another while making new friends and having fun along the way.

Sports facilities

The University of Huddersfield have a generous offering of sports facilities. Gym facilities and fitness classes are made available to students both on campus and at KAL Fitness Centres across the district (there are 9 in and around the Huddersfield area). ActiveHud is the gym and sport offering from the University of Huddersfield, which boasts impressive on-site sports facilities, including:

A double sports hall with bleacher seating for over 750 spectators
Two multipurpose studios
Strength and conditioning performance suite
Three-floor fitness suite with over 80 stations

More informal sport options are also made available to students at Huddersfield, with the University’s social sport programme. With over 20 sessions a week, this gives students the chance to take part in sport in a fun and relaxed environment.

Students' Union

The goal of the Students’ Union is to make your life better. Make your voice heard when it comes to important issues and complaints that affect you. Get involved! You could even stand for election if you’d like. The Students’ Union also works with local and national charities and organisations. This means you’ll have the chance to learn new skills, meet new people, gain real world experience, and have experience of volunteer work to put on your CV.

20,000 students

call Huddersfield home.

I like in living in the UK. I like the culture. It has different cultures from many, many countries. For example, I have Arabic friends. I have Chinese friends. There are a lot of people you can mix with.

The best part of being an international student is that you mix up other nationalities. This played a huge role in my life. I have never seen so many people from different countries from one place. So to get to know each of them, and learn their culture and learn their languages was a really nice experience.

Hamza from Pakistan
Studied Business, Hospitality, Law, Management, Marketing, Transport & Logistics Foundation
Progressed to Business Management BA(Hons)

Become a Student Ambassador

We have an exciting opportunity available at the International Study Centre to develop your social media skills and contribute to our social channels!

Get involved in taking over our social media, writing fun blogs, hosting Q&A sessions, shining bright at events, starring in our marketing materials, sharing your daily activities, and creating engaging content through photos and videos.

Of course, this would also be an impressive experience worth adding to your CV. Once your Student Ambassador role comes to a finish, you will receive a LinkedIn recommendation from us based on your performance.

“Choosing to apply to the student ambassador position was way out of my comfort zone, I can just be honest about that. But I'm grateful for the opportunity and it made me get more skills and apply them in my daily life. It made me more open to speaking to different people and getting different perspectives from other ambassadors” – Awrad, a previous Student Ambassador

Programmes

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