Our awards

An award winning University  

Our mission is to be an inspiring and innovative University of international renown. Through awards, we are gaining recognition for our outstanding work towards achieving this vision.

Read more about the awards we are proud to have won:

A gold-rated University

We are proud to have been recognised as a gold-rated University by the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). 

Based on the evidence available, the TEF Panel judged that the University of Huddersfield delivers consistently outstanding teaching, learning and outcomes for its students. It is of the highest quality found in the UK.

Global Teaching Excellence Award

Leading educationalists from around the world have selected the University of Huddersfield as the first winner of the Global Teaching Excellence Award. The feedback from one of the judges said: “This University is truly inspiring and innovative.”

This award further recognises the University's commitment to world-class teaching and its success in developing students as independent learners and critical thinkers (Higher Education Academy, 2017).

No 1 in England for teaching

In December 2016 the University was ranked as the first in England for professionally qualified teaching staff. This came after the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) released figures comparing the number of academics holding a teaching qualification in 130 universities across England.

University of the Year

In November 2013, the University was awarded the Times Higher Education University of the Year. The award was in recognition of a University 'that has demonstrated exceptional performance in the past academic year’.

In 2015, the University was named the New University of the Year at the Educate North Awards. A panel of more than 20 leading figures from the fields of education, business and politics selected the winners, who were announced at a ceremony in Manchester.

In April 2017 Huddersfield joined the Times Higher's world top 200 “young universities”.

Enterprise

We excel inenterprise and innovation and in 2012, the University was named the Times Higher Education Entrepreneurial University of the Year. This was followed up in 2013, when Professor Elizabeth Towns-Andrews, the University’s 3M Professor of Innovation won the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion.

Leadership

The University relies on strong leadership. Headed by Vice-Chancellor, Professor Bob Cryan CBE who in 2013 was awarded the Guardian Higher Education Award for Inspiring Leader and won the Leadership Award at the Educate North Awards in 2015. Our leadership and management team have also been shortlisted in the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards and in 2015 we won Outstanding Contribution to Leadership Development at the prestigious Times Higher Education Awards. 

Internationality

Our standing within the international community is also on the rise as we forge strong partnerships overseas, which has resulted in growth of overseas students and earnings. In 2013, we were awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade and in 2014 we were proud to be recognised with 4 stars by QS (an international ratings organisation).

Workplace

In 2014, we were awarded the Times Higher Education Best University Workplace and topped the tables in all four main categories in a survey carried out amongst staff in higher education across the country. In 2015, we were also recognised for our commitment to gender equality – including the recruitment and career development of more female scientists and engineers – by being granted the Athena SWAN Bronze Award. 

Official honours

In 2015, the University’s role in expanding the global boundaries of new music, earned a Queen’s Anniversary Prize, one of the most coveted distinctions in UK Higher Education. The prize recognised the contribution the University has made to the intellectual, economic and cultural life of the nation and to society and individuals in Britain and overseas.

Discover our awards history.