 Coat of arms University of Hertfordshire | |
| Motto | Seek knowledge throughout life |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1952 – as Hatfield Technical College 1992 – university status |
| Endowment | £0.824 million (2022)[1] |
| Budget | £317.5 million (2021-22)[1] |
| Chancellor | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Vice-Chancellor | Quintin McKellar[2] |
| Students | 34,285 (2022/23)[3] |
| Undergraduates | 15,525 (2022/23)[3] |
| Postgraduates | 18,755 (2022/23)[3] |
| Location | , |
| Campus | 200 hectares,[4] Urban |
| Colours | Black, White and Purple |
| Affiliations | European University Association University Alliance Universities UK |
| Website | herts |
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The University of Hertfordshire (UH) is a public "university" in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. The university is based largely in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Its antecedent institution, Hatfield Technical College, was founded in 1948 and was identified as one of 25 Colleges of Technology in the United Kingdom in 1959.[5] In 1992, Hatfield Polytechnic was granted university status by the British government and subsequently renamed University of Hertfordshire. It is one of the post-1992 universities.
Hertfordshire is mainly based at two campuses – College Lane and de Havilland. The university has 9 schools: Hertfordshire Business School, Computer Science, Creative Arts, Education, Health and Social Work, Humanities (which oversees its CATS programme), Hertfordshire Law School, Life and Medical Sciences, Physics, Engineering and Computer Science and Hertfordshire Higher Education Consortium.
As of 2022, it has around 32,000 students, including more than 13,000 international students that together represent 100 countries, making the university host the highest proportion of international students (outside of London) in England.[6] The university is one of Hertfordshire's largest employers with over 3,400 staff, 2,045 of whom are academic members of staff.[7] The annual income of the institution for 2021–22 was £317.5 million of which £9 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £305.3 million.[1] Hertfordshire is a member of University Alliance, Universities UK and European University Association.
- ^ a b c "Strategic Report and Financial Statements 2021–22" (PDF). University of Hertfordshire.
- ^ "Key People". University of Hertfordshire website. Hatfield, Herts. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- ^ a b c "Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ Estates Vision University of Hertfordshire
- ^ "University of Hertfordshire – Institutional audit" (PDF). qaa.ac.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ^ "Where do HE students study?: Students by HE provider". HESA. HE student enrolments by HE provider. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ "HE staff by HE provider and activity standard occupational classification". hesa.ac.uk. Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 25 February 2023.