The University of Hull has been changing the way people think for 90 years. Our motto, Lampada Ferens, translates as 'carrying the light of learning,' and over the years, we have shared that light with thousands of people from across the world. As England's 14th-oldest University, we have a proud heritage of academic excellence and a history of creating and inspiring life-changing research. And we have no plans to stop helping to build a better world.
The University of Hull was founded in 1927 – initially as University College Hull. The foundation stone was laid the following year by the Duke of York (later King George VI, of The King's Speech fame), and we opened for business with 39 students and 14 'one-man' departments. We have come a long way since then. The University now has more than 16,000 students and around 2,500 employees, including more than 1,000 academic staff.
Our Royal Charter says our mission is to "…advance education, scholarship, knowledge, and understanding by teaching and research, for the benefit of individuals and society at large". We interpret our mission in a modern context with a renewed focus on excellence in learning, teaching, research, and enterprise, a transformative student experience, and being an internationally-engaged anchor institution for our surrounding regions.
We are committed to providing our students with top-class facilities and an ideal environment in which to live and learn, which is why we are undergoing a £200-million project to improve our buildings and facilities dramatically. Our new luxury student accommodation, The Courtyard, is now open, with an even more significant, £130-million accommodation complex coming on our west campus soon. Our £28-million health campus, spearheaded by the state-of-the-art Allam Medical Building, opened last September. And we have also spent £9.5 million on turning Middleton Hall into one of the region's best performance venues and cinemas.
The University has particular research expertise in social justice, environmental technologies, and maritime history. Our work in healthcare, 3D visualization, and nanotechnology are also widely respected. In research terms, we are perhaps best known for developing liquid-crystal technology. For that breakthrough, we received the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement.
In the 2014 national Research Excellence Framework (REF), 62% of our research was judged to be internationally excellent. We guarantee rooms for new full-time unaccompanied students – with free WiFi, plus utility bills and insurance included in the rent. Choose from the residence halls, shared houses, and flats on-campus or off-campus catered or self-catered big budget or small. There is something to suit everyone.
Your social hub at the University. Whether you want to grab a bite to eat between lectures or are looking for somewhere to unwind with mates into the early hours, our student's union has you covered. As well as four eateries, it's home to the award-winning Asylum nightclub, which has hosted gigs by everyone from The Pigeon Detectives and Tinchy Stryder to Aqua and S Club. And stress-busting bunny cuddling sessions too. Oh yes.
Here at Hull, we know that being connected everywhere, anywhere is what you need. There are more than 1,100 open-access computers and 1,600 study spaces around the University for you to use.
These campus-based workshops provide development opportunities for all our undergraduate students from the foundation level onwards. The workshops cover many essential study skills and ICT skills and are both informative and interactive. Many of our workshops are also supported by our student volunteer Skills Leaders.
These campus-based workshops are designed to support the development of both our taught and postgraduate research students. They cover academic reading, writing, and presenting as well as helping you use ICT effectively in your studies and research. The workshops are designed to be both informative and interactive.
Our webinar series allows you to improve your academic skills without having to come onto campus. The advisers will take you through the topic together, allowing you to ask and answer questions while you learn. Recordings are made available to registered users within 48 hours of each webinar.
Building on our rich heritage of groundbreaking discoveries - including the LCD screen you are reading this on - our research tackles significant challenges, whatever or wherever they may be. Our research impacts life globally, every day, and our current research portfolio spans everything from health to habitats, food to flooding, and supply chains to slavery.
We are a top UK 50 institution for research power as announced in the last Research Excellence Framework, and we continue to build on this by investing heavily in our researchers from the start of their journey at Ph.D. through their early career and beyond, nurturing and promoting excellence every step of the way.
We embrace and thrive on collaboration, knowing that it is at the heart of innovation. Our partnerships work to create solutions to a wide range of challenges through our people, our research, and our expertise and world-class facilities.
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