The University of Huddersfield is in Huddersfield, no surprises there then! Huddersfield is well placed between Leeds and Manchester so you’ve got access to all the facilities in Huddersfield and good rail links bring you to either of those large cities in about 40 minutes.

It has about 20,000 students at present with the majority of them based in and attending the main campus in Huddersfield. In recent years, two further campuses have been opened in Barnsley and Oldham. The current Chancellor is well-known actor Professor Sir Patrick Stewart.

Our main campus, the Queensgate Campus can be found south-east of Huddersfield's town centre. Over £70 million has been invested in the campus and its resources over the last 10 years, including:

• Following £1million of renovation work, the Student Centre was formally opened in November 2007 by the Chancellor, Sir Patrick Stewart. The Centre enables students to access a range of support services – computing, library, careers, welfare support – in a single location. The four subject floors of the Library were subsequently refurbished during 2008 and 2009.

• A £4million Students' Union building was opened in 2005 and offers a variety of social, leisure and retail facilities.

• New drama facilities were opened in the refurbished Milton building in 2005.

• A Creative Arts Building was completed in 2008, the building houses a recital hall, electro-acoustic research studio, new art and design studios and live recording facilities. Her Majesty The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited the University in May 2007 to unveil the foundation stone of the new Creative Arts Building.

• A new £16 million Business School is the latest completed structure on campus. It opened to students in September 2010.