The University of Huddersfield is a university

University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

 located in Huddersfield

Huddersfield

Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....

, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

, England.
The University traces its roots back to a Science and Mechanic Institute founded in 1825. Some nineteenth-century students earned qualifications as external students of the University of London

University of London

-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...

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1799 - 1882 - The life of Frederic Schwann

1841 - 1844 - Young Men's Mental Improvement Society

1844 - 1884 - Mechanics' Institution Formed

1846 - 1883 - Female Educational Institute Formed

1883 - 1883 - New Technical School Holds Exhibition

1884 - 1896 - Technical School and Mechanics' Institution

1896 - 1958 - Technical School and Mechanic's Institute becomes the Technical College

1958 - 1970 - Technical College becomes College of Technology

1970 - 1992 - College of Technology becomes Huddersfield Polytechnic

The University is a founding member of the Northern Consortium

NCUK

The Northern Consortium is an educational charity, owned by eleven universities in the north of England, which provides pre-university courses for international students as preparation for study outside of their home country...

 and a member of the Yorkshire Universities.