Everything is within a ten-minute walk on Hull’s leafy, self-contained campus, where a £200 million investment project is improving resources across the university. Its ivy-clad redbrick centrepiece harks back to its heritage as one of Britain’s oldest universities, founded in 1927 as University College Hull with only 39 students.
Progressive thinking is a hallmark. Hull is a member of the Turing University Network, which unites researchers to work on global challenges in data science and AI, and has been awarded £11 million to establish a world-leading centre for research into addiction and mental health. Other projects include protecting precarious coastal communities, examining offshore wind challenges — in collaboration with Durham, Loughborough and Sheffield universities — and a partnership with the Salvation Army focused on modern slavery.
It is the only university to become an official partner of Team GB, a partnership that started in 2019 and will include the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, and the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. Campus life with sport and culture on tap, and a friendly local town, make for happy student days.
What is the University of Hull’s reputation?
Steady in 60th place of our main academic ranking for two years in a row, Hull was rated gold overall in the government’s Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF 2023), underpinned by gold for the student experience and silver for student outcomes.
In the Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021), 82 per cent of Hull’s submissions were assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent, raising the university two places in our research quality index to 51st.
As well as helping Team GB to chase its goals through its Olympics and Research Centre, the university has also teamed up with the rugby league side Hull FC to create the first Rugby and Education Hub. It offers work placements for students in sports science, coaching, analysis and media.
Student satisfaction rates have shot up in our analysis of the National Student Survey, reflecting Hull’s consolidation of support services into a single location on campus, coming 18th for teaching quality and 41st for the wider experience.
What degree courses have been discontinued and what new courses are available?
The first students of degrees in games design and creative writing, mathematics with data science, and philosophy with politics began courses in September 2025. Hull has also launched an accelerated two-year degree in diagnostic radiography and degrees in secondary teaching (biology or psychology).
From 2026 civil engineering, and psychology with sports psychology join the course offering. Degrees in chemistry end in 2025-26.
What are the University of Hull’s entry requirements — and my chances of getting in?
You need 128 to 104 Ucas tariff points for most degrees. Contextual offers reduce the requirements on most courses by up to 16 points for eligible students. Clearing places went to 10 per cent of entrants in 2024.
What are the graduate prospects?
Hull consistently occupies a middling position in our table, now ranking 61st based on the proportion in highly skilled work or postgraduate study 15 months after leaving.
The university helps students to find work placements in a wide range of organisations. The Westminster-Hull internship programme offers a year-long placement for politics students, producing a steady flow of graduates into the House of Commons. The university also partners with the University of Law to offer bespoke courses that prepare students for professional qualifications.
What is the University of Hull campus like?
The university is investing in its campus to become carbon-neutral by its centenary in 2027. Recent developments include a data science, AI, and modelling facility and ten virtual clinical environments for healthcare students. For sports scientists, there is a new strength and conditioning suite alongside the laboratories.
The university has also embarked on a £3.8 million project to improve accessibility across its campus. A Formula One-standard racing car simulator is among the specialist facilities for engineering. The Hull York Medical School (shared with the University of York) is based at Hull’s £28 million health campus.The university has also established a postgraduate centre in Bloomsbury, central London, offering courses in business-related fields with three intakes a year.
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Everything you need to know about the University of Hull’s student life and wellbeing support
The university’s art collection in the Brynmor Jones Library specialises in art in Britain between 1890-1940 and Middleton Hall is a versatile 400-seat cultural venue on campus. Partnerships with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Opera North are among links that provide opportunities for internships, volunteering and masterclasses. The city has a vibrant nightlife and the university’s own nightclub, Asylum, has had a glow-up. Sports provision is world class, with artificial and grass pitches, squash courts, an indoor arena, and a 120-station gym. Students who are struggling can turn to the mental health and wellbeing team for support, including time with a therapy dog. There is also a 24-hour helpline.
What do the students say?
“Support from staff and the students’ union has been invaluable, adding to the friendly vibe which made moving away from home a lot easier. Hull has helped me find what I’m passionate about and capable of.”
Phoebe Richards, criminology with law
What about student accommodation at the University of Hull?
First-years are guaranteed a room if they apply by July 31 and there’s a guarantee for clearing entrants too, if they apply by September 1.
How diverse and inclusive is the University of Hull?
Hull performs well in our social inclusion index, where it ranks 40th overall. Based in a region with comparatively low participation in higher education, the university succeeds in recruiting the fourth-highest proportion of students from deprived areas, and 54.9 per cent of students are the first in their family to go to university (27=).
Everything you need to know about scholarships and bursaries at the University of Hull
About 11 per cent of entrants in 2025 qualified for a financial award. The Chancellor’s Scholarship provides a full fee waiver to ten undergraduates in any subject each year. There are also merit-based awards for students who excel in maths and sport, and new starters with 136+ Ucas points get a discount on their accommodation bill. Medical students can claim £1,000-a-year bursaries if their household income is less than £35,000. LGBTQ+ students with a disability or household income below £25,000 may qualify for £1,000 through the Attitude Magazine Foundation Scholarship. Sanctuary scholarships and bursaries for care leavers add to Hull’s provision.
