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University of Hull

The University of Hull is a public research university in Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1927 as University College Hull. The main university campus is located in Hull and is home to the Hull York Medical School, a joint initiative with the University of York. Students are served by Hull University Union.

Motto

Latin: Lampada Ferens

Bearing the Torch [of learning]

Public

1927 – University College Hull
1954 – university status

£14.9 million (2023)[1]

£206.8 million (2022/23)[1]

Alan Johnson

David Petley[2]

The Lord President of the Council ex officio

1,005 (2020)[3]

2,190 (2020)[3]

14,255 (2019/20)[4]

11,930 (2019/20)[4]

2,325 (2019/20)[4]

Kingston upon Hull
53°46′13″N 0°22′02″W / 53.770263°N 0.367141°W / 53.770263; -0.367141 (Hull campus of University of Hull)
,
England

Urban area

Scarf colours, blue and gold

                           
Academic silk colour turquoise blue[5]  

Global U8 (GU8)
Utrecht Network
Universities UK
EUA

hull.ac.uk

The first chancellor of the university was Lord Middleton (1954–1969), followed by Lord Cohen (1970–1977), Lord Wilberforce (1978–1994), Lord Armstrong (1994–2006) and Virginia Bottomley (Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone) (2006–2023). Alan Johnson was installed as the current chancellor in July 2023.

National rankings

76=

53

60

701–800

516=

401-500

School of Engineering & Computer Science: Chemical Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Medical & Biomedical Engineering

School of Environmental Sciences: Environmental Science, Geography & Geology

School of Natural Sciences: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics & Astrophysics

Taylor Court is located next to the Wilberforce building and houses 288 students in en-suite rooms with shared kitchens.

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The Courtyard opened in 2016 and is situated next to the Student Union, it houses 562 students in en-suite rooms as well as some rooftop apartments.

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Westfield Court partially opened in 2018, with a full opening in 2019 on the site of the former medical school. It houses a total of 1462 students in a mix of single and cluster flats.

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Armorial of UK universities

Civic university

List of universities in the UK

Bamford, T. W. (1978) , Published for the University of Hull by Oxford University Press. ISBN 0197134327

The University of Hull: the First Fifty Years

Official website

Hull University Union

of Bamford's The University of Hull: The First Fifty Years,  Knox, H. M. British Journal of Educational Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 1980, pp. 65–66 ($)

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