Photography

Photography has profoundly shaped – and continues to shape – the world around us. Studying Photography at the University of Huddersfield gives you the opportunity to explore a medium that influences everything from social media, fashion and news to fine art, film, space exploration and beyond.

Our course combines creative experimentation with technical excellence. You’ll be part of a supportive and professionally minded creative community and work with a wide range of cameras, techniques and creative approaches, exploring still and moving image, generative media (AI), and both digital and analogue processes. You’ll be encouraged to push boundaries and take risks in developing your photographic vision and professional direction.

Alongside developing your own creative identity, you’ll explore historical and contemporary photographic practices, discover and debate key ideas and learn how to present and exhibit your work with confidence, all the while discovering a wide range of professional pathways. Field trips, collaborative projects, and live industry briefs will inspire and expand your practice and connect you to the creative industries.

Why Study Photography at the University of Huddersfield?

Working in our award-winning Barbara Hepworth Building, you’ll have access to world class facilities and equipment, including industry-standard photography studios, Phase One digital medium-format systems, analogue and digital darkrooms, and professional print and book-making facilities. Access includes evenings and weekends.

You’ll be taught by a team of internationally recognised photographers and academics whose professional experience informs every aspect of the course. The team has a wide range of interests and expertise, meaning whatever photographic direction you want to take, we’ve got you covered.

You’ll be supported by dedicated expert technicians who are on hand throughout the week and committed to helping you realise your creative ambitions.

You’ll be part of a close-knit creative community where everybody knows each other, so you won’t be anonymous. This supportive and collaborative learning environment is designed to facilitate your development as an independent thinker and industry ready practitioner.

Graduates go on to a wide range of careers across fashion, documentary, editorial, commercial photography, fine art, generative imaging (AI), film and other significant areas of the creative industries.

Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with excellent transport links in and around the area.

Professional Bodies
At Huddersfield, you’ll study for the Global Professional Award alongside your degree† so that you can gain valuable qualities and experiences that could help you to get the career you want, no matter what your field of study is.

†full-time, undergraduate first degrees with a minimum duration of three years. This does not include postgraduate, foundation, top-up, accelerated or apprenticeship degrees.

Why Huddersfield?
Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.

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As a student here, you’ll benefit from inspirational teaching and access to innovative facilities and high-quality teaching and learning spaces, across two close-knit campuses, located right in the heart of Huddersfield town.

The University of Huddersfield focuses on preparing you for real-world experiences in your field, with simulated workspaces such as TV and radio studios, a trading room, and mock law court and hospital facilities.

As an undergraduate student, you’ll have the opportunity to undertake professional work-related experience whilst studying at Huddersfield. Students have gained invaluable experience both in the UK and internationally, working for brands such as Honda, BT, Siemens and PwC, to name but a few. Huddersfield also offer the Global Professional Award alongside your degree so you can gain valuable skills and attributes that employers are looking for.

Located in the foothills of the Pennines and surrounded by beautiful countryside, Huddersfield is a beautiful, student-friendly town with plenty for you to explore and it enjoys a low cost of living, meaning you'll have more to do more!

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