University of Hertfordshire vs University of Northampton

The University of Hertfordshire is located in Hatfield, just 25 minutes by train from London's King's Cross station and within easy access of the A1(M).

Our 2 sites, College Lane and de Havilland, are situated less than a kilometre apart. A network of pathways, cycle routes and handy shuttle buses connects the sites.

Until 2018 the university had three main sites: Avenue Campus, just north of the town centre, opposite a large open park known as the Racecourse; Park Campus in Kingsthorpe to the north of the town which was the main and largest campus and an Innovation centre opposite Northampton railway station. The Avenue and Park campuses were replaced by the new Waterside campus in 2018.

• The campus of the University has 6,000 Square meters of laboratory, including office space for health technology business and life science.
• The 50-hectare site in Bayfordbury houses the atmospheric physics remote sensing observatory and laboratory.
• The Student Wellbeing Center on the College Lane campus of the University provides mental health, disability, emotional and health-related issues to the students.
• The campus offers first-class facilities such as a gym, social sciences spaces, and a central hub. They also have sports facilities including a climbing wall and a pool. De Harville Campus is provided with a library, computer center, and resource center.
• The campus has many educational spots, including a biology lab, creative art gallery, simulation wards, an aerospace lab, an observatory, and a law building.

• The Students' Union operates out of the redeveloped Engine Shed location on the Waterside Campus, which also operates as a daytime cafe and food outlet.
• The Union also operates a venue in the town centre, The Platform. During the day the venue operates as a cafe and conference centre.
• At night the venue also operates as a nightclub with three floors and staffed by student staff. 
• During the midweek, all events held at the venue are student only while the venue opens up the locals during the weekend with a number of different events held throughout the year. 
• The Students' Union has 35 sports clubs and enters 24 teams in Wednesday BUCS Leagues each week, with the SU currently ranked 99th in the BUCS ranking.
• The Students' Union operate on a policy of free sports membership, meaning all teams are free to join with no membership fee and offers a wide variety of sports including rugby league (Gremlins RL), football, netball, basketball, hockey and lacrosse. 
• Approximately 60 student societies are affiliated to The University of Northampton Students’ Union. These range from special interest societies such as Doctor Who and Anime to faith-based societies such as the Christian Union and Hindu Society.

The University has a strong alumni network of 270,000 graduates. Some of the Hertfordshire University notable alumni include Owen Farrell (England Rugby player), Sanjeev Bhaskar (British comedian), and Claire Margaret Ward (Labour Party politician).

• Will Alsop, modernist architect; graduated from Northampton College of Art
• Jon Bewers, footballer
• James D. Boys, academic and media consultant
• Dallas Campbell, television presenter and stage actor
• Andrew Collins, writer and broadcaster
• James Densley, academic and author