The University is the UK's leading business-facing university and an exemplar in the sector. It is innovative and enterprising and challenges individuals and organisations to excel.
We will shape the next generation of business-facing universities. We will continue to be an exemplar in the sector and we will play a leading role in addressing the economic and social challenges facing the UK in increasingly competitive global markets. Innovation, creativity and an enterprising mindset will be the defining characteristics of our University. We will provide flexible and transformational learning and commit to adding value to our partners and delivering positive and productive engagements with business, industry and the professions.
The University will continue to play a central role in the local and regional economy, contributing positively to its social and economic development, and we will build our international profile and global reputation.
Our mission
An innovative and enterprising university, challenging individuals and organisations to excel.
Our values
The following core values will inform and sustain all of our activities.
We aspire to be:
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Student-centred
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Innovative, creative and enterprising
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Committed to supporting and developing our people
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Focused on excellence and its celebration
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Dedicated to enjoyment in learning and work
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A place of integrity where the individual is respected
City Information:
Hatfield is a town in Hertfordshire, England, in the borough of Welwyn Hatfield approximately 20 minutes train from central London. From the 1930s when de Havilland opened a factory until the 1990s when British Aerospace closed, Hatfield was associated with aircraft design and manufacture, which employed more people than any other industry. Hatfield was one of the post-war New Towns built around London and has much modernist architecture from the period. The University of Hertfordshire is based there.
In the Saxon period Hatfield was known as Hetfelle, but by the year 970, when King Edgar gave 5,000 acres to the monastery of Ely, it had become known as Haethfeld. Hatfield is mentioned in the Domesday Book as the property of the Abbey of Ely. No other records remain from that time until 1226, when Henry III granted the Bishops of Ely rights to an annual four-day fair and a weekly market. The town was then called Bishop's Hatfield. Hatfield House is the seat of the Cecil family, the Marquesses of Salisbury. Elizabeth Tudor was confined there for three years in what is now known as "The Old Palace" in Hatfield Park. Legend has it that it was here in 1558, while sitting under an oak tree in the Park, that she learned that she had become Queen following the death of her half-sister, Queen Mary I. She held her first Council in the Great Hall (The Old Palace) of Hatfield. In 1851, the route of the Great North Road (now the A1000) was altered to avoid cutting through the grounds of Hatfield House.
After the Second World War, Hatfield was designated a New Town under the New Towns Act 1946. The Government designated 2,340 acres for Hatfield New Town. The Hatfield Development Corporation, tasked with creating the New Town, chose to build a new town centre. Hatfield retains New Town characteristics, including much modernist architecture of the 1950s and the trees and open spaces that were outlined in the original design.
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Our tutors will help you put together an individual programme of study to meet both your educational requirements and personal interests.
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The module catalogue provides detailed information on the modules available and allows you to search by subject area, level of study and keyword.
The University offers modules in the areas of:
- art and design
- astronomy
- business and management
- computer science
- economics
- education
- engineering
- environmental science
- fashion
- film and media
- health
- humanities
- law
- life sciences
- mathematics
- music
- pharmacy
- physics
- psychology
- sports science
- tourism
To be an exchange student, you must be an undergraduate student at your home university and have satisfactorily completed at least one year of study.
You should have a sufficient command of English to be able to study in English. We do offer non-native speakers English language support.
To apply, talk to your home university’s office of international programmes. We only accept students nominated by their home university. Once nominated you will receive the relevant application forms by email.
We will send you in due course pre-arrival information, an accommodation pack and joining instructions.
This will include advice on necessary health and travel insurance and visa requirements, if appropriate, for entry to the UK.
Ensure you meet all the requirements for this exchange, listed below, before starting an application.
If you are ready to apply, click on the "Apply Here" button at the top of this screen.
Should you wish to secure more information on this program, please click the "Request Information" button at the top of this screen.
• Sophomore Standing
• 16 Stetson credits completed at time of application
• 2.5 cumulative Stetson University GPA at time of application and departure
• Good academic, judicial, and financial standing at time of application and departure
• All students are expected to enroll in the equivalent of 12 credits while abroad
The Stetson Exchange program is competitive. Enrollment is limited in all programs.
Meeting the requirements does not guarantee admission to a given program in a given semester.
Students are responsible for the cost of their own transportation to the site, including visas and ground transportation if required.
Specific arrival and depature dates will be shared with students admitted to the program.
University of Hertfordshire Main Website
University of Hertfordshire Incoming Exchange Website
Please note: Airfare, transportation, as well as students' visas, and other documentation required by the study-abroad country is the financial responsibility of the student.
Food, housing, excursions, local transportation and any other other personal costs are the responsibility of the student and not included in the tuition fee paid to SU.
While SU and the foreign institution may produce documents required for students to secure a visa; the processes, cost and responsibility of securing a visa are the student's alone.
SU cannot secure visas for students per the requirements of consulates.
We encourage students and their families to begin researching the visa process, and requirements, at the point of application.
