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The region's main public research universities are: University of Bradford, University of Huddersfield, University of Hull, University of Leeds, Leeds Beckett University, University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University, and the University of York. Many of the institutions have histories pre-dating their university.
Leeds 750,700 Leeds: Leeds 1,499,465 37 6 Sheffield 551,800 Sheffield and Rotherham: Sheffield 1,277,100 46 7 Teesside 472,200 Includes Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees: n/a n/a n/a 8 Bristol 428,234 Bristol: Bristol 1,006,600 64 9 Bournemouth and Poole 382,536 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: n/a n/a n/a 10 Stoke-on ...
Map of the main settlements Leeds, the largest city in the built-up area (BUA) and the United Kingdom's third-largest city by population Bradford, the second largest city in the BUA and United Kingdom's sixth largest city by population Huddersfield, a market town with the third-highest population in the BUA and one of the largest market towns in UK Wakefield, the BUA's third city and ...
The University of Leeds is not too far behind. The University of York, a large collegiate university, gets much less funding than Leeds and Sheffield, but has quite a high research grant for its size, about half that of Leeds or Sheffield. The other universities do not have large research grants.
List of English districts by population, population of each local government district in England. List of urban areas in the United Kingdom sets out the population of each 2011 built-up area in the UK. List of built-up areas in Wales by population, Welsh equivalent.
The University of Bradford is a public research university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.A plate glass university, it received its royal charter in 1966, making it the 40th university to be created in Britain, but can trace its origins back to the establishment of the industrial West Yorkshire town's Mechanics Institute in 1832.
The 20 largest ESPON metropolitan areas in the UK, ranked by population. A 2001 ESPON metropolitan area was defined as consisting of an urban area, conurbation or agglomeration, together with the surrounding area to which it was closely economically and socially integrated through commuting.
For example while Manchester is ranked fourth as a city, the greater urban area it leads (Greater Manchester Built-up Area) is the largest in the region and larger than Leeds's urban area (West Yorkshire Built-up Area) despite Leeds being the largest as a sole city. [36]