A University of Derby occurs as university in the city of Derby, England. It too has the campus around Buxton, Derbyshire.

A independent campus get on Kedleston Road, to the north-west of Derby hat. There are 2 more campuses at Mickleover and Britannia Mill.

Within 2003, it was criticised per Conservative Party for offering the discontinued course of BSc (Hons) within Hairdressing Science & Retail Distribution at its Buxton campus. This is apparently the vocational course though it claimed to include analytical chemistry & an introduction to physical science. the university besides offers a foundation degree around Hairdressing. A Conservative look at was: "We are sure all these courses provide useful training for careers, but are they really proper academic courses?".

A students' union, a University of Derby Students' Union (UDSU), has two blocks - Blends (the coffeehouse) & The Arms (a traditional style pothouse). There is a student nighttime known as Spank! in Wednesdays at A Gatehouse. There exists likewise the student newspaper known as Dusted, & the student radio station known as D:One.

the university was a sole of these in the united states to become upgraded directly from either a higher education college to a university, along by having all the polytechnics in 1992.