Student life at Hartpury University is enriched by a vibrant and friendly campus community, with accommodation options both on the rural campus and in vibrant Gloucester city. The campus offers a student bar called Legends, a livery yard, gym, sports facilities and laundry rooms. As a Hartpury student, individuals are automatically part of the Students’ Union, which puts together social events and supports a wide range of clubs and societies. The institution offers plenty of opportunities to play sport and get fit for fun, with hundreds of international sportsmen and women produced over the past 10 years, though students don't need to be playing at the highest level to participate. Hartpury has achieved the SOS-UK Drug and Alcohol Impact accreditation, reflecting a two-year commitment to fostering a safer, healthier campus environment by promoting responsible alcohol consumption and adopting a harm reduction approach to drug use. The institution also holds an annual WellFest event focused on student health, safety and wellbeing.

Hartpury University's career support is delivered through the Employability, Skills and Careers team, which helps students from their first day with professional, work and skills-based workshops, careers advice and guidance, employability and enterprise support, and help with finding placements. The team can help students enhance employability skills, talk through career options, sharpen up CVs, write covering letters or practice interview skills. The university holds a database of 3,000 local and national businesses offering work placement opportunities, and voluntary charity and part-time on-site working opportunities are sometimes available. Every Hartpury University student is assigned a Placement Tutor who acts as a central contact throughout any work placements, and students can also meet with the placements team at any time. The careers support uses a 3 Pillars Framework – Explore, Experience, Employable – to build self-awareness, set goals, access career-focused learning within courses, engage in placements, projects and real-world opportunities, and develop key skills to prepare for a confident transition into work or further study. The success of the careers support within the Innovation, Careers and Enterprise unit has been recognised, with careers workshop engagement increasing by 84%. Hartpury graduates are highly employable, with 95% in employment, further study or other purposeful activity within 15 months.