We study inflation driven by the Higgs field in the Einstein-Cartan formulation of gravity . In this theory , the presence of the Holst and Nieh-Yan terms with the Higgs field non-minimally coupled to them leads to three additional coupling constants . For a broad range of parameters , we find that inflation is both possible and consistent with observations . In most cases , the spectral index is given by n _ { s } = 1 - 2 / N _ { \star } ( with N _ { \star } the number of e-foldings ) whereas the tensor-to-scalar ratio r can vary between about 10 ^ { -10 } and 1 . Thus , there are scenarios of Higgs inflation in the Einstein-Cartan framework for which the detection of gravitational waves from inflation is possible in the near future . In certain limits , the known models of Higgs inflation in the metric and Palatini formulations of gravity are reproduced . Finally , we discuss the robustness of inflationary dynamics against quantum corrections due to the scalar and fermion fields .