UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

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The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University)is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It received its royal charter in 1905 as successor to the University College of Sheffield, which was established in 1897 by the merger of Sheffield Medical School (founded in 1828), Firth College (1879) and Sheffield Technical School (1884).

Sheffield is a multi-campus university predominantly over two campus areas: the Western Bank and the St George’s. The university is organised into five academic faculties composed of multiple departments. It had 20,005 undergraduate and 8,710 postgraduate students in 2016/17. The annual income of the institution for 2016–17 was £623.6 million of which £155.9 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £633.0 million. Sheffield ranks among the top 10 of UK universities for research grant funding.

COURSES

Accounting and Financial Management
Aerospace Engineering
Archaeology
Architecture
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Biochemistry
Bioengineering
Biology
Biomedical Science
Business Management
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Computer Science
Criminology
Dentistry
Ecology
Economics
Education
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
English Language and Linguistics
Genetics
Geography
Health and Human Sciences
History

Law
Linguistics
Management
Mathematics and Statistics
Mechanical Engineering
Mechatronics
Medical Biochemistry
Medicine
Microbiology
Modern Languages
Music
Neurosciences
Nuclear Technology
Nursing
Orthoptics
Philosophy
Physics
Politics
Psychology
Robotics
Sociology
Speech Therapy
Theatre Studies
Zoology

ABOUT THE AREA

The University of Sheffield is not a campus university, though most of its buildings are located in fairly close proximity to each other. The centre of the University’s presence lies one mile to the west of Sheffield city centre, where there is a mile-long collection of buildings belonging almost entirely to the University. This area includes the Sheffield Students’ Union (housed next door to University House), the Octagon Centre, Firth Court, the Geography and Planning building, the Alfred Denny Building (housing natural sciences, the Departments of Animal and Plant Sciences and Biology, and including a small museum), the Dainton and Richard Roberts Buildings and the Hicks Building. The Grade II*-listed library and Arts Tower are also located in this cluster. A concourse under the main road (the A57) allows students to easily move between these buildings.

Firth Court is the main administrative centre for the University of Sheffield, stands at the heart of the University precinct on Western Bank. It originally housed the Arts, Science and Medicine departments, while it is currently home to the Department for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and Biomedical Science. The building was opened by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1905, and is named after Mark Firth. The Rotunda, located to the left of Firth Court, is the Registrar and Secretary’s Office. It was formerly the Edgar Allen Library, opened 26 April 1909 by Prince and Princess of Wales.

Further west lies Weston Park, the Weston Park Museum, the Harold Cantor Gallery, sports facilities in the Crookesmoor area, and the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health around the Royal Hallamshire Hospital (although these subjects are taught in the city’s extensive teaching hospitals under the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and throughout South Yorkshire and North East Lincolnshire). It is in this area that the new £12 million Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in November 2010, is located.

FAQs

Choose your university and course

Before you choose

Talk to a careers/guidance adviser.
Visit www.ucas.com to get more information and compare the courses and universities that interest you. When you apply, you can select up to five choices.
Do a keyword search on UCAS – if there’s a specific course title or course combination you want to do, type it directly into the UCAS course finder engine.
Do your research carefully – check out university websites, as well as UCAS, so you get a real feel for the place.
Consider the course content and not just its title – English at one university is not the same as English at another university.
Check the entry requirements – will you need specific subjects (including GCSEs) or work experience? Are you on track to achieve the grades you need?
Attend university open days – see our handy checklist for suggestions on things you could ask about. If you’re considering Anglia Ruskin, we’d love to see you at one of our undergraduate Open Days.
Get advice from friends, family and school staff – but don’t forget the ultimate choice is yours.
Try to get to a UCAS HE Fair where you can pick up prospectuses from lots of different universities and speak with their representatives.
Have you chosen courses with a range of entry requirements? Try to maximise your chances by making your ‘Insurance’ option a course with lower grade requirements than your ‘Firm’ choice.
Think about a range of universities with different entry requirements.
Above all you should be comfortable with your choices: it’s all about finding the ‘best fit’ for you.