Howard Street
Sheffield S1 1WB

Tel 0114 225 5555

admissions@shu.ac.uk

www.shu.ac.uk

Sunday Times ranking 68 (71)

Teaching excellence 47.8%

Student satisfaction 71.6%

Head teacher ranking 109= (78=)

Peer ranking 60= (78)

Research quality 15.4%

A/AS-level points 271

A-levels for entry 73%

Unemployment 8.1%

Firsts and 2:1s 57.8%

Student/staff ratio 19.1:1

Dropout rate 13% (16%)

Undergraduates 16,340 (4,407)

Postgraduates 2,130 (4,977)

Teaching staff 1,012

Applications/places 28,258/5,677; 5:1 (+9.9%)

Clearing entry 18%

Bursaries 55%: £300-£1,000

Scholarships 150: £1,000

EU/overseas 1.5%/3%

Mature 20.3%

State school 96%

Lowest social classes 33%

Low-participation areas 19%

Live in 20% (100%) £60-£90

The university is reducing its campuses from three to two. All staff and students will move from Psalter Lane to the city centre by September 2008 mostly into accommodation currently under construction that will provide teaching space for 1,600 students and a gallery for the artists within the broad grouping of subjects within the faculty of arts, computing, engineering and sciences.

The £15m Robert Winston building for health, social care and bioscience students has been described by the nursing and midwifery council as “a beacon for the future of health and social care education”. Facilities include a birthing simulator.

Many students follow vocationally-oriented sandwich courses with a work placement year. Links with business and industry are extensive.

The university is a pioneer of work-based learning; the first graduates of work-based degrees in occupational therapy and physiotherapy left the university this summer.

More than 40 programmes can be taken online, ranging from short courses to masters qualifications.

Sheffield Hallam recruits heavily from the immediate Yorkshire region. More than half of students are expected to get a bursary of £700, with an additional £300 for those recruited from a partner school or college. One-year scholarships of £1,000 are paid to the 150 students with the highest Ucas tariff points scores across certain subjects.

Applications are up 10% this year to an institution that is already one of the biggest in the sector. More people seeking places should help cut the numbers admitted through clearing, running at close to one in five last year. The university recently finished top of the Access Elite league table for combining teaching and research excellence with widening participation and a dropout rate well below the level expected.

Open days Contact the university.

Student view Sarah McQueen, students’ union president:

USP Constantly developing modern teaching methods and facilities.

Worst feature Too few sports facilities on campus.

Location Transport links are very central. Social scene Award-winning volunteering scheme; vibrant city.

Rated excellent (12) Allied health professions (occupational therapy, physiotherapy, radiography, radiotherapy); art and design; education; English; hospitality, leisure, recreation, sport and tourism; materials technology; maths, statistics and operational research; molecular biosciences; nursing and midwifery; psychology; sociology with social policy and administration; town and country planning and landscape.

Degree of student satisfaction: 71.6%

Mathematical Sciences 86.4; Human and Social Geography 84.8; Technology 78.0; Communications and Information studies 76.7; Sports Science 76.5; Finance and Accounting 75.8; Tourism, Transport, Travel and others in Business and Administrative studies 75.6; Management 74.6; Business 74.2; Law 74.0; English-based studies 74.0; Agriculture and related subjects 73.8; European Languages and Area studies 72.9; Architecture, Building and Planning 72.3; Teacher Training 72.1; History and Archeology 71.8; Psychology 71.7; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 70.7; Other subjects allied to Medicine 70.6; Biology and related Sciences 70.4; Other Creative Arts 70.4; Education studies 70.4; Computer Science 69.6; Physical Science 69.2; Electronic and Electric Engineering 69.0; Mechanically-based Engineering 67.9; Art and Design 65.5; Social Work 63.8; Media studies 63.6

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