Overview
The University of Sheffield is one of the world’s top 100 universities with a reputation for teaching and research excellence.
The University of Sheffield’s diverse student population of nearly 25,000 of the brightest students from 117 countries learn alongside over 1,200 of the world’s top academics. The campus is based in the heart of Sheffield, a large, green city in the north of England.
Leading experts teach on the University’s courses and its students rated their learning experience as the best in the UK in the Times Higher Education Student Experience Awards, 2014-15.
The University conducts research that matters. In the most recent UK Research Excellence Framework, 86 per cent of its research was assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent. The University has five Nobel Prize winners among its former staff and students.
It uses its research power to tackle big problems; global issues such as climate change and sustainable energy. It is reinventing engineering, changing the landscape of urban regeneration, protecting the vulnerable and standing up for freedom of expression.
The University remains true to the ideals of its 1905 founders and works hard to ensure that people from all backgrounds have opportunities to learn and the chance to fulfil their potential.
MOOCs
The University of Sheffield have partnered with FutureLearn to deliver online courses to learners across the globe.
Learn new skills, pursue your interests or advance your career with these short online courses from The University of Sheffield:
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Learn new skills, pursue your interests or advance your career with these short online courses from The University of Sheffield:
Click on a course title to go to the course page
- How to Succeed at: Writing Applications
- Forensic Facial Reconstruction: Finding Mr. X
- How to Succeed at: Interviews
- Discover Dentistry
- Building a Future with Robots
- The Musculoskeletal System: The Science of Staying Active into Old Age
- Making Sense of Data in the Media
- Crime, Justice and Society
- Literature of the English Country House
- Exploring Play: the Importance of Play in Everyday Life
- Health Technology Assessment: Choosing Which Treatments Get Funded
- Technical Report Writing for Engineers
- Supporting Victims of Domestic Violence
- Population 10 Billion: Researching Global Issues
- How to Write Your First Song
- Measuring and Valuing Health
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