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{{redirect-distinguish|Sheffield University|Sheffield Hallam University|Sheffield College}}
{{Infobox university
| name = University of Sheffield
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| caption = [[Coat of arms of the University of Sheffield|Coat of arms]]
| motto = {{
| mottoeng = To discover the causes of things
| established = {{start date|1905}} – University of Sheffield<br />Predecessor institutions:<br />
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| chancellor = [[Anne Rafferty|Lady Justice Rafferty]]
| vice_chancellor = [[Koen Lamberts]]<ref name=Blackledge>{{cite news |last=Blackledge |first=Richard |date=26 June 2018 |title=Sheffield University appoints new vice-chancellor |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/education/sheffield-university-appoints-new-vice-chancellor-1-9222388 |work=The Star |access-date=6 December 2018 |archive-date=6 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206235047/https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/education/sheffield-university-appoints-new-vice-chancellor-1-9222388 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| academic_staff = {{HESA academic staff population|INSTID=10007157}} ({{HESA staff year}})<ref name="HESA staff citation">{{HESA staff citation}}</ref>
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| students = {{HESA student population|INSTID=10007157}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation">{{HESA citation}}</ref><br/>{{HESA FTE student population|INSTID=10007157}} [[Full-time equivalent|FTE]] ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation"/>
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| city = [[Sheffield]]
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The '''University of Sheffield''' (informally '''Sheffield University'''<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Overseas students 'worth £120m to Sheffield'|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/education-21658410|access-date=22 August 2020|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308002658/https://www.bbc.com/news/education-21658410|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The 10 best universities to study politics|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education-and-careers/0/10-best-universities-study-politics/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education-and-careers/0/10-best-universities-study-politics/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=22 August 2020|work=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref> or '''TUOS''')<ref>{{cite web |title=The University of Sheffield (TUOS) Approach to Benefits Management and Realisation (Executive Summary) |url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.864243!/file/Benefits_Executive_Summary.pdf |website=Strategic Change Office |publisher=The University of Sheffield |access-date=28 August 2020 |archive-date=21 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521160030/https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.864243!/file/Benefits_Executive_Summary.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=TUOS Referencing standards |url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/idlt/referencing |website=Information and Digital Literacy Tutorials |date=8 December 2021 |publisher=The University of Sheffield |access-date=28 August 2020 |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729030747/https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/idlt/referencing |url-status=live }}</ref> is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Sheffield]], [[South Yorkshire]], England. Its history traces back to the foundation of [[Sheffield Medical School]] in 1828, Firth College in 1879 and Sheffield Technical School in 1884.<ref name="MATHERS"/> The University College of Sheffield was subsequently formed by the amalgamation of the three institutions in 1897 and was granted a [[royal charter]] as the University of Sheffield in 1905 by
Sheffield is formed from 50 academic departments which are organised into five faculties and an international faculty. The annual income of the institution for
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/university-sheffield-leads-uk-engineering-research-income-and-investment</ref>
The university is one of the original [[red brick universities]] and a founding member of the [[Russell Group]]. It is also part of the [[Worldwide Universities Network]], the [[N8 Group]] of the eight most research intensive universities in Northern England and the [[White Rose University Consortium]]. Sheffield has been ranked in between 66th and
There are six [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] laureates affiliated with Sheffield, as either the alumni or former long-term staff of the university.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nobel Prize winners associated with the University|url=http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/research/people/nobel|publisher=University of Sheffield|access-date=23 February 2016|archive-date=13 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013173502/http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/research/people/nobel|url-status=live}}</ref> They are contributors to the development of penicillin, the discovery of the citric acid cycle, the investigation of high-speed chemical reactions, the discovery of introns in eukaryotic DNA, the discovery of fullerene, and the development of molecular machines. Alumni also include several [[Head of state|heads of state]], [[Home Secretary|Home Secretaries]], [[Court of Appeal judge (England and Wales)|Court of Appeal judges]], [[Booker Prize]] winners, [[astronaut]]s and [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medallists.
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The Faculty of Science comprises seven classical science departments: Animal and Plant Sciences, Biomedical Science, Chemistry, Mathematics and Statistics, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Physics and Astronomy, and Psychology. All of the university's six [[Nobel Laureate]]s have been affiliated with this faculty.<ref name ="Nobel"/>
The Department of Animal and Plant Sciences is one of the largest departments dedicated for whole-organism biology studies in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iode.org/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewInstitutionRecord&institutionID=8648|title=University of Sheffield, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences|publisher=Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission|access-date=18 August 2020|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121024724/https://www.iode.org/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewInstitutionRecord&institutionID=8648|url-status=live}}</ref> Biology has been taught in Sheffield since 1884 in Firth College. Appointed the first Professor of Biology in 1888, Alfred Denny was the only biologist in the Department of Biology at the college who taught zoology and botany to science and medical students. In 1896, a second biologist, botanist Bertram H. Bentley, joined the college.<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 1946|title= Prof. B. H. Bentley|journal= Nature|volume= 158|issue= 4008|pages= 263–264|doi= 10.1038/158263B0|bibcode= 1946Natur.158..263.|doi-access= free}}</ref> Soon after the university was founded, in 1908, two separate departments were established: Zoology (head by Denny) and Botany (head by Bentley).<ref name = "APS History">{{cite book |last=Hill |first=Len |date=2008 |title=The History of Animal and Plant Sciences In Sheffield |pages=2–6 |publisher=APS Sheffield}}</ref> The departments were not merged until the establishment of the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences in 1988, as part of a major rationalisation at the university. David H. Lewis, who was Head of Botany, was the first Head of Animal and Plant Sciences.<ref name = "APS History"/> The department was awarded a maximum score of 24 points in the [[Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education|QAA]] Teaching Quality Assessment in 1999, and top five for biological sciences research in the REF 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviewing-higher-education/quality-assurance-reports/University-of-Sheffield|title=Quality assurance reports|publisher=Quality Assurance Agency|access-date=18 August 2020|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121024737/https://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviewing-higher-education/quality-assurance-reports/University-of-Sheffield|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name = "REF14">{{cite
==== Faculty of Social Sciences ====
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====Finances====
In the financial year ending 31 July 2024, the University of Sheffield had a total income of £887.9 million (2022/23 – £880.2 million) and total expenditure of £651.4 million (2022/23 – £790.5 million).<ref name="Sheffield Financial Statement 23/24"/> Key sources of income included £401.8 million from tuition fees and education contracts (2022/23 – £397.5 million), £109.1 million from funding body grants (2022/23 – £111.5 million), £185.8 million from research grants and contracts (2022/23 – £198.6 million) and £32.6 million from endowment and investment income (2022/23 – £24.2 million).<ref name="Sheffield Financial Statement 23/24"/>
At year end the University of Sheffield had endowments of £55.2 million (2022/23 – £47.1 million) and total net assets of £1.886 billion (2022/23 – £1.630 billion).<ref name="Sheffield Financial Statement 23/24"/>
===Coat of arms===
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[[File:Sheffield 10 Years.png|thumb|upright=1.2|University of Sheffield's [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|national league table]] performance over the past ten years]]
The university has been described by ''[[The Times]]'' as one of the powerhouses of British higher education.<ref name="timesuos">{{cite news | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/sunday_times_university_guide/article2496304.ece | title=University of Sheffield | work=[[The Times]] | date=23 September 2007 | access-date=19 December 2007 | location=London | first=Anushka | last=Asthana | archive-date=7 October 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007074242/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/sunday_times_university_guide/article2496304.ece | url-status=dead }}</ref> The university is a member of the [[Russell Group]], the [[European University Association]], the [[Worldwide Universities Network]] and the [[White Rose University Consortium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wun.ac.uk/wun/members|title=Universities|website=Worldwide Universities Network|access-date=1 May 2021|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501091010/https://www.wun.ac.uk/wun/members|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.n8research.org.uk/|title=N8 Research Partnership|website=N8 Research Partnership|access-date=1 May 2021|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419114016/https://www.n8research.org.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://whiterose.ac.uk/about/|title=About Us|access-date=1 May 2021|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501091011/https://whiterose.ac.uk/about/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Sheffield has received the [[Queen's Anniversary Prize]] five times in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2007 and 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/about/queens-prize|title=Queen's Anniversary Prizes | About us|publisher=The University of Sheffield|date=19 April 2021|access-date=27 November 2021|archive-date=27 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127082056/https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/about/queens-prize|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011 it was named '[[Times Higher Education University of the Year|University of the Year]]' in the ''[[Times Higher Education]]'' awards.<ref name=THE2011>{{cite news |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=418247&c=1 |work=Times Higher Education |date=25 November 2011 |title=Sheffield named 'University of the Year' at annual THE Awards |access-date=14 January 2012 |archive-date=2 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202063637/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=418247&c=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> The latest Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2014 ranked the University of Sheffield 1st for student experience, social life, university facilities and accommodation, among other categories. It was also named as one of the top 50 most international universities in 2018 around the world<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/most-international-universities-world-2018|title=Most international universities in the world 2018: top 200|date=14 March 2018|access-date=13 July 2018|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125626/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/most-international-universities-world-2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and its reputation of outstanding teaching has been underlined in the most recent league table which put Sheffield joint 9th in the UK and 11th across Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/europe-teaching-rankings-2018-developing-continental-standards|title=THE Europe Teaching Rankings 2018: developing continental standards|date=11 July 2018|access-date=13 July 2018|archive-date=13 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713134312/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/europe-teaching-rankings-2018-developing-continental-standards|url-status=live}}</ref>
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In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) Sheffield was ranked 11th for research power in the UK, moving up from 13th in REF2014,<ref name="auto1"/> with 92% of the research submitted by the academic staff having been rigorously judged as world leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*).<ref name="auto2">{{cite web | url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/university-sheffield-celebrates-its-impactful-research | title=University of Sheffield celebrates its impactful research | date=12 May 2022 | access-date=7 June 2022 | archive-date=7 June 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607092636/https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/university-sheffield-celebrates-its-impactful-research | url-status=live }}</ref> The university was one of only ten in the country to include more than 1500 staffs for the submissions in a wide range of subject areas. A number of areas of research at the University of Sheffield are in the top 10 nationally in terms of the assessment of their research and impact as world-leading or internationally excellent. Some highlights include: Physics and Astronomy – which achieved 100 per cent and came top for research and impact; Biological Sciences – which came in the top five with 98 per cent; Architecture, Built Environment and Planning – which came in the top three with 95 per cent and Engineering – which achieved 96 per cent and came in the top 10.<ref name="auto2"/>
The University of Sheffield achieved global recognition for its academic strengths in specific fields. In 2023, it secured the top position for Library and Information Management and ranked 32nd for Architecture and Built Environment, along with a 42nd rank for Archaeology, according to QS.<ref>{{
=== Admissions ===
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|+UCAS Admission Statistics
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!2024
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| '''Applications'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=
| 43,305
| 43,665
| 40,440
| 39,350
| 38,460
|-
| '''Accepted'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=
| 5,820
| 6,020
| 5,980
| 6,040
▲| 4,775
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| '''Applications/Accepted Ratio'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}
| 7.5
| 6.7
| 6.6
| 6.4
▲| 7.6
|-
| '''Offer Rate (%)'''{{efn-lg|name=ukjune}}<ref name="
| 75.3
| 74.7
| 75.6
| 76.2
▲| 78.7
|-
| '''[[UCAS Tariff|Average Entry Tariff]]'''<ref name="CUG Entry">{{cite web | url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?tabletype=full-table&sortby=entry-standards | title=University League Tables entry standards 2024 |work=The Complete University Guide}}</ref>
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!Domicile<ref name="Table 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
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|[[White people in the United Kingdom|British White]]{{efn|Not be confused solely with [[White British]]}}
|align=right| {{bartable|
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|[[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom#Collective terms for minority ethnic groups|British Ethnic Minorities]]{{efn|Includes those who indicate that they identify as [[British Asian|Asian]], [[Black British people|Black]], [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed Heritage]], [[British Arabs|Arab]] or any other ethnicity except White.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|
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|[[European Union|International EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|
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|[[International students in the United Kingdom|International Non-EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|
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! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Undergraduate [[Widening participation|Widening Participation]] Indicators<ref
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|[[Feminism in the United Kingdom#Education|Female]]
|align=right| {{bartable|51|%|2||background:purple}}
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|[[Private schools in the United Kingdom|
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|Low Participation Areas{{efn|Calculated from the Polar4 measure, using Quintile1, in England and Wales. Calculated from the [[Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation]] (SIMD) measure, using SIMD20, in Scotland.}}
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The University of Sheffield has a total of 30,195 students in the 2018–19 academic year, including 19,610 undergraduates and 10,585 postgraduates.<ref name="HESA citation">{{HESA citation}}</ref> In terms of average [[UCAS]] points of entrants, Sheffield ranked 29th in Britain in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?o=Entry+Standards|title=University League Table 2017|publisher=Complete University Guide|access-date=15 June 2016|archive-date=27 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427003846/https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?o=Entry+Standards|url-status=live}}</ref> The university gives offers of admission to 85.6% of its applicants, the 4th highest amongst the [[Russell Group]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Which elite universities have the highest offer rates |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2016/10/19/which-elite-universities-have-the-highest-offer-rates/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2016/10/19/which-elite-universities-have-the-highest-offer-rates/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Telegraph|date=19 October 2016|access-date=21 October 2016|last1=Gurney-Read|first1=Josie}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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The University of Sheffield's major research partners and clients include [[Boeing]], [[Rolls-Royce plc|Rolls-Royce]], [[Siemens]], [[Unilever]], [[Alliance Boots|Boots]], [[AstraZeneca]], [[GlaxoSmithKline|GSK]], [[Imperial Chemical Industries|ICI]], and [[Slazenger]], as well as UK and overseas government agencies and charitable foundations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/business/partners-collaborators/withcompanies|title=Partnerships with companies – Partners and collaborators – For business |publisher= The University of Sheffield|website=www.sheffield.ac.uk|access-date=6 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415100028/http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/business/partners-collaborators/withcompanies|archive-date=15 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre is a network of centres and a partnership between the university and over a hundred industrial companies on the [[Advanced Manufacturing Park]].<ref name = "About AMRC">{{cite web |title=About AMRC |url=https://www.amrc.co.uk/pages/about |website=amrc.co.uk |publisher=AMRC Sheffield |access-date=22 August 2020 |archive-date=11 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511135759/https://amrc.co.uk/pages/about |url-status=live }}</ref> The university also works with local [[small and medium enterprises]] through the dedicated physical spaces at the [[Sheffield Bioincubator]] and [[Kroto Innovation Centre]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Centres|url=http://www.innovation.group.shef.ac.uk/our-centres/|publisher=University of Sheffield Innovation|access-date=23 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303133641/http://www.innovation.group.shef.ac.uk/our-centres/|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Facilities|url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ris/rpe/innovationcentres|website=Research & Innovation Services|publisher=The University of Sheffield|access-date=23 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304145343/https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ris/rpe/innovationcentres|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> For many years the university has been engaged in theological publishing through [[Sheffield Academic Press]] and [[JSOT]] Press. The university is also a partner organisation in [[Higher Futures]], a collaborative association of institutions set up under the government's [[Lifelong Learning Networks]] initiative, to co-ordinate vocational and work-based education.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://extra.shu.ac.uk/higherfutures/partners/index.html | title=Partners | access-date=30 July 2007 | publisher=Higher Futures | archive-date=30 September 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930044756/http://extra.shu.ac.uk/higherfutures/partners/index.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
As well as the research carried out in departments, the university has over 180 specialised research centres or institutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/research|title=Research |publisher= The University of Sheffield|website=www.sheffield.ac.uk|date=30 March 2021|access-date=6 June 2017|archive-date=19 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619054135/https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/research|url-status=live}}</ref> The last Teaching Quality Assessment awarded Sheffield University grades of "excellent" in 29 subject areas, a record equalled by only a few other UK universities.<ref>{{cite web|title=A global reputation|url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/whyshef/excellence|publisher=The University of Sheffield|access-date=23 February 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304142427/https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/whyshef/excellence|url-status=live}}</ref> The National Epitaxy Facility at Sheffield is leading the semiconductor research & development in collaboration with The [[University of Cambridge]] and [[University College London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/major-research-facility-will-help-uk-become-world-leader-semiconductor-rd|title=Major research facility will help UK become world leader in semiconductor R&D|date=1 July 2022|website=www.sheffield.ac.uk|accessdate=26 February 2025}}</ref>
The University of Sheffield has around 250 student exchange partners in nearly 40 countries world-wide including exchange programs with [[Georgia Institute of Technology]], [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]], [[University of Texas at Austin]], [[National University of Singapore]], [[University of Munich]] and [[University of Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/globalopps/inbound/exchange/partners|title=Inbound exchange partners|website=The University of Sheffield|access-date=19 September 2020|archive-date=30 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930102632/https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/globalopps/inbound/exchange/partners|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/globalopps/outbound/semester-or-year/where|title=Where can I go? A-Z|website=The University of Sheffield|access-date=19 September 2020|archive-date=24 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024211843/https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/globalopps/outbound/semester-or-year/where|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre conducts a wide range of research projects including some funded by [[arms industry|arms manufacturers]] such as [[BAE Systems]].<ref name="About AMRC" /> In 2008, the university partnered with BAE Systems to launch a new Centre for Research in Active Control which aimed to improve the stealth of BAE Systems' submarines.<ref>{{cite web|title=BAE Systems Centre for Research in Active Control launched – news releases – News – ACSE|url=http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/acse/news/releases/baesystems|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130706202516/http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/acse/news/releases/baesystems|archive-date=6 July 2013|access-date=16 August 2013|publisher=The University of Sheffield}}</ref> In 2012 the Students Union voted in favour of the university ending all links with the arms trade.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rouse|first=Alisha|date=18 October 2012|title='Fund Education Not War' proposal voted in, as record turnout chooses new union councillors|work=Forge Press|publisher=University of Sheffield Students Union|url=http://forgetoday.com/news/fund-education-not-war-proposal-voted-in-as-record-turnout-chooses-new-union-councillors/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821172938/http://forgetoday.com/news/fund-education-not-war-proposal-voted-in-as-record-turnout-chooses-new-union-councillors/|archive-date=21 August 2014}}</ref>
In October 2022, students occupied '[[The Diamond, Sheffield|The Diamond]]' over the university's alleged links with [[Rolls-Royce Holdings|Rolls-Royce]], and their involvement in arms manufacture.<ref>{{cite web |date=24 October 2022 |title=Masked protesters occupy building in Sheffield in anger over alleged 'arms company links' |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/masked-students-occupy-sheffield-university-diamond-building-in-protest-over-alleged-arms-company-links-3891302 |access-date=26 October 2022 |website=www.thestar.co.uk }}</ref> This resulted in the closure of the building, with the occupiers refusing to leave until negotiations with the [[Koen Lamberts|Vice-Chancellor]] commenced. Over the past eight years, the university has received some £47 million from Rolls-Royce.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Scheer |first1=Victoria |last2=Fuller |first2=Phoebe |date=24 October 2022 |title=Hooded students occupy university building over arms trade allegations |url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/hooded-students-occupy-sheffield-university-25345286 |access-date=26 October 2022 |website=YorkshireLive }}</ref> The following month, the university hired a private investigator to investigate two students for "alleged misconduct" in relation to the protests.<ref>{{cite news |last=Perry |first=Keith |title=Sheffield University hires investigator to look into student sit-in |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.
==Student life==
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Sheffield has educated a number of judges and lawyers. The university has the highest number of alumni appointed to the bench of the [[Court of Appeal (England and Wales)|Court of Appeal]] after Oxford and Cambridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sheffield.quantumitdigital.com/2014-2015/news/making-history-at-court-of-appeal.1.html|title=Making history at Court of Appeal|publisher=University of Sheffield|access-date=21 August 2020|archive-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302103138/http://sheffield.quantumitdigital.com/2014-2015/news/making-history-at-court-of-appeal.1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2013, the court had a bench consisting of judges all graduated at Sheffield; the sitting judges were Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal [[Maurice Kay]], [[Anne Rafferty]] and [[Julia Macur]].<ref name="Outstanding Sheffield Alumni"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/staff/news/new-chancellor-lady-justice-rafferty-1.528791|title=Meet our new Chancellor|publisher=University of Sheffield|access-date=21 August 2020|archive-date=5 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305142148/https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/staff/news/new-chancellor-lady-justice-rafferty-1.528791|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.shef.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.87482!/file/YU4.pdf|title= Your University 2006/07|page= 35|publisher= University of Sheffield|access-date= 6 November 2012|archive-date= 4 October 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213718/http://www.shef.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.87482!/file/YU4.pdf|url-status= live}}</ref> The Sheffield School of Law has also produced lawyers around the world. This includes Deputy Minister of Justice of Afghanistan [[Mohammad Qasim Hashimzai]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afghan-bios.info/index.php?option=com_afghanbios&id=655&task=view&total=4327&start=1516&Itemid=2|title= Hashimzai, Mohammad Qaasem Dr. Hashemzai |publisher= Afghan Biographies |access-date=21 August 2020}}</ref> Chief Justice of Bangladesh [[Md. Muzammel Hossain]],<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-185334 |title= Muzammel made chief justice |date= 12 May 2011 |publisher= The Daily Star |access-date= 21 August 2020 |archive-date= 1 March 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210301093002/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-185334 |url-status= live }}</ref> Supreme Court Justice of Sierra Leone [[Henry M. Joko-Smart]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Fyle|first=Magbaily C.|title=Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone|url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000fyle|url-access=registration|date=27 March 2006|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810865044|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000fyle/page/190 190]–191}}</ref> and Chief Justice of Malaysia [[Arifin Zakaria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://innsofcourtmalaysia.org/category/news/sheffield/|title=Distinguished Alumnus, the Chief Justice of Malaysia Visits the University of Sheffield|publisher=Inns of Court Malaysia|access-date=21 August 2020|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926054359/https://innsofcourtmalaysia.org/category/news/sheffield/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Writers who attended the university include two-times Booker Prize winner [[Hilary Mantel]],<ref name="Outstanding Sheffield Alumni">{{cite web|url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/our_alumni/outstanding|title=Outstanding Sheffield Alumni|publisher=University of Sheffield|access-date=24 June 2015|archive-date=7 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907160711/http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/our_alumni/outstanding|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Lee Child]],<ref name="Outstanding Sheffield Alumni"/> [[Andrew Grant (writer)|Andrew Grant]],<ref name="Outstanding Sheffield Alumni"/> [[Brooke Magnanti]] (Belle de Jour), [[Lindsay Ashford]] and [[Katie B. Edwards]]. Actors and actress [[Brian Glover]], [[Ian Hallard]], [[Rachel Shelley]] and [[Eddie Izzard]] were students at the university. Notable Sheffield alumni in religion includes Dean of Westminster Abbey [[Wesley Carr]],<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2017/4-august/gazette/obituaries/the-very-revd-dr-arthur-wesley-carr |title= Obituary: The Very Revd Dr Arthur Wesley Carr |publisher= Church Times |access-date= 21 August 2020 |archive-date= 28 February 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210228095009/https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2017/4-august/gazette/obituaries/the-very-revd-dr-arthur-wesley-carr |url-status= live }}</ref> Dean of Christ Church of Oxford [[Martyn Percy]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.
Warburg Medal winning scientist [[Hans Kornberg]] have been studied at Sheffield, along with [[Olive Scott]] and [[Donald Bailey (civil engineer)|Donald Bailey]], inventor of the Bailey bridge. Sheffield's Department of Chemistry has also educated two winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.<ref name ="Nobel">{{cite web |url= https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/research/people/nobel-laureates |title= Nobel Laureates |date= 16 April 2019 |publisher= The University of Sheffield |access-date= 21 August 2020 |archive-date= 14 August 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200814151305/https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/research/people/nobel-laureates |url-status= live }}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[Armorial of
* [[Hughes Professor of Spanish]]
* [[List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945)]]
* [[List of
* [[Sheffield school]]
* [[Sheffield Hallam University]]
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==External links==
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* [http://www.shef.ac.uk/union/ University of Sheffield's Union of Students]
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