The University of Sheffield International College is a pathway to the world top 100 universities. The University of Sheffield’s extraordinary academic reputation attracts the best people from around the world. The International College curriculum has been developed in close collaboration with the University’s academic staff, to ensure it provides the ideal preparation for international students keen to study at the University of Sheffield. All of the College’s programs are delivered by experienced and highly qualified Study Group staff and fully endorsed by the University of Sheffield. Students can study either the International Foundation Year or the Pre-Masters, both leading to a wide range of progression degrees. Sheffield is one of the most popular places for students to go to university. The University was ranked among the top 5 in the Russell Group for student satisfaction in 2020 (National Student Survey 2020). The city itself is large enough to offer everything you need and the campus is set in the heart of it all. You’ll find the International College on the main university campus and accommodation nearby.The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a 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. University College of Sheffield was subsequently formed by the amalgamation of the three institutions in 1897 and was granted a royal charter as University of Sheffield in 1905 by King Edward VII. Sheffield is formed from 50 academic departments which are organised into five faculties and an international faculty. The annual income of the institution for 2019–20 was £737.5 million, of which £171 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £609.2 million. Sheffield ranks among the top 10 of UK universities for research grant funding, and it has become number one in the UK for income and investment in engineering research according to new data published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). It is one of the top 7 British universities by postgraduate student enrollment along with UCL, King's, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Oxford.The university is one of the original red brick universities and a founding member of the prestigious 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 as a top 100 university in the world by QS for the last fifteen years. In 2019, Time Higher Education ranked the University 22nd in Europe for teaching excellence. There are eight Nobel laureates affiliated with Sheffield and six of them are the alumni or former long-term staff of the university. 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 Heads of state, Home Secretaries, Court of Appeal judges, Booker Prize winners, astronaut and Olympic gold medallists.Why study at the University of Sheffield International College?There are many reasons to join us at the International College, including:Unique programmes designed specifically to prepare you for progression to the University of Sheffield.Space to develop your English with confidence, surrounded by international students in the same position as you.International staff with an excellent reputation.Be a part of the University campus from day one — with access to all facilities and resources.Unparalleled support and guidance to help you settle in and gain confidence.We have five locations and all sites are easily accessible for students and close to the city centre.We have capacity to support 2,000+ students — due to continuous growth, the College launched additional sites in January 2020 to provide extra space to teach international students.
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