Sheffield’s Excellence Tops Rankings for Education and Student Experience With almost 29,000 of the brightest students from over 140 countries, learning alongside over 1,200 of the best academics from across the globe, the University of Sheffield is one of the world’s leading universities.
The University of Sheffield is ranked 93rd in the QS World University Rankings; 117th in the world and 14th in the UK in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020. Sheffield has six Nobel Prize winners among former staff and students and its alumni go on to hold positions of great responsibility and influence all over the world, making significant contributions in their chosen fields. In the last decade it has won four Queen’s Anniversary Prizes in recognition of the outstanding contribution to the United Kingdom’s intellectual, economic, cultural and social life. Linking top research and industry creates successful graduates The University of Sheffield has links with many global companies including IBM, Microsoft, Rolls-Royce, Fujitsu, Boeing, Siemens and Ernst & Young. These top industry connections bear witness to the university’s cutting-edge research. World Class Facilities With our student accommodation voted in the top 5 for the last six years running and our Student's Union been voted number one for the past 10 years in the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey, there is no doubt that a great academic experience awaits students at The University of Sheffield.