Facts and figures summary

Statistics relating to the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield.

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Overview

Measure Statistic
Date originally founded 1879 (Firth College)
Date of º£½ÇÉçÇø Charter 1905 (º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield)
Number of academic departments 2023-24 28
Total number of students 2023-24 30,233
Number of staff 2023-24 8,750
Number of academic staff 2023-24 3,925
Number of academic (teaching and research) staff 2023-24 1,488
Number of academic (teaching) staff 2023-24 850
Number of academic (research) staff 2023-24 1,587
Number of professors 2023-24 653
Number of professional staff 2023-24 4,825
Student: staff ratio (HESA 2021-22 data) 13.2:1
º£½ÇÉçÇø income 2023-24 £851 million
Number of places in º£½ÇÉçÇø-owned accommodation or partner properties for 2020-21 6,009
First year full-time students, allocated places in º£½ÇÉçÇø and partnership accommodation 92%

Research excellence and widening participation

Measure Statistic

Percentage of our research rated in the highest two categories (Research Excellence Framework 2021)

92%

Percentage of full-time first degree entrants from state schools and colleges (HESA UK performance indicators 2024)

90.5%

Percentage of full-time first degree entrants from low participation neighbourhoods (HESA UK performance indicators 2024)

9.9%

Percentage of full-time first degree entrants aged 21 or over from low participation neighbourhoods (HESA UK performance indicators 2024)

14.5%
Queen's Anniversary Prizes won (which recognise quality and innovation in research by UK universities and colleges, and the impact it has made to the nation's intellectual, economic, cultural and social life) 5 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2019)
Nobel Prize winners 6

Our vision

We are the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield. And this is our vision.