The University of Sheffield

Academic strengths & graduate outcomes

Across 179 courses, The University of Sheffield's largest teaching areas are architecture and planning (37 courses), mathematical sciences (12 courses) and history and philosophy (12 courses), with further provision in business and management, engineering and technology and geography and earth sciences. In the latest national data it records 86.8% average course satisfaction (NSS), 90.3% first-year continuation, 86.4% of graduates in work or further study and 71.4% in professional or managerial roles. Median graduate pay rises from about £28,082 fifteen months after graduating to £36,497 after five years, peaking at £53,000 for Computer Science.