University of Sheffield

The Sheffield University was established out of 3 existing colleges, namely Sheffield school of Medicine, Firth College and Sheffield Technical College in 1905. It was the realization of the aspirations of the people  of Sheffield. The  financial support of people in Sheffield through  penny donation was a tremendous success in that it bonded the two communities, the local populace and the university,  for ever. In 2017 there were 18, 241 undergraduate students and 5106 postgraduate students with 25.5 % of these being overseas students from 149 countries. This is a multi-campus, public research university situated at Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It has 6 faculties with 49 departments.  It is ranked among the Top 50 in the Times Higher education most international university in the world rankings,, in Top 100 in the Times Higher education world university rankings,  in Top 50 in the Times higher education best university in Europe,in  Top 15 in the Times higher education teaching rankings and  in the very Top in Times higher education student experience rankings. These indicate that this  university ,a  member of the elite Russel Group of Universities in UK,  is a truly global university.