Students hoping to start at The University of Sheffield International College are being urged to confirm their place now due to high demand in applications for the academic year 2021/22.
The table below outlines the programmes that have limited places only; this impacts students wishing to progress to the September 2022 intake at the University of Sheffield from our June 2021 intake and onwards at the International College.
The information within this bulletin is accurate as of 22nd February 2021, and acts as a weekly digest of the current state of our high demand programmes, giving you visibility as to where places are available as well as guidance for alternative degrees where full capacity is reached (shown in red) or less than five spaces available (shown in orange). Places are allocated on a first come first served basis and some degree options may require English qualifications to be met ahead of confirmation request.
All programmes not listed below are open for application and confirmation, visit our website to see the university programmes that are accessible via our pathway programmes.
Table Key – Current Status
| Limited capacity available – places filling fast | |
| Less than 5 spaces available | |
| Closed – reached full capacity |
Undergraduate Degrees
| Department | Degree | Current status | Action/ Alternative degrees |
| Architecture | BA Architecture and LandscapeBA ArchitectureMEng Structural Engineering & Architecture | Confirm now | |
| Clinical Dentistry | BDS Dental Surgery | A waiting list is in place.Alternative degree:BSc (Hons) Bio-dental Science and Technology | |
| Computer Science | BEng Software EngineeringBSc Computer ScienceBSc / MComp Computer ScienceBSc Artificial Intelligence and Computer ScienceBSc / MComp Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science | Confirm now | |
| Journalism | BA Journalism Studies | Confirm now | |
| Landscape | BA Architecture and LandscapeBA Landscape ArchitectureBSc Landscape Architecture | Confirm now | |
| Law | LLB LawLLB Law and CriminologyLLB Law (European and International)BA CriminologyLLB Law (with Chinese Law) | Confirm now | |
| Management School | BA Business ManagementBA Accounting and Financial ManagementBA Business Management and EconomicsBA Accounting and Financial Management and EconomicsBA Business Management and Japanese StudiesBA International Business Management with Study Abroad | Confirm now | |
| Politics | BA Economics and PoliticsBA PoliticsBA Politics and SociologyBA International Relations and Politics | Confirm now | |
| Sociological Studies | BA Digital Media and Society | Confirm now | |
| Urban Studies & Planning | BA Urban StudiesMPlan Urban Studies and PlanningBA Geography and Planning | Confirm now |
Postgraduate degrees
| Department | Degree | Current status | Action/ Alternative degrees |
| Animal & Plant Sciences | MSc Practical Entomology*MSc Sustainable Agricultural Technologies*MSc Biodiversity and Conservation*MSc Biological Sciences*MSc Science Communication | Confirm now | |
| Architecture | MA Architectural Design* | Confirm now | |
| MA Urban Design* | Confirm now | ||
| MSc Sustainable Architecture Studies | Confirm now | ||
| MSc Digital Architecture and Design | Confirm now | ||
| Automatic Control & Systems Engineering | MSc Advanced Control and Systems Engineering*MSc in Robotics* | Confirm now | |
| Chemical & Biological Engineering | MSc (Eng) Environmental and Energy Engineering*MSc (Eng) Process Safety and Loss Prevention*MSc (Eng) Biological and Bioprocess Engineering*MSc Biochemical Engineering with Industrial Management*MSc Energy Engineering with Industrial Management* | Confirm now.Alternative degrees available from Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, and Animal and Plant Sciences – see (1) below | |
| Chemistry | MSc Polymers for Advanced Technologies*MSc Chemistry*MSc (Res) Chemistry* | Confirm now | |
| Civil & Structural Engineering | MSc Structural Engineering*MSc Water Engineering*MSc Civil Engineering*MSc Hazards & Resilience*MSc Infrastructure & Urban Systems Engineering*MSc Civil Engineering & Management* | Confirm now | |
| Computer Science | MSc (Eng) Advanced Software Engineering*MSc Advanced Computer Science*MSc Computer Science with Speech and Language Processing*MSc Data Analytics*MSc Software Systems and Internet Technology* | A waiting list is in place.Alternative degrees available from the Department of Automatic and Control Systems Engineering – see (2) below | |
| East Asian Studies | MSc East Asian Business* | Confirm now | |
| MA Politics and Media in East Asia | Confirm now | ||
| Economics | MSc Economics*MSc International Finance and Economics*MSc Financial Economics*MSc Economics & Public Policy | Confirm now | |
| MSc Business Finance and Economics* | Confirm now | ||
| MSc Money, Banking and Finance* | Confirm now | ||
| Education | MA Education* | Confirm now | |
| MA Psychology and Education* | Confirm now | ||
| MA Education: Language and Education | Confirm now | ||
| MA Education: Early Childhood* | Confirm now | ||
| MA Digital Literacies, Culture and Education | Confirm now | ||
| Electronic & Electrical Engineering | MSc (Eng) Data Communications*MSc (Eng) Electronic and Electrical Engineering*MSc (Eng) Semiconductor Photonics and Electronics*MSc (Eng) Wireless Communications Systems*MSc Advanced Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives | Confirm now.Alternative degrees available from Departments of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Physics, and Materials Science and Engineering – see (3) below | |
| Geography | MA International Development*MPH International Development* | Confirm now | |
| Information School | MSc Data Science* | Confirm now | |
| MSc Information Systems* | Confirm now | ||
| MSc Information Management* | Confirm now | ||
| Journalism Studies | MA International Public and Political Communication* | Confirm now | |
| MA Global Journalism* | Confirm now | ||
| Law School | LLM (Corporate and Commercial Law*) or (International Law and Global Justice*) | ||
| Management School | MSc Management (International Business)* | Confirm now | |
| MSc International Management* | Confirm now | ||
| MSc Creative and Cultural Industries Management* | Confirm now | ||
| MSc International Management and Marketing* | Confirm now | ||
| MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management* | Confirm now | ||
| MSc Marketing Management Practice* | Confirm now | ||
| MSc Finance and Accounting* | Confirm now | ||
| MSc Global Marketing Management* | Confirm now | ||
| MSc Management* | Confirm now | ||
| MBA Business Administration* | Confirm now | ||
| MSc Information Systems Management* | Confirm now | ||
| MSc Human Resource Management with CIPD Pathway | Confirm now | ||
| MSc Human Resource Management* | Confirm now | ||
| Mathematics & Statistics | MSc Statistics* | Confirm now | |
| Mechanical Engineering | MSc (Res) Aerodynamics and Aerostructures*MSc Mechanical Engineering with Industrial Management*MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering* | Confirm now.Alternative degrees available from Departments of Automatic Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering – see (4) below. | |
| Molecular Biology & Biotechnology | MSc in Human and Molecular Genetics*MSc Molecular Biology and Biotechnology*MSc Antimicrobial Resistance | Confirm now | |
| Music | MA Psychology of Music* | Confirm now | |
| MA Music Management* | Confirm now | ||
| Politics | MA International RelationsMA Politics, Governance and Public Policy*MA International Political Economy | Confirm now | |
| School of English | MA in Applied Linguistics with TESOL* | Confirm now | |
| Sociological Studies | MA Digital Media and Society* | Confirm now | |
| Urban Studies and Planning | MSc Urban and Regional Planning* | Confirm now | |
| MSc Real Estate* | Confirm now | ||
| MSc Real Estate Planning and Development* | Confirm now | ||
| MA Urban Design and Planning* | Confirm now | ||
| MSc Applied GIS* | Confirm now | ||
| MSc Cities and Global Development | Confirm now |
For more information, please contact your Study Group representative in market.
Alternative degrees:
(1) MSc (Eng) Polymers and Composites*, MSc Materials Science & Engineering*, MSc Nanomaterials and Materials Science, MSc Biodiversity and Conservation*, MSc (Res) Chemistry*, MSc Chemistry*, MSc Polymers for Advanced Technologies*, MSc in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology*
(2) MSc Advanced Control and Systems Engineering*, MSc Robotics*
(3) MSc Advanced Control and Systems Engineering*, MSc Robotics*, MSc Nanomaterials and Materials Science, MSc (Res) Particle Physics, MSc (Res) Quantum Photonics and Nanomaterials, MSc Solar Cell Technology*
(4) MSc Infrastructure and Urban Systems Engineering*, MSc (Eng) Aerospace Materials*, MSc Materials Science & Engineering*
*Specific academic background is required for application/confirmation, please see the document here for further details.
