Description The University of Sheffield traces its lineage to three schools -- the Sheffield Medical School, Firth College, and the Sheffield Technical School -- which combined in 1897 to form the University College of Sheffield. The institution, which took its current name in 1905, now enrolls more than 24,000 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 100 countries. Among its academic programs are architectural studies, engineering, physics, and journalism. Five school alums have been granted the Nobel Prize (in Chemistry and Medicine/Physiology). The university's research partners and clients include Boeing, Rolls Royce, Unilever, Boots, AstraZeneca, and GlaxoSmithKline.
University of Sheffield has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,227 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The University of Sheffield employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 84% of employees would recommend working at University of Sheffield to a friend. This is based on 1,229 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
82% of job seekers rate their interview experience at University of Sheffield as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at University of Sheffield.