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Mission Statement
Sheffield Hallam University is one of the UK’s largest and most diverse universities: a community of more than 30,000 students, 4,000 staff and more than 250,000 alumni around the globe.
Our mission is simple: we transform lives.
We provide people from all backgrounds with the opportunity to acquire the skills, knowledge and experience to succeed at whatever they choose to do.
As one of the UK’s largest and most progressive universities, our teaching, research and partnerships are characterised by a focus on real-world impact – addressing the health, economic and social challenges facing society today.
We are ambitious for our university, our students, our colleagues, our partners, our city and our region. Our vision is to be the world's leading applied university; showing what a university genuinely focused on transforming lives can achieve.
International Role
Sheffield Hallam has experience and expertise working with over 100 partners worldwide. We believe that collaboration across continents can lead to great things — not just for our institutions, but for the wider world. It’s how we solve real-world problems and create lasting change.
Working together, we provide transformational experiences for students and staff — helping them build confidence, expand their horizons, experience new cultures and discover different ways of thinking.
Our vision
We will be the world’s leading applied university. As we expand our network of global partners, our priority is to provide transformational experiences for students. Each one of our partnerships is unique and developed to maximise mutual benefit. We work with like-minded institutions that share our vision and commitment to collaboration.
Work with us
We want to build new partnerships with institutions around the world that share our ambition and values. We are keen to expand the number of opportunities for internationalisation (both virtual and physical) that we offer to our students, and would be delighted to hear from interested fellow members.
National Role
Sheffield Hallam University's, Department of Art & Design is one of the oldest Art Schools in the UK. Founded in 1843, we celebrated our 175 year anniversary in 2018 and the 25th anniversary of the Art & Design Research Centre . The Department continues to make a significant contribution locally, regionally and nationally to the creative industries. Sheffield is home to one of the largest communities of practising artists outside London and the traditional home of jewellery and metalwork design. We collaborate with regional Universities in Yorkshire and the Midlands on joint research bids, conferences and projects.
We are a member of CHEAD (Council for Heads of Education in Art and Design)
We have partnered and collaborated with organisations and networks including: DESIS network; British Fashion Council; Graduate Fashion Week; Ethical Fashion Forum; Skillset; RIBA; Creative Industries Federation; APDIG, All-Party Design and Innovation Group, Redress HK.
National Subject Associations: Association of Interior Designers, Association of Fashion and Textiles, D&AD, The Design Research Society, British Fashion Council
We have a wide range of business connections nationally and internationally. For further information visit www.shu.ac.uk/business/access-our-expertise/design
Main Focus
We are an internationally connected creative community of diverse disciplines housed under one roof. We shape our students' futures, preparing them to shape the world through applied knowledge and creativity.
Our art and design courses don't just train, they promote alternative ways of thinking, making, and communicating; they provide space, tools, and inspiration for students to develop their creative practice and a clear career path. Students get expert teaching from active practitioners and researchers who encourage them to adopt innovative and resourceful approaches that both perceive and create opportunities for better lives. Students develop their creative practice whilst interacting with their peers in well-equipped studios, making, and digital workshops. At the same time, they learn professional skills by working on applied briefs facilitated through our links with commercial clients, cultural institutions, businesses, and organisations.
Faculties and Departments
Department of Art and Design, College of Social Sciences & Arts.
Bachelor Level Programs
BA (hons) Graphic Design 3/4yr, BA (hons) Illustration 3/4yr, BA (hons) Fashion Design 3/4yr, BA (hons) Fashion Management and Communication 3/4yr, BA (hons) Interior Architecture & Design 3/4yr, BA (hons) Fine Art 3/4yr, BA (hons) Product Design 3/4yr, BSc (hons) Packaging Professional 3yr (Higher Degree Apprenticeship)
https://gallery.shu.ac.uk/
Master Level Programs
Masters Programme: MA typically 1 year/ MFA typically 2 years
Courses in; MA Design (Fashion,) MA Design (Graphics), MA Design (Illustration), MA Design (Interiors), MA Design (Packaging), MA Design (Product), MA Design (Interaction), MA Design for Performance Sports, MA Design for Health, MA Jewellery and Metalwork, MFA Fine Art
https://gallery.shu.ac.uk/
Research Activity and Main Areas
The Art, Design & Media Research Centre (ADMRC) is one of Britain's leading centres for research in the creative disciplines of Fine Art, Design and Media Production. Our artists, designers and film makers are at the forefront of practice-led research, through pioneering work in health care research, critically acclaimed independent film and public artworks. We have pioneered new thinking in how we can apply the expertise and experience of artists and designers to the creation of knowledge, striking a balance between developing the theory that drives our academic disciplines and making practical contributions to our economic and cultural life. Our work includes the creation of new methods and techniques for research and practice, products and artworks that change our understanding or create new knowledge, multi-disciplinary research with partners in a variety of disciplines and developing methods for transmitting ideas, skills and knowledge. We are committed to building a research-led academic community through our support for postgraduate studies at both Doctoral and Master's levels. The ADMRC is also home to Design Futures, a discrete unit within C3RI delivering packaging and product design research to industry. Design futures has a proven track record as innovators being cited as inventors or contributors to a portfolio of intellectual property, it has accrued a number of design awards.
Doctorate Level Programs
MPhil/ PhD Research Degrees through the Creative and Cultural Research Institute. The Cultural, Communication and Computing Research Institute, a diverse multidisciplinary group that makes connections between the research traditions of • art • design and media production • communication studies. The CCRI provide an environment in which each discipline can develop its own approach to research whilst at the same time bringing people together on questions that cut across traditional subject boundaries. The work of the CCRI covers basic, strategic and applied research as well as research into teaching and learning. Much of it is through partnerships with businesses and professional collaborators. Research is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Board, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the European Union, commercial clients, charitable bodies and government. The CCRI support a PhD research programme with over 40 students. The CCRI also maintains many knowledge transfer partnerships that support close collaboration between academics, researchers and industrial partners. The CCRI also houses Design Futures – a Yorkshire Forward Centre of Industrial Collaboration for Product and Packaging innovation. Design Futures has had specialist design teams working exclusively on commercial consultancy services for several years. These teams have developed award-winning, innovative solutions for many clients, some of which have been patented.
Subject Areas for Exchange Students
As per the undergraduate and postgraduate course list
Application Deadlines
Contact Anna Maria Di Betta – Global Engagement & Academic Partnerships Lead – [email protected]
Teaching Languages
English
Semester Dates
Semester 1 – September – January
Semester 2 – January – May
Cost of Living Per Month (Studying and Living)
circa 1500 GBP
