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About Sheffield

The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It received its royal charter in 1905 as successor to the University College of Sheffield established in 1897 (which eventually became the Northern Division of the Victoria University). The main campus is south-west of the city centre at Western Bank, with additional facilities at Birley Fields.It is organised into five academic faculties composed of multiple departments: Engineering; Humanities and Social Sciences; Medicine and Health; Science and Mathematics; and Social Work & Applied Psychology. It has 20 academic schools which together offer over 200 undergraduate courses or programmes leading to degrees covering all major academic disciplines offered by modern universities across all subjects including business studies, law, English literature/linguistics/creative writing etc., social sciences such as sociology or anthropology etc., science subjects like chemistry or physics etc.; there are also taught master's degree programs for some areas e.g.: MSc Medical Physics]].