Faculty of Science
New Students 2023/24
Hello and welcome to the Faculty of Science and congratulations on securing a place at the University of Sheffield.
This website is intended to help ease your transition into your University studies and provides an introduction into accessing your main online learning and teaching resources, as well as the wide range of student computing and wellbeing services available to you.
Essentially, to bring together a host of resources together into one place to help familiarise you before your arrival and during Welcome Week. You may also want to use this site as a 'refresher' that you can refer back to during your first year of study here at Sheffield.
Quiz
Take our short quiz based on the information provided in this website and you'll automatically be entered into our prize draw to win a set of Amazon vouchers.
Pre-arrival Tasks
Before you arrive at Sheffield to start your studies and during your Intro Week, there will be some key tasks to undertake such as sorting your accommodation and completing your pre-registration tasks. This section gives a brief overview of the main items to complete in order to help you settle in comfortably and get familiar with the University.
Intro Week
Information from your School or Department (Biosciences, Chemistry, Maths and Statistics, Physics, Psychology) for events taking place during Introduction (Intro) Week commencing Monday 18 September - Friday 22 September.
University Digital Essentials
To support your studies online, you will use a range of services and tools to help facilitate your digital learning, associated computing needs and IT support. This section provides an overview of the core services and tools you will regularly use like Blackboard (the University's Virtual Learning Environment) and Turnitin for coursework electronic submission. This section also includes information for Accessibility support and other services.
Health and Wellbeing Support
Support and resources to help you manage your health and wellbeing at University.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
At the University of Sheffield we want all students and staff to feel safe, be their authentic selves, and to reach their potential without additional barriers due to their identity, needs or protected characteristics.