School of

Languages, Arts & Societies

New Students 2025/26

Welcome to our new students!

As the Head of School, I’d like to welcome you to our academic community and wish you many congratulations for the achievements that brought you with us. For some of you, this may be a return to the School of Languages and Cultures, or to Sheffield, and, for others this might be a completely new experience in a new department, in a new university, city and country. In all cases, we are really looking forward to welcoming you. My colleagues and I are here to help, so please do get in touch if you have any queries or questions over the coming weeks. I wish you an excellent time with us, and look forward to seeing you soon.

Professor Thomas Baldwin, Head of School

The aim of these pages is to provide you with information before you arrive in Sheffield for Welcome Week (starting 22 September). We know that there will be a lot of information coming your way including central university messages about how to move around campus and about how the University will organise teaching in the coming months.

This site deals specifically with your enrolment as a student in Languages and Cultures

We aim to make you feel at home with us as soon as we can. We realise that starting at university is a big step, so please, if you have any questions or queries that aren't answered here, just contact us:

slas-studentenquiries@sheffield.ac.uk

Our office is in Jessop West, First floor, Red wing.

What you need to do

Go through pages here to understand how your programme works and know which modules to select. Read below, follow links, and check your Sheffield email inbox for your registration link.
Arrange to be in Sheffield in time to attend our welcome meeting on Monday 22 September at 10am in 38 Mappin Street, Workroom 3 and 4

Follow the steps

We have arranged information specific to your course in a number of steps below.

1. How your degree work: BA Modern Languages and Cultures or DUAL degree with another subject
2. What languages and modules we offer to first year students

Step 1: Understand my degree programme

Now let's learn a bit more about your degree programme. We offer two programmes in the School. These programmes have a structure and a fixed set of requirements, but there is flexibilty too. You will need to understand your degree programme before you can pick your modules. Click on the link that applies to you.