Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University [7] [8] or TUOS) [9] [10] is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Firth College in 1879 and Sheffield Technical School in 1884. [1]
Firth Court, the university's main administrative block, viewed from Weston Park. The Western Bank Campus is the main campus of the University of Sheffield. [1] [2] It lies one mile to the west of Sheffield city centre and is bounded by Upper Hanover Street to the east, Glossop Road to the south, Clarkson Street to the west, and Bolsover Street to the north. [3]
Firth Court is a Grade II listed Edwardian red-brick building that forms part of the Western Bank Campus of the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Located on the northern side of Western Bank, it is the main administrative centre for the university and also houses the Departments of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and Biomedical Science.
The building itself houses the University of Sheffield's Departments of Biomedical Science and Animal & Plant Science [1] including its associated museum. It also houses the Perak Laboratories, used by students reading degrees from Medicine to Bioengineering, a computer centre, several lecture theatres and the Hillsborough Centre, [2] for disabled and dyslexic students.
The Department of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield, UK, is an academic department providing undergraduate and postgraduate courses in archaeology and its sub-disciplines based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. It conducts archaeological associated research with several dedicated research centres.
For example, Sheffield Hallam University was previously Sheffield Polytechnic while York St John University was previously York St John University College and the College of Ripon and York St John. Most of the universities are completely located in regions, except the University of Huddersfield which has a campus in Oldham of North West England .
Western Bank Library is a library at the University of Sheffield located on Western Bank, forming part of the Western Bank Campus. [1] Formerly the Main Library, it is a Grade II* listed building opened in 1959 by Nobel prize-winning poet T. S. Eliot.
The Sir Frederick Mappin Building, or more familiarly the Mappin Building, is a Grade II listed building [1] [2] fronting onto Mappin Street, Sheffield, England, part of the University of Sheffield. The building and street (formerly Charlotte Street) are named after Sir Frederick Mappin (1821–1910), the so-called Father of Sheffield ...