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The Faculty of Social Sciences is based in the stunning state-of-the-art ICOSS building – the Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences. Situated at the heart of the university campus, ICOSS is the hub of faculty activity, providing facilities and events for both staff and students.

The faculty comprises a large and diverse grouping of thirteen departments. These are: Architecture; East Asian Studies; Economics; Education; Geography; Information Studies; Journalism; Landscape; Law; Management; Politics; Sociological Studies; and Town and Regional Planning.

This rich and exciting disciplinary mix encompasses world-leading research and education. It also embraces a strong commitment to professional practice in many disciplines. This combination makes the faculty unique among its peer institutions in the UK.

Excellence in research, research training and supportThe faculty is consistently rated highly as a world class centre for social sciences research. In the last research assessment exercise (RAE2008) the majority of the faculty’s submissions were ranked in the top ten in the UK, and five were in the top five.

We provide expert supervision of research degrees, and the University and faculty have been leaders in the development of high quality research training. This is demonstrated by all relevant faculty departments achieving Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) recognition for postgraduate research training.

We see this training as vital in helping your realise your full potential. So you will be offered an individually tailored research training programme that will provide generic

transferable skills together with the specialist training that will allow you to develop your thesis.

You will be supervised by experienced academic researchers with strong track records in the successful supervision of research students. You will typically be assigned two supervisors, a lead and a second supervisor, who will help and advise you throughout your studies.

The University and Students’ Union provide English language support, cultural events, societies, and other support. There is also a 5-day residential orientation programme for international students prior to induction week. This provides an opportunity to meet staff, fellow students, and learn more about Sheffield.

Such excellent research, research training, and support have enabled the faculty to build a large and vibrant community of research students. There are currently around 500 students registered on research degree programmes within the faculty.

A cosmopolitan cultureOurs is a cosmopolitan research community, with around 200 of the faculty’s total research student population being international students. We place special importance on their role in the life and work of the faculty.

Students from all over the world have been attracted by our excellent reputation. Past and present students include those from the UK and Europe, plus over 35 other countries.

Why come to Sheffield? Although Sheffield is a major city, and still developing, it retains a sense of community. This is a friendly, safe, affordable and welcoming place to live.

In Sheffield you can enjoy sophisticated fast-paced city life and yet in 20 minutes you can be in the middle of the beautiful Peak District National park.

Established in 1905, Sheffield is now one of the best UK universities for high quality research and teaching. Ranked highly in The Sunday Times guide and Virgin Alternative Guide to British Universities (written by students), it also boasts the best Students’ Union in the country.

The Faculty of Social Sciences

“The University of Sheffield is one of the best universities within the UK, located in a beautiful and enjoyable student city. It offers excellent academic facilities available all day and night at its unique Information Commons. It is amazing to be surrounded by that much history yet at the same time study in modern environments with high-tech equipment. Even though I didn’t have the chance for a previous visit, now I am happy for not missing out the opportunities and achievements waiting for me during my studies in Sheffield.”

Papatya Nur Dokmeci1st year student with Professor Jian Kang

Photo opposite: ICOSS building, PortobelloPhoto above: Information Commons building looking

over to Jessop West


Architecture

Department profileThe School of Architecture was established in 1907 and since then has built up an enviable reputation for excellence. It is widely recognised as one of the leading schools of architecture in Europe.

Students from Sheffield have consistently won prizes in national and international competitions over the past ten years, including the RIBA Presidents Medals, British Steel and Oasys Awards.

FacilitiesThe school has two dedicated computer laboratories for use by architecture students which have specialist software. There is a photography suite, a woodworking workshop and a range of technology laboratories for special projects. Specialist technicians offer support across all the facilities.

The University library is home to the architecture collection which is housed in its own room and presently consists of 16,000 books and subscriptions to 83 periodicals.

We are currently located in the Crookesmoor building. However, in 2011 we will move back to the grade 2 listed Arts Tower, at the heart of the campus, following an £11 million refurbishment.

Research quality and rankingThe results of the RAE2008 confirm the school´s position as a world class centre for architectural research. When ranked on the highest category (4* – world leading quality) we are the top school in the UK.

These results, together with our excellent ratings in the two previous RAEs, make Sheffield the only school in the UK to have achieved and maintained this research performance.

Research areasWe welcome research proposals on any area of architectural studies, including research by design. Our research is interdisciplinary, so we would welcome applications for collaborative projects with other departments in the University. We have current collaborations with Civil Engineering, Landscape and Town and Regional Planning.

The department has particular strength in the following areas:• Humanities research group – including history and

theory, especially 20th century and contemporary European architecture

• Processes research group – including client/user needs in design, computer aided design, and representation of architectural knowledge and management

• Design research group – including design as a research discipline, housing and environmental design, architecture for education

• Sustainable environments and structures research group – sustainable performance of the built environment, including reducing carbon emissions, design for climate change and high quality acoustic and lighting environments.

Further detailsEmail: Dr. Steve Fotios, [email protected]

Web: www.sheffield.ac.uk/architecture

East Asian Studies

Departmental profile With a history going back to 1963, the School of East Asian Studies is one of Europe´s largest centres of academic excellence. It specialises in the study of contemporary East Asia, with research and teaching covering China, Japan and Korea.

The school is widely recognised for the excellence of its research and teaching. In the 2009 National Student Survey it was ranked – by students themselves – first among Asian Studies departments in the UK.

FacilitiesThe school provides access to a postgraduate suite with networked computer access, and has established on-line communities via the University network. This provides further help and guidance to students once registered.

There are extensive library holdings on China, Japan and Korea in the University library.

Research quality and rankingThe school has consistently improved its standing in successive RAEs. In RAE2008, 70% of its research was assessed as being of international standing, 30% of which was internationally excellent or world leading.

Research areas We welcome applications for research in most areas of Chinese, Japanese and Korean economy, culture, and society. We also supervise research addressing region-wide issues such as migration and cultural diffusion.

The school is part of the White Rose East Asia Centre. This is an exciting, externally funded partnership between the Universities of Sheffield and Leeds. The centre’s research activities and postgraduate training concentrate on four research clusters:• Business, political economy and development • East Asian identities and cultures • Social change and transition in East Asia • Regionalisation and globalisation

Each cluster represents an area of existing research. Clusters build on the strong track record of language-based area studies and related multidisciplinary research.

Further detailsEmail: Professor Glenn Hook, [email protected]

Web: www.sheffield.ac.uk/seas/seasindex.html

Economics

Departmental profileEconomics has been offered as a subject since the University was established. The department separated from the Management School in the 1980’s and quickly established a strong reputation. It is now one of only two remaining independent economics departments in the north of England.

With around 25 research students and 20 academic staff, the department is a close-knit community providing students with individual attention and support.

FacilitiesAll students are provided with personal workspaces and a computer. They have access to all commonly used econometric software packages and to an extensive collection of journals and other material. Most of these are available electronically.

There are three computer officers who support students in their use of computers, software and access to on-line materials.

Research quality and rankingThe department’s performance in successive research assessment exercises has been one of continuous improvement. In RAE2008, 95% of the department’s research was judged to be of international standard. Of this, 70% was in the highest categories of internationally excellent and world-leading.

Research areas We offer supervision in most areas of economics, with a focus on applied econometric work in the areas of labour economics; health and well-being; industrial organisation; macroeconomics; development economics; political economy and finance.

The department has particular strength in the following areas:• Labour and education economics, including family and

household economics• Health economics and the economics of well-being,

including collaboration with Sheffield’s School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)

• Economics of the firm and industrial economics, including uncertainty, risk preference, entrepreneurship, sectoral and spatial variations in productivity

• Macroeconomics, finance and development economics

Further detailsEmail: Steven McIntosh, [email protected] or Jane Mundy, [email protected]

Web: www.sheffield.ac.uk/economics/prospectivepgr

Photo above opposite: Study facilities within the Information Commons building

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Education

Departmental profileThe School of Education has a long-standing reputation for excellence in research and teaching, with a particular tradition and emphasis on the nature of inequality in education. It boasts a diverse community, with students based locally, nationally and internationally.

In addition to MPhil and PhD degrees, the school also offers a specialist and highly successful EdD programme. Across all programmes, it has one of the largest and most diverse research student populations in the University.

FacilitiesThe school provides full time students with access to workstations and computer facilities. Research materials, including key journals, are available on-line.

Research students are integrated into the school’s thriving research community and will be invited to its regular seminar programmes.

Research quality and rankingThe school has a long-standing reputation for research informing policy and practice in a wide variety of local, national and international contexts. In RAE2008, 85% of its research was rated as of international standing, including 40% at internationally excellent or world-leading quality.

Research areas We emphasise research with impact, and seek to positively influence changes in people´s lives and work, theory and society. In doing so, we have developed a collaborative and inclusive research community that informs and responds to policy developments.

We welcome research proposals across a broad range of topics within education and lifelong learning. We have particular research strengths in: • Curriculum and pedagogy• Early childhood and secondary education • Educational psychology• Globalisation and education• Higher education and lifelong learning.

Students will belong to one of four research centres: • Centre for the study of children; families and

learning communities• Centre for the study of educational development

and professional lives• Centre for the study of higher education and

lifelong learning• Centre for the study of new literacies.

Further detailsEmail: [email protected]

Web: www.sheffield.ac.uk/education

Geography

Departmental profileFounded in 1908, the Department of Geography is a global leader in several research fields and one of the leading research departments in the country. We offer internationally excellent physical and human geography specialisms with strong international and cross-disciplinary links.

With over 30 full-time academic staff and a graduate school of nearly 100 PhD and masters students, we are one of the largest departments in the UK.

FacilitiesThe department has benefited from significant investment in research infrastructure, especially in physical geography via solute systems and erosion laboratories. It has also recently benefited from a £550,000 refurbishment to its graduate and postdoctoral researcher suite.

All students will have access to a workstation and networked computer, and access to on-line resources.

Research quality and rankingThe department has long been a major centre of excellence in the discipline, and is home to some of the leading figures in both human and physical geography research.

RAE2008 results place it firmly in the top ten departments in the UK, with 70% of its research activity assessed as being internationally excellent or world leading.

Research areasThe wide breadth of supervision opportunities available makes the department particularly attractive to research students, providing the opportunity to work alongside world-class academics.

Our research is focussed into groupings covering the whole spectrum of research in both physical and human geography:• Climate & cryosphere, including environmental change,

climate modelling, pollutant – climate interactions, Glacial hydrometeorology and hydrology

• Policy, governance & participation, including migrant economies, regional and urban economic development in the EU, political and civic participation, social and spatial inequalities

• Sediment systems, including hydrological processes and environmental modelling, glacial sedimentary processes, soil erosion processes and landscape evolution, biomineralisation

• Social & cultural geographies, including contemporary consumption spaces and commodity cultures, race and racism, ethnicity and identity, European social issues, bodies and embodiment.


Web: www.sheffield.ac.uk/geography

“I am currently working on a variety of research projects related to areas such as labour economics, the economics of education and household finances. The focus of the work lies in statistical and econometric analysis of micro data such as the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the U.S. Survey of Consumer Finance.”

Aurora Ortiz Nunez Current Economics PhD student


East Asian Studies

Architecture Economics

Education

Geography Information Studies

Journalism Studies

Law Landscape Management School

Politics Sociological Studies

Town & Regional Planning

Professor Glenn Hook“My research interests are in the area of the international relations of contemporary Japan, particular in relation to East Asia, as well as in security and risk in East Asia. I welcome applications to undertake theses on most social, political, economic and security aspects of Japan’s contemporary international relations. I can also consider topics on Japanese domestic politics.”

Professor Jian Kang“My specialist areas include acoustics of long spaces such as underground stations and urban streets, acoustic properties of vegetation and green roofs, auditorium and recording studio design, industrial and environmental noise prediction and control, and large scale noise mapping.”

Professor Jenny Roberts“I think what excites me about economics is understanding why people behave as they do in response to incentives. A lot of our research directly inputs into decision making. So in that respect I would say there’s a direct link between what I do and people’s lives.”

Dr Chris Winter Chris supervises masters, EdD and PhD students. Her current project is an enquiry into the construction of curriculum knowledge in schools. Her main interests include curriculum policy analysis, globalization and geography education.

Professor Danny Dorling“My research tries to show how statistics about the population can be used to enhance our understanding of the patterns of people’s lives. Part of this research involves developing new techniques for analysing those statistics and making them more accessible, such as the use of maps to help visualise spatial and social structure.”

Professor Mark SandersonMark has research interests in information retrieval, search engines and the internet. During the last ten years he has led or been involved with over 10 significant externally funded projects in his areas of expertise. Current research student projects include those on: building an intelligent multimedia meta-search engine; manual tagging to help search; and federated searching of cross-language databases.

Professor Ralph NegrineRalph is currently working on a book about the media in the EU, and a study of the European elections. He is co-editor, with Professor Stylianos Papathanassopoulos (University of Athens) on Communications Policy, to be published by Routledge in 2010. He is currently supervising PhDs in the democratisation of Taiwan and political marketing in Ghana, among others.

Professor Aurora Plomer “I’m particularly interested in the ethical and legal issues relating to new biotechnologies and the life sciences…it is work that feeds into national and international policy and debates.”

Professor Eckart LangeEckart’s research interests lie primarily in how landscape and environmental planning can influence and direct anthropogenic landscape change, while developing innovative methodologies can be used to explore human reaction to these changes. Current research projects includes participation in a major £2.5 million research project URSULA: urban river corridors and sustainable living agendas.

Professor Geoff WoodGeoff’s recent publications include The Ethical Business: Challenges and Controversies (with Kamal Mellahi and Kevin Morrell) and Human Resource Management: A Critical Introduction (both 2009). He is currently supervising PhDs including The Importance of Interpersonal Trust in Global Teams.

Professor Jean GrugelJean has supervised PhDs on regional integration in the Caribbean, Central America and Mercosur, on European-Latin relations and on aid. She is currently supervising students’ work on the politics of inequality in Chile, regional banks in Latin America and NGOs and development.

Professor Clive Norris“For the last decade I’ve been documenting and analysing the use of surveillance in contemporary society. As part the Surveillance Studies Network (SNN) I have advised the American Department of Homeland Security on the policy implications of CCTV and written a review of CCTV and Crime Prevention for the European Parliament´s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee.”

Professor John Henneberry“This photograph was taken next to the River Don, one of the case study sites for a project I’m currently working on. The project is looking at sustainable development in urban river corridors.”

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The Faculty of Social Sciences


Landscape

Departmental profile The Department of Landscape is a major research centre for landscape and environmental planning and design. It is the only landscape school in England with independent departmental status.

Our research is agenda-setting, defining new approaches and challenges that help advance the distinctive knowledge base of landscape architecture. Our unique strength has enabled us to build the largest landscape graduate research school in the UK.

Facilities Currently located in the Crookesmoor Building, our provision for each student includes a designated desk space, storage space and dedicated computing facilities, including high-level GIS and CAD applications.

During 2011 we will re-locate back to the Arts Tower, a grade 2 listed building at the heart of the campus, following a major refurbishment.

Research quality and ranking In RAE2008 the department confirmed its status as the country’s premier centre for landscape architecture research, with three-quarters of our research rated internationally excellent or world-leading.

Research areasWe have a buoyant research student community and highly research active staff. Bringing together staff with a strong practice background, alongside pure and social scientists, and humanities scholars, we are by nature interdisciplinary in our approaches.

We can offer research supervision across the full breadth of landscape architecture, including design, planning and management. The research activities of our staff broadly encompass:• Human interaction with landscapes • Landscape architecture design theory• Planning and management of rural and peri-urban

landscapes • Urban ecological landscape design and management

Further detailsEmail: Professor Eckart Lange, [email protected]

Web: www.sheffield.ac.uk/landscape

Law

Departmental profile The School of Law is one of the longest standing departments at the University. It has now established itself as one of the leading law schools in the UK, with a strong commitment to research and teaching of law in its social context.

We pride ourselves on being a modern law school, offering a forward-thinking and intellectually stimulating environment to students and researchers alike.

Facilities The school provides exclusive use of a research student study room, with desk and computer for each student. It also provides a complete package of support, from expert supervisors to in-house IT support and dedicated administrators.

Research quality and ranking The school’s research has been rated as being of international quality in the last 3 research assessment exercises. In RAE2008, 85% of our research was rated as being of international quality, and half was world leading or internationally excellent.

Research areasResearch is at the heart of the school’s mission and takes in all areas of legal, socio-legal and criminological scholarship. Research activity in the school is focused on five research clusters. Each of the clusters stimulate research by providing a forum within which ideas can be disseminated and discussed:• Centre for criminological research• Centre for law in its international context• Centre of the study of law in society• Institute of commercial law studies• Sheffield institute of biotechnological law and ethics

We have a vibrant research student community. We value our students highly and recognise the important contribution they make to the life of the school. Research students are expected to play a full role in the research clusters. They also take part on school research seminars, and run their own seminar series.

Further detailsEmail: [email protected] or [email protected]

Web: www.sheffield.ac.uk/law

Twitter: @lawsheffield (follow us)

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Information Studies

Departmental profileThe department was founded in 1963 and has an international reputation for the quality of its research, the expertise of its staff and the achievements of its graduates.

Its international reputation has recently been enhanced by being the first UK department to be invited to join the elite iSchools group.

FacilitiesWe assign each student a personal work space and computing facilities in one of three well equipped research labs, working alongside students undertaking similar research.

Access to further more specialised software and CD-ROM and internet-based information sources is available via the University network. Support is available via a senior computer manager and two computer technicians.

Research quality and rankingThe department’s research reputation is outstanding, having been ranked first in the discipline in the UK in every research assessment exercise, including RAE2008. Four of the ten most highly cited academic researchers in the field in the UK are located in the department.

Research areas We welcome research proposals in any area of information studies relating to the study and development of the processing and management of data, and information and knowledge for effective individual and organisational use.

We have two departmental research centres:• Centre for Information Literacy • Centre for the Public Library and Information in Society

We also play a lead role in an inter-disciplinary research centre: the Centre for Health Information Management Research.

We currently have over 70 research students carrying out PhD/MPhil projects within seven main research areas: • Chemoinformatics• Educational informatics • Health informatics• Information retrieval• Information systems• Knowledge & information management• Libraries and the information society


Web: www.sheffield.ac.uk/is

www.sheffield.ac.uk/is/about/blog.html

Journalism Studies

Departmental profile The Department of Journalism Studies was set up in 1994 and is a centre of excellence in teaching and research in journalism, mass communication and new communication technologies.

The department has strong research and teaching links with the profession. The integration of high quality, professionally accredited training within an excellent research environment is unique .

FacilitiesThe department provides access to high quality workspace and individual computer facilities for its research students.

Research quality and rankingThe department has continually improved its performance in research assessment. In RAE2008, three-quarters (75%) of the department´s research output was graded as world-leading or internationally excellent.

Research areasThe department hosts the Centre for Freedom of the Media and the Centre for the Study of Journalism and History, and currently has twenty students at varying stages of their research degree studies

Research is focused around four major strands of work:• The interplay between media, journalism, civil society

and politics• Journalism and history• Journalism ethics, education and practice• The media in Europe and Europe in the media

Further detailsEmail: Dr Martin Conboy, [email protected]

Web: www.sheffield.ac.uk/journalism


Management

Departmental profile The Management School has AMBA accreditation and is en route to EQUIS and AACSB recognition – all global markers of the highest standards. We also score highly on league tables of quality, such as the Financial Times Index.

A research degree from our school has not only academic cache, but, within it, capacity to understand so much more about management practice and policy. This can change, uplift and broaden your career in any number of ways.

FacilitiesThe school provides research students with access to workstations and networked computer facilities. There are three computer officers who support students in their use of computers, software and access to on-line materials.

Research quality and ranking Building on a strong track record of success in earlier exercises, in RAE2008, nearly all our activity was rated as of international quality, and 60% was internationally excellent or world leading.

Research areas We welcome applications in any area of management and business studies. Particular expertise lies in the following areas, where the work of members of staff has been brought together in interdisciplinary research clusters which are making high impact contributions to the field and wider society:• Responsible and sustainable business • International business and strategy • Finance• Management accounting• Public sector accounting and management

The school also has three distinct research centres, with strong international reputations, with which research students are encouraged to engage: • Institute of Work Psychology • Centre for Regional Economic and Enterprise

Development • Logistics and Supply Chain Management


Web: www.sheffield.ac.uk/management/researchstudies

Politics

Departmental profile The Department of Politics has an international reputation as one of the UK’s top Politics departments.

To further enhance its reputation as a leading research training environment, it established the Graduate School in Politics in autumn 2008. This now serves as the intellectual and organisational home for its large and diverse community of graduate students.

Facilities The department will provide excellent facilities, including a newly refurbished postgraduate suite resulting from a major investment. This has quiet study rooms, networked PCs and a common room.

Research quality and ranking After excellent research assessment outcomes in 1996 and 2001, the department’s status as a world class centre for the study of politics was confirmed in RAE2008. With 75% of research graded as world leading and internationally excellent, it was ranked as the number one department in the UK.

Research areasWe welcome research proposals across the broad range of political science and international relations and can offer supervision using a range of approaches: quantitative, qualitative, critical theory and gender.

Particular areas of strength include:• International political economy• Comparative political economy• International relations• Political development and/or democratisation

(including Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean and South Asia)

• European politics including the European Union• British politics• Governance and public policy• Political behaviour• Political theory

Further detailsEmail: Sarah Cooke, [email protected]

Web: www.sheffield.ac.uk/politics

“I have had very good support from the school and my supervisor. I have been taught well and encouraged to carry out research in many areas of my field. It is an excellent university.”

Abdelbasit GadourCurrent Education PhD student


Sociological Studies

Departmental profileThe department has an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research across the disciplines of sociology, social policy, social work and social anthropology. We are proud of our disciplinary breadth and achievement, which helps make the department an exciting and lively place to study.

FacilitiesThe department has a specialised postgraduate suite with workstations and networked computing for all research students. This provides access to library catalogues, CD-ROM and on-line resources and a wide range of packages for handling databases, spreadsheets and statistical analysis.

Research quality and ranking The department has established itself as one of the strongest in the UK over successive research assessment exercises. Some of the most prominent scholars in their field are members of staff here.

Our outstanding reputation was confirmed in RAE2008, when nearly all our research was rated as being of international quality and 65% as internationally excellent or world-leading.

Research areasThe department has four research groups: Ageing across the life course; comparative and international social policy; culture, identity and technology; and health, community and well-being.

We welcome applications for research study across the disciplines of sociology, social policy, social work and social anthropology. Key areas of expertise include:• Child welfare and protection• Childhood and youth studies• Citizenship• Criminology, crime and social control• Environment• Gender and sexuality• Global social policy and governance • Health illness and disability• Identity• International and comparative social policy• Muslim societies and cultures• Quality of life• ‘Race’, racism and ethnicity• Ritual and belief• Social welfare• Sociology of science and technology• Sociology of surveillance


Web: www.sheffield.ac.uk/socstudies

Town and Regional Planning

Departmental profileThe Department of Town and Regional Planning is a long-established and internationally renowned centre of excellence for the teaching and research of urban issues and town planning.

It provides research students with a lively academic environment at the cutting edge of social scientific theory and policy and social justice in one of the best planning graduate schools in the UK.

FacilitiesOur graduate school has just been re-located to a newly refurbished area of the main planning building following a £550,000 investment. All students are provided with workstations, networked computers and access to on-line resources.

Research quality and ranking The department has long held an outstanding reputation for research excellence based on its performance in research assessment exercises in 1996 and 2001.

In RAE2008, no other UK planning department has more research assessed as being of world-leading quality, ranking Sheffield first. In all, 50% of our research was classified as being of at least internationally excellent quality.

Research areasWe welcome research proposals from across the broad range of planning and related disciplines such as geography, sociology and politics. Our research takes an international perspective and can be focused on any area of the world.

We are organised into two research groupings – planning theory and practice, and spatial development – with considerable strength in the following fields:• Environmental policy and politics• Governance and participation • Housing and property markets • The theory and practice of planning • Urban and regional development • Values, ethics and justice in planning and development

Further detailsEmail: Keely Robinson, [email protected]

Web: www.sheffield.ac.uk/trp/researchschool

The benefits of studying for MPhil/PhD at Sheffield • A vibrant, lively research culture • Supervision by internationally renowned researchers• An excellent grounding in research design and

methodology• Opportunities to be involved in current research

projects, and in research centres• Individually designed research training programmes• Excellent study facilities in departments and a

dedicated graduate research study facility• Inter-disciplinary seminars within ICOSS, a £4 million

dedicated research facility• The highest level of international recognised

qualification from a leading university• Excellent future career prospects in universities,

industry and public sector organisations across the world

Information about the facilities and benefits of being a student at the University of Sheffield at: www.sheffield.ac.uk/youridea

Entry requirements and fees We offer both MPhil and PhD degrees, and specialist doctorates in specific subjects. Applicants normally need a first degree equivalent to at least UK classification of an Upper Second, and/ or a Masters degree. Candidates with other qualifications will be considered on an individual basis.

A minimum English proficiency of a minimum of IELTS 6.5 (with a score of 5.5 in each component), or equivalent, is required by most departments for speakers of English as an Additional Language.

Tuition fees vary between departments and are between £10,940 and £15,380 for non EU students in September 2010. The EU student tuition fee for the academic year commencing September 2010 is expected to be £3,440 (this fee has not yet been confirmed and could be subject to a minor increase or decrease).

The University can advise on potential sources of funding, and information can be found via: www.sheffield.ac.uk/youridea

Contact details Faculty of Social SciencesThe University of SheffieldICoSS219 PortobelloSheffield S1 4DPUK

www.sheffield.ac.uk/faculty/social-sciences

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