Our
Thank You
To Sheffield.


How big dreams began

The University of Sheffield belongs to you. It exists today because the people of Sheffield made it happen.

In 1904, all the working people of the city, your great-grandparents and their parents, donated a penny to the cause and raised £50,000 - about £17million in today's money.

They wanted Sheffield to have a university because they wanted you to dream bigger dreams and make those dreams real.
1901 one penny
The working people of Sheffield each donated one penny
Advertisement - a University for Sheffield proposal
Advertisement - a University for Sheffield proposal