Informatics degrees for undergraduates
Informatics is the study of digital information - how we create, manage and use it, and how human beings interact with information and technologies.
It is one of the world's newest areas of study, and certainly the fastest-moving. Join us and you'll enter a field where new developments are occurring and findings are being made practically every day. And you can play a part in shaping the digital future of the planet.
No other field of study will take you to the very forefront of new advances in the way human beings manage and use information. And no other UK department in information science enjoys our dazzling reputation for research. Study with us and discover the challenges and opportunities of digital information for yourself – from web publishing and 4G to Google search rankings and the social media revolution.
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We offer two undergraduate degrees in Informatics jointly with the Management School: |
Great support and facilities
The Information School at Sheffield is the best in the business. But we're also a friendly place in which to study, where you'll find help any time you need it. You'll have a personal tutor to support you right through your course, and our IT support team is there to assist and advise you about our computer facilities, including our superb new facility, the iLab, purpose-built for cutting-edge informatics research.
See more about the Information School's facilities.
Our students have 24 hour access to the Information Commons, a fantastic workspace for students, providing a variety of different study environments together with a large selection of books, e-resources and computing technologies.
You'll also be able to take part in our fascinating programme of research seminars and have the chance to run student-led activities within the School, such as our student society.
A better society, a brilliant career
At the University of Sheffield we strive for academic excellence that has meaning and impact in the world and, at the Information School, we know that helping people to use and understand information better means creating a more equal and open global society.
Our courses draw on a wide range of disciplines in addition to information science, such as management, psychology, economics, computing and sociology, so you'll develop a broad-based perspective and many invaluable transferable skills which can help you reach the top - whatever career you choose.
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- Our degrees can be shaped according to your interests and learning needs. Your tutors will help you plan the latter part of your course to explore the areas of study that work best for you.
- Take an internship module and you'll be able to pursue an informatics project in a real work setting – giving you the edge in the jobs market later on.
- Study with us and you could spend part of your degree abroad, for example in one of our partner iSchools in North America.
- Our teaching staff have a lot of experience in the information professions, and our expert Advisory Panel members represent a wide range of organisations from different fields. So the teaching you get will be perfectly attuned to the needs of employers.
- Study with us and you'll join one of Britain's top universities. Sheffield has been named University of the Year 2011 in the Times Higher Education Awards.
- We've got the best students' union in Britain, and Sheffield is the UK's number one city for student life. Come to an Open Day and see for yourself.