Terms and Conditions of Offers

An offer of a place on a course at the University of Sheffield will be subject to your satisfying the academic requirements for admission prescribed by the Senate and any particular requirements prescribed by the relevant Faculty, any academic or other conditions set out in the formal offer letter from UCAS or the Admissions Service, and to the following Terms and Conditions:

1. All students will be required to sign an undertaking at Registration that they will abide by, and submit to the procedures of, the Charter, Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University as set out in the University Calendar and amended from time to time. All students should be aware of the implications of not abiding by the Regulations and are encouraged to read the Regulations upon receipt of an offer; a copy of the Regulations is available online at: www.sheffield.ac.uk/calendar. Additionally, students should take careful note of any guidance provided by academic departments in relation to good academic practice.

2. Students of the University have both rights and responsibilities which are set out in a number of formal statements; these are available online at: www.sheffield.ac.uk/ssid/rightsandresponsibilities/index.html

3. The University will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver courses in accordance with the descriptions set out in the Undergraduate Prospectus. The University reserves the right to make variations to the entry requirements, contents or methods of delivery of courses, to discontinue courses and to merge or combine courses, if such action is reasonably considered to be necessary by the University in the context of its wider purposes. If the University discontinues any course, it will use its reasonable endeavours to provide a suitable alternative course.

4. Should industrial action or other circumstances beyond the control of the University interfere with its ability to deliver courses in accordance with the descriptions set out in the Undergraduate Prospectus, the University will use its reasonable endeavours to minimise the resultant disruption to those educational services.

5. Before admission a student must provide satisfactory evidence of ability to pay all academic fees, cover maintenance expenditure and pay other dues.

6. The University's General Regulations1 state that:

i. "7. Before admission an applicant must satisfy the requirements for entry prescribed by the Senate and any particular requirements prescribed by the relevant Faculty. An applicant whose mother tongue is not English may be required to pass a test in English."

ii. "10. Where admission to or continued registration on a programme is dependent on a disclosure of convictions, any registration shall be regarded as provisional until a disclosure acceptable to the Head of Department has been obtained. Any registration may be revoked in the case of an unacceptable disclosure."

iii. "11. Where the Faculty is satisfied, by virtue of a certificate to that effect of the Medical Director in the University Health Service or of another registered medical practitioner, that an applicant's or student's state of health is such that it is not in their interest or that of the University or (in the case of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health) of patients with whom there will be contact that the applicant should begin or the student should continue a programme of study, the Faculty may:

  1. at the request of the applicant, grant a deferral of entry for a stated period, which period may be renewed from time to time;
  2. at the request of the student, grant the student leave of absence for a stated period, which leave of absence may be renewed from time to time;
  3. require the applicant to defer admission until the Faculty is satisfied that the applicant may begin the programme of study;
  4. require the student to discontinue the programme of study either permanently or until the Faculty is satisfied that the student may resume."

iv. "13. A student in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health who is to have contact with patients in a clinical setting as part of a programme of study or research is required to have, and to produce on request evidence of, appropriate immunity as agreed between the University and the NHS Trust or other relevant authority."

1The University of Sheffield Calendar, General University Regulations, www.sheffield.ac.uk/calendar
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