SEFY Pre-arrival Information
Everything you need to know before starting your university experience as a Science and Engineering Foundation Year student. Welcome Week 2025 starts on 22nd of September, giving you the chance to meet your lecturers and classmates and explore the facilities where you’ll be studying.
Before you arrive
Part of the excitement of starting university is the chance to discover things for yourself and the freedom to explore a new city. We want to make your transition to university life as easy as possible so on this page, we're giving you some resources to help you prepare before you arrive in Sheffield.
Get ready for Sheffield by completing your to-do list tasks from this helpful student checklist
Registration
Complete your registration
The first thing you need to do is to complete your registration
You can’t start your course/attend lectures & seminars until you have registered with the University.
If you haven't registered by 20 October 2025, you must get in contact with us (cmb-studentsupport@sheffield.ac.uk).
Welcome Week Timetables
Monday 22 September 2025
| Time | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 9am-10am | Diamond Building Lecture Theatre 4 | Intro to SEFY Talk |
| 10am-11am | Diamond Building Lecture Theatre 4 | School Welcome |
| 11am-12pm | Diamond Building Lecture Theatre 4 | Options in Physics |
Tuesday 23 September 2025
| Time | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 9am - 9:15am | Diamond Lecture Theatre 4 | 301 Intro Talk |
| 9:30am - 10:10am | Diamond Lecture Theatre 4 | Options in maths MPS003 |
| 9:30am - 10:10am | Diamond Lecture Theatre 2 | Options in Maths MPS002 |
| 10:10am - 10:30am | Diamond Lecture Theatre 4 | Skills Audits for Maths and Stats Talk |
| 10:30am - 10:45am | Diamond Lecture Theatre 4 | Sheffield Formula Racing |
| 10:45am - 11:00am | Diamond Lecture Theatre 4 | Student Experience Talk |
| 11:00am - 11:10am | Diamond Lecture Theatre 4 | Modern Language Teaching Centre Talk |
Wednesday 24 September 2025
| Time | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 9am - 11:30am | Diamond Building Workroom 3 | Computer Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Robotics with Foundation year Design and Build Challenge |
| 9am - 11:30pm | Diamond Building Workroom 2 | Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering Design and Build Challenge |
| 11:30am - 2pm | Diamond Building Workroom 3 | Aerospace Engineering, General Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Design and Build Challenge |
| 11:30pm - 2pm | Diamond Building Workroom 2 | Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Physics Design and Build Challenge |
*You only need to attend the session relevant to your course.
Thursday 25 September 2025
| Time | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1pm - 3pm | Online - Blackboard | Race and Consent Session |
Friday 26 September 2025
| Time | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 12pm - 1pm | Diamond Lecture Theatre 2 | Drop-in for late arrivals and recap of Welcome Week with Q&A |
You can also view your timetables through either Google Calendar, MUSE or the iSheffield app. Information on how to read your timetable can be found here.
Alongside showing your timetable, the iSheffield app also has information on the libraries, campus maps, social events and support services etc.
Suggested reading
Whilst there is no need to prepare or do any specific reading, there are resources available if you would like to take a look at anything before you arrive. Everyone comes to Sheffield with different backgrounds, so you will be taught all you need relating to maths, chemistry and physics in your first year. However, if you haven't studied some of these at A Level and would like to make a head start, we'd recommend having a look at some of the materials below:
- Matlab Onramp and Matlab Fundamentals
- If you haven’t studied maths (or it was a long time ago) sections 1-19 only (20+ is taught at year 1)
If you’d like to develop your academic report writing skills:
Your guide to Sheffield
Whether you already live in Sheffield, or you're coming to us from elsewhere, there's plenty to see. From the stunning Peak District right on our doorstep to the trendiest cafes and bars all the way to Tramlines music festival, we've got it all.
We have a full guide to Sheffield, including food and drink, sports, arts and culture and how to get around.
Another guide to the city can be found here, which includes information on our festivals, augmented reality art trail 'Look Up' and an alternative LGBTQ+ guide to the city.
There are also maps of Sheffield and information on local public transport to help you navigate the city. In fact, we have a range of different maps to help you find your way around and find what you need:
Contact us
If you have any problems working through this pre-arrival checklist, or you know that you’ll be arriving late to Sheffield in September, please let us know.
Email: cmb-studentsupport@sheffield.ac.uk
Please include your name, programme of study and registration number (if you know it).