Your offer holder day guide

You have made a great choice in coming to visit us. Use this guide to plan your day.

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Welcome to your offer holder day

As you enter campus, offer holders will be able to collect a welcome pack from our General Information stand outside the Jessop West Building on Leavygreave Road, or from one of our Information Hub tents. Welcome packs contain a tote bag, campus map, and printed event guide. The guide will contain all of the information below, plus a £5 voucher to spend in one of our food and drink outlets across campus.

You don’t need to register on arrival, as attendance will be recorded at your pre-booked department activities (see below). The rest of the day’s activities can be done in any order.

For more helpful information, please also see our offer holder day FAQs.

General information stand

9am - 4pm, outside the Jessop West Building

Located just outside the Jessop West Building on Leavygreave Road. Head here to pick up maps and guides, and to ask our event staff for tips on what to do next.

Department activities

You will have booked to visit your chosen academic department(s) at 10am to 12.30pm, or 2pm to 4.30pm. These details will be linked from your booking confirmation and reminder emails. If you’re having trouble finding them, please report to our General Information stand outside the Jessop West Building. Please arrive in good time for the start of your booked department session, as we'll need to scan the QR code from your booking to register you. Please note: Not all departments will be running a morning and afternoon session on each date.

Central exhibition

Timings: 11am - 3pm, Jessop West

Showcasing everything you need to know about Sheffield. Pick up guides, talk to the experts and start thinking about your future at Sheffield.

Exhibitors in the Jessop West Exhibition space:

Students' Union - clubs and societies
Admissions - application and offer advice
Sport Sheffield
Library Services
IT Services
Disability and Dyslexia Support Service
Student Support Services
Student Fees and Funding Team
Access+
Careers Service
301 Study Skills Centre
Languages for All
Global Opportunities (Study or Work Abroad)
Parents and Supporters Stand
Our Facilities and Your Safety
Sheffield - Your University City

Exhibitors in the Jessop West reception:

Accommodation
Sheffield - Your University City

A current student talking to prospective students at an open day

Explore your way

The best way to find out about our world-class facilities is to see them for yourself.

Campus tours

10am - 3.30pm, Jessop West rear courtyard

Collect a ticket from the Jessop West rear courtyard for one of our walking campus tours, departing every 30 minutes. Our students will show you some of our iconic buildings and excellent teaching spaces. This is a chance to hear directly from those who know best just how fantastic studying and living in Sheffield can be. Please allow 45 minutes for this walking tour. Alternatively, explore campus at your own pace with a self-guided tour leaflet and online audioguide.

Accommodation tours

10am - 3.30pm, buses available from the Information Commons

Tours of our award-winning Endcliffe accommodation site are running throughout the day. You can see inside a current resident’s en-suite room and shared kitchen/living area, view our beautiful green outdoor spaces and outstanding facilities including bar, study space, shop, music room, and fitness suite, and get your questions answered by our accommodation experts. 360 degree room viewings are also available online.

Free buses to the site leave every 15 minutes from the Information Commons building on Favell Road. The bus tours take approximately one hour and will bring you back to campus. Alternatively, walking maps are available from our accommodation stand in the Central exhibition

City tours

10am - 3.30pm, City Stand in the Jessop West reception

These tours will depart every 30 minutes from the city information stand in the Jessop West reception. Our student ambassadors will lead you on a 45-minute walking tour of the vibrant, green, modern city that is Sheffield. Alternatively, collect a self-guided tour leaflet to explore the city at your own pace.

Library tours

10am - 4.15pm, Information Commons and Western Bank Library

Meet our student ambassadors at the library reception for a 10-15 minute tour of the facilities.

Sport Sheffield tours

10am - 4.15pm, Goodwin Sports Centre, Sports Hall Foyer

Meet at Goodwin Sports Centre Sports Hall Foyer for a 10-15 minute tour of the site’s facilities.

Students' Union tour

10am - 4.15pm, SU Plaza, opposite the welcome desk

Meet our ambassadors in the Students' Union plaza, opposite the welcome desk for a 15 minute tour. Learn why our SU is consistently voted the best in the country and how it makes the student experience at Sheffield exceptional.

Quiet Spaces and Prayer Rooms

Dedicated quiet spaces and prayer room facilities are available in several key buildings on the day of the event. Please ask a member of staff for details.

Access+

If you're an Access+ offer holder you may be eligible for additional support as well as an Access+ contextual offer. The Access+ Team will have a stand at the central exhibition in the Jessop West Exhibition space where we can talk to you about your Access+ Offer, applying for the Access+ Travel Bursary and you can meet our Access+ Ambassadors and ask them any questions about university life that you may have. Find out more here.

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