Formally established by a royal charter from King Edward VII in 1905, The University of Sheffield is a public UK research university. It is one of the top 10 UK universities for research grant funding. Especially, in the engineering field, it holds the first position in the country. The university is one of the original red brick universities and a founding member of the prestigious Russell Group. It is also part of the Worldwide Universities Network, the N8 Group of the eight most research-intensive universities in Northern England and the White Rose University Consortium. The University of Sheffield is a world’s top 100 university according to QS World University Rankings.
