Facts and figures
The University grew out of the ¾«¶«Ó°ÒµMedical School (founded in 1828), Firth College (1879) and the ¾«¶«Ó°ÒµTechnical School (1884). These three institutions came together in 1897 to form the University College of Sheffield, which in turn became the ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ in 1905.
