The University of Sheffield (UK) to hold counseling sessions for undergraduate and postgraduate students from 24th May to 5th June in India
Submitted byGreenthumb on 21/05/2013 - 02:42 PM
Representative from UK-based the University of Sheffield will be visiting various cities in India from 24th May to 5th June to hold counseling sessions for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Ms. Katy Woodford (Associate Director in the International Office at the University of Sheffield and herself a Sheffield graduate) will be meeting prospective students on a one-to-one basis and guide them on course choices, application procedure, city life, opportunities for late recruitment, accommodation and scholarship opportunities available at the University. She will also be making spot offers to highly qualified undergraduate students. Following are the venues where students can meet Ms. Woodford:
Kolkata (24th May) - Edwise (Sarath Bose Road) between 11 AM to 1 PM and Sunita Bose Foreign Education Consultant (Beck Bagan) between 2 PM to 5 PM
Mumbai (26th, 27th and 28th May)
· 26th May – Edwise Recruitment Fair (JW Marriott Hotel) between 10 AM to 5 PM
· 27th May – Career Track (Powai) between 2 PM to 5 PM
· 28th May – Trivedi (New Link Road, Andheri West) between 11 AM to 1 PM and Edwise (Santa Cruz West) between 2 PM to 5 PM
Bangalore (30th May) – Edwise (Dickenson Road) between 12 PM to 2 PM and Study Overseas (Brigade Road) between 3 PM to 5 PM
Chennai (31st May) – Edwise (Nungambakkam) between 2 PM to 4 PM and Study Overseas (Chetpet) between 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM
New Delhi (1st, 3rd and 5th June)
· 1st June - International Placewell Consultants Fair (Taj Mansingh Hotel) between 10:30 AM to 6:00 PM)
· 3rd June – Edwise (South Extension Part 1) between 11 AM to 5 PM
· 5th June – Fateh Education (Patel Nagar) between 11 AM to 1 PM, Career Plus (Rajendra Place) between 1:30 PM to 3 PM andEducation Pathways India (Nehru Place) between 4 PM to 6 PM
Announced ‘University of the Year in UK’ at the Times Higher Education Awards 2011, the University of Sheffield is a premier-league, research-led institution with a population of over 25,000 students, including more than 5,000 international students from 125 countries. It offers a vast range of academic and professional courses in subjects like Medicine, Management, Engineering, Computer Science, Entrepreneurship, Law and Humanities, allowing students to choose from over 50 academic departments. The University of Sheffield ranks 11thand 13thin the Academic Rankings of World Universities 2012 and the prestigious Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-13 respectively. The University is also ranked among the top ten UK universities for its research power and has produced five Nobel Prize winners. Many alumni have gone on to hold positions of great responsibility and influence around the world. The University offers a range of scholarships to students from India wanting to pursue undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
To seek an appointment with Ms. Katy Woodford, please contact the relevant agency directly. For further information on the University, please visit http://www.shef.ac.uk/international.
About The University of Sheffield:
·With nearly 25,000 students from 125 countries, the University of Sheffield is one of the UK’s leading and largest universities. A member of the Russell Group, it has a reputation for world-class teaching and research excellence across a wide range of disciplines.
·The University of Sheffield has been named University of the Year in the Times Higher Education Awards for its exceptional performance in research, teaching, access and business performance. In addition, the University has won four Queen’s Anniversary Prizes (1998, 2000, 2002, 2007). These prestigious awards recognize outstanding contributions by universities and colleges to the United Kingdom’s intellectual, economic, cultural and social life. Sheffield also boasts five Nobel Prize winners among former staff and students and many of its alumni have gone on to hold positions of great responsibility and influence around the world.
·The University’s research partners and clients include Boeing, Rolls-Royce, Unilever, Boots, AstraZeneca, GSK, ICI, Slazenger, and many more household names, as well as UK and overseas government agencies and charitable foundations.
·The University has well-established partnerships with a number of universities and major corporations, both in the UK and abroad. Its partnership with Leeds and York Universities in the White Rose Consortium has a combined research power greater than that of either Oxford or Cambridge.