Urban studies and Planning offer holder days
As part of your offer holder day at Sheffield, you'll be spending some quality time getting to know the School of Geography and Planning and your chosen course.
Arriving at the department
You will have booked to visit us either from 10am to 12.30pm OR 2pm to 4.30pm on your offer holder day.
Please arrive in good time for the start of your booked session, as we'll need to scan the QR code from your booking confirmation to register you.
Your offer holder open day will take place in the Geography and Planning Building, D Floor, Teaching Rooms 1 and 2. There will be lots of open day staff and ambassadors around campus to assist you.
If you arrive late for your booked session, please report to the general information stand on the Students’ Union concourse, where event staff will be able to help.
When booking, you'll be able to reserve a place for yourself and one guest at the school activities. To ensure safe venue capacities, the school is unable to accommodate any additional unbooked visitors.
However, you're welcome to bring additional guests to accompany you on the day, and we would encourage these guests to take part in our range of central exhibitions and tours while the department activities are running.
Urban Studies and Planning offer holder timetable
You will have booked to visit us either from 10am to 12.30pm or 2pm to 4.30pm on your offer holder day.
Here's what to expect from your time with us. Timings are approximate and are subject to change, and so we recommend checking back prior to the event.
Urban Studies & Planning at Sheffield: Welcome Talk - 25 minutes
Our course team will introduce Urban Studies & Planning at the School of Geography & Planning.
Academic staff, student ambassadors, and members of our dedicated employability team will provide insights into student life and explore opportunities such as study abroad, work placements and graduate careers.
PARALLEL SESSIONS:
*Urban Studies & Planning: Course Talk - 25 minutes
Academic staff and Student Ambassadors from Urban Studies and Planning will provide an in-depth overview of our courses.
*covering our MPLan & BA Urban Studies courses.
*Geography & Planning: Course Talk - 25 minutes
Academic staff and Student Ambassadors from Urban Studies and Planning will provide an in-depth overview of our courses.
*covering our our BA Geography & Planning course.
Q&A - 10 minutes
A chance to ask the academic staff, student ambassadors, and employability team members any questions you have about the course, the University, or Sheffield more broadly.
Comfort Break - 20 minutes
Grab some refreshments, informally chat to the academics and student ambassadors along with your potential future coursemates!
Facilities Tour - 20 minutes
A tour of the facilities available to our Planning students.
PARALLEL SESSIONS:
Doing Planning at Sheffield, Taster Session - 45 minutes
Hosted by our expert academic team and student ambassadors, we’ll give you a taste of some of the topics and teaching methods you could soon be experiencing.
Supporters Session - 45 minutes
While you participate in your taster session and chat to our Student Ambassadors, your supporters are invited to have further conversations and a Q&A with academic staff and Student Ambassadors.
Networking and session close - 5 minutes
Final conversations and a chance to ask ambassadors and academic colleagues questions.
Central tours and exhibitions
For the rest of the day, you'll have time to take part in the central tours and exhibitions detailed in our offer holder day guide.
How to book
Book your place using the link in your invitation email.