Aerospace Engineering offer holder days

Where to go on arrival

You will have booked to visit us 10am to 12.30pm or 1:30pm to 4pm on your offer holder day, but you are also invited to join us for a networking session with refreshments, so please refer to the schedule below for details about that.

Your arrival location is:

Morning Session: The Diamond, Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1)
Afternoon Session: The Diamond, Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1)

Please arrive in good time for the start of your booked session, as we'll need to scan the QR code from your booking to register 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.

You can view The Diamond on our interactive campus map, and there will also be lots of open day staff and ambassadors around campus to assist you.

When booking, you'll be able to reserve a place for yourself and one guest at our subject activities. To ensure safe venue capacities, we will be unable to accommodate any additional un-booked 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 whilst the subject activities are running.

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Offer holder day schedule

Here's what to expect from your time with us:

Morning session

Time	Applicant Activity	Parents / Supporters Activity
	Arrival at Lecture Theatre 1 in The Diamond
10.00am	Introductory talk and welcome
10.30am	Find out what it's really like to study with us, through an interactive Q&A panel with current students.	A tour of the Diamond and the Heartspace, guided by some of our academics and current students.
11.00am	Experience aerospace engineering at Sheffield by taking part in some lab activities.
11.45am		Guest Q&A session
12.30pm	Optional light refreshments will be provided with the opportunity for further informal conversation & networking with current students and staff. We encourage you to join us for this session.

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. 

Afternoon session

Time	Applicant Activity	Parents / Supporters Activity
	Arrival at Lecture Theatre 1 in The Diamond
1.30pm	Introductory talk and welcome
2.00pm	Find out what it's really like to study with us, through an interactive Q&A panel with current students.	A tour of the Diamond and the Heartspace, guided by some of our academics and current students.
2.30pm	Experience aerospace engineering at Sheffield by taking part in some lab activities.
3.15pm		Guest Q&A session
4.00pm	Optional light refreshments will be provided with the opportunity for further informal conversation & networking with current students and staff. We encourage you to join us for this session.

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. 

 

Chat with our Staff and Students

You and your guest are invited to join with us at the end of your scheduled session to meet staff and students over tea and coffee, This is an opportunity for further informal conversation and networking and a chance to ask questions and learn more about your course and life at the University.
For those visiting us in the morning, this will take place from 12.30 - 1.00pm, and for those visiting in the afternoon, from 4.00 - 4.30pm.

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Science and Engineering Foundation Year

If you are holding an offer for one of our courses with a Foundation Year, there will be an optional talk where you can find out more and ask any questions. The morning session will take place in Lecture Theatre 8 in The Diamond from 11.30am to 12.30pm. The afternoon session will be held in Workroom 1 in The Diamond from 1.30pm to 2.30pm.

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Activities

You'll take part in three activities related to your chosen course to give you a real taste of what it's like to be a student at Sheffield.

We run a range of activities on our applicant days and the below examples will give you an insight into what you could be doing on the day.

Fluids Lab activity

You will carry out aerodynamics experiments in our Diamond Fluids Lab. 

Control of aviation and space systems

You will carry out experiments demonstrating how feedback control is used to achieve the performance required for aerospace systems

Aerospace flight simulators, projects and propulsion 

You will get hands-on-experience of aircraft design and performance in one of the project design areas and aerospace lab, which contains state of-the-art flight simulators and an operational Turbine Solutions Lab 100 jet engine. 

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How to book

Please book your place on the offer holder day via the link in your invitation email.