Meet and Greet service: September 2025

The University will be running a Meet and Greet (airport pick-up) service from Manchester Airport to the University of Sheffield on selected dates in September 2025.

Overview

Bookings for the September 2025 meet and greet service are now closed.

If you were unable to make a booking in time because of visa issues, or need to make any changes to an existing booking, contact the team at meetandgreet@sheffield.ac.uk.

The service is offered to all new international students.

Coaches will take students from Manchester Airport to the University campus area in Sheffield.

For information on how to travel from Manchester Airport (or other major UK airports) to Sheffield independently:

Travelling to Sheffield from the airport

What will happen on the day

Students will be met at Manchester Airport and accompanied to Sheffield by members of our student Ambassador team.

After your flight has landed:

Go through immigration control and collect any hold luggage. This can take some time which is why we allow 2 hours.
Follow the signs to the airport coach and train station.
You will come to our ‘Welcome Zone’ just before you reach the airport coach and train stations, where you will be met by our University student Ambassadors wearing purple t-shirts with the ‘University of Sheffield’ logo.

More detailed information will be sent once you have booked your place.

If your flight is delayed and you miss your coach, please speak to a student ambassador and they will try to get you a space on the next available one. If there are no spaces available, or you were booked onto the last coach of the day, you may need to make your own travel arrangements.

The journey takes approximately two hours, depending on traffic. Coaches will stop at our Endcliffe accommodation village and a central campus location.

Once on campus, student ambassadors will be available to help you arrange onward travel to your accommodation. The cost of any onward travel is not included in the Meet and Greet price.

If you have any concerns or questions, contact us on meetandgreet@sheffield.ac.uk.

How to book your place

Bookings for the September 2025 meet and greet service are now closed.

If you were unable to make a booking in time because of visa issues, or need to make any changes to an existing booking, contact the team at meetandgreet@sheffield.ac.uk.

Cost

The cost of the service is £40 per person which includes a guaranteed seat on the coach and a welcome pack.

The journey provides a great opportunity to meet other new students travelling to the UK for the first time.

There also will be student ambassadors on the coaches, some of whom may have been in your position in previous years, and who can talk to you about settling into life in the UK and the University. They can also provide help and support for planning onward travel to your accommodation once you have arrived on campus.

Luggage

Luggage space on the coaches is limited, so where possible we ask that you restrict your luggage to two items in addition to your cabin bag.

We will do our best to accommodate all reasonable luggage requests. If you're bringing more than two pieces of luggage, contact us at meetandgreet@sheffield.ac.uk.

Orientation week

Orientation week is an optional week of activities aimed at new and current students and is running from Monday 15 September to Friday 19 September 2025. If this is something you want to get involved with you will need to plan your travel accordingly

Travelling from other airports

We are unable to offer a pick-up service from any other UK airport.

For information on travelling to Sheffield from other arrival points: