Online subject tasters

Our online subject taster sessions help you experience what it is like to study at the University of Sheffield.

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Find a subject taster and book your place

You can browse our online subject tasters by faculty/subject area, and then book your place via the individual online taster listings on each faculty/subject area page. 

Browse our online subject tasters by faculty/subject area: 

  • Browse Arts and Humanities taster sessions
    • Available sessions include:
      • English Literature
      • History
      • Languages, Arts & Societies (East Asian Studies)
      • Languages, Arts & Societies (German)
      • Music
      • Philosophy
  • Browse Engineering taster sessions
    • Available sessions include:
      • Biomedical Engineering
      • Chemical Engineering
      • Civil & Structural Engineering
      • Computer Science
      • Electrical & Electronic, Mechatronic & Robotic and Computer Systems Engineering
      • General Engineering
      • Materials Science & Engineering
  • Browse Health taster sessions
    • Available sessions include:
      • Nursing
      • Pharmacy
      • Orthoptics
      • Speech and Language Therapy
  • Browse Science taster sessions
    • Available sessions include:
      • Biosciences
      • Chemistry
      • Mathematics
      • Physics
      • Psychology
  • Browse Social Sciences taster sessions
    • Available sessions include:
      • Architecture
      • Economics
      • Landscape Architecture/Urban Studies and Planning/Geography
      • Journalism
      • Sociological Studies/Management/Data Science
      • Politics
In the past, sessions have covered:

Accounting and Finance

Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Applied Social Science

Architecture

Bio-dental Science and Technology

Biomedical Engineering

Biosciences

Chemistry

Civil and Structural Engineering

Data Science

East Asian Studies

Economics

Education

English Language

English Literature

Environmental Science

French

Geography (Physical)

Geography (Human)

German

Health Sciences

History

Journalism

Landscape Architecture

Law

Management

Materials Science and Engineering

Mathematics and Statistics

Music

Nursing and Midwifery

Orthoptics

Philosophy

Physics

Politics and International Relations

Politics, Philosophy and Economics

Portuguese

Psychology

Russian

Sociology

Sociological Studies

Spanish and Latin American Studies

Speech and Language Therapy

Urban Studies and Planning