Sheffield Creative Industries Institute

We believe in the transformative power of creativity. Our community brings together advanced research, teaching and industry experience to drive positive change across creative and cultural subjects.

Together we foster inclusivity, address global challenges, and build successful futures in industry employment after graduation.

Courses

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Acting, film and tv

Our acting, film and TV courses develop your critical and practical skills, preparing you for careers including performance, journalism and writing.

Architecture

You’ll be taught by practising architects and active researchers, and gain real-world experience on our accredited courses.

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Art and design

Join our creative and collaborative community of skilled designers, artists and makers. Courses include fashion, fine art, graphic design and photography.

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Digital media

Experience expert teaching, hands-on experience and state-of-the-art facilities. Our courses include photography, games design, animation, visual effects and film production.

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English

Develop your critical, analytical and writing skills on our research-driven undergraduate English and creative writing courses.

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History

Explore the ideas and events that have shaped our modern world, with a particular focus on British, European and global history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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Media, PR and journalism

Learn to create content using audio, photography, video and social media. Our courses prepare you for careers in journalism, sport, and public relations.

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Facilities

Explore facilities available to creative industries courses.

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Discover our courses at Sheffield Creative Industries Institute.

Research, innovation and knowledge exchange

Art, Design and Media Research Centre

Our established centre of excellence that explores creative, arts-led approaches that interact with and transform society and culture.

Centre for Culture, Media and Society

Our internationally excellent research fosters innovative research on all forms of culture and media, and the challenges that these generate.

Humanities Research Centre

Our world-class research advances scholarship in our fields, and focuses on a range of vital issues in environmental humanities.

Lab4Living

We are a design-led interdisciplinary research group developed by a community of researchers that emerged from the Art, Design and Media Research Centre.