University of Sheffield
(http://www.shef.ac.uk/) - an older "red brick" university spanning part of the city centre and most of the suburb of broomhill.
Also, Sheffield College (http://www.sheffcol.ac.uk/) is the largest college in the country.
Sheffield is a vibrant, cosmopolitan city and boasts a large range of shopping. There are a large number of cinemas, pubs and night clubs.
Though Sheffield's past was largely based in the manufacturing sector, the emphasis has moved to services. A number of government offices and large businesses Insight, Dixons Group and Freemans operate their headquarters or regional centres in Sheffield. There are a large number of call centres in and around the city eg Virgin Media & Ant Marketing.
There are two major universities in Sheffield:
Sheffield Hallam University
(http://www.shu.ac.uk/-) a modern ex-polytechnic and focuses on engineering, management and computing courses. it is also one of the largest universities in the country, with nearly 30,000 students.