The Department of Hispanic Studies at The University of Sheffield offers courses in Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Latin-American studies. Our Department forms part of the School of Modern Languages and Linguistics (SOMLAL).

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Final-year students rate us top department in the country in National Student Survey

The 2008 NSS results have again been excellent news for the Department of Hispanic Studies, which has been ranked as the top Department in the country, an accolade it also received in 2006. These results indicate the ongoing commitment of staff to the quality of their teaching and to the student experience. This was further reflected in the extremely high overall satisfaction rating of 96% given by our final-year students.

Teaching excellence

We were rated 'excellent' in the most recent Teaching Quality Assessment (1996) and received a number of high commendations in the IET (Independent Evaluation of Teaching).

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RAE Results

Following the outcome of the 2008 National Student Survey, which ranked us as the top Department of Hispanic Studies, the results of the national Research Assessment Exercise are also very positive for us.
They confirm that we have maintained the very high quality of our research. This independent assessment placed Hispanic Studies at The University of Sheffield in fourth position nationally in terms of research quality that is judged to be world-leading and internationally excellent.

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