Graduates have gone on to make waves in the media, cinema, politics, sport and more besides – here are 10 prominent individuals who went to the institution.
Broadcaster Jacqui Oatley has presented for BBC Sport and ITV Sport, and holds the distinction of being the first woman commentator on BBC One's Match of the Day. She graduated in 2003 with a PgD in Broadcast Journalism. Photo: Jeff Spicer
Former sports minister Richard Caborn, who was heavily involved in developing the bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London in 2012, studied engineering at Sheffield Polytechnic, leaving in 1959. Photo: Marie Caley
Mark Herbert is the head of the Sheffield-based production company Warp Films. He has produced Four Lions, Dead Man's Shoes, This Is England and the upcoming cinema adaptation of the stage musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie. He graduated in 1994 with a BA in Film Studies. Photo: Dean Atkins
David Mellor CBE was born in Sheffield and was highly regarded for his cutlery and metalwork designs. He also redesigned the national traffic light system in the 1960s. He was taught Silversmithing and Jewellery at Sheffield Polytechnic, leaving in 1951 - he is pictured with his wife Fiona MacCarthy in the library/workroom of their home in Hathersage in the 1990s. Photo: Chris Lawton