ranked 485th among the universities around the world by SCImago Institutions Rankings.
Hallam received a First Class award and was ranked 15th out of 151 universities in the People & Planet University League 2015 which assesses universities on their environmental credentials. In 2020, the university was awarded The Times and Sunday Times University of the Year award for teaching quality.
== Notable alumni ==
Nazir Ahmed, Labour Party peer
Kid Acne, artist and musician
Andy Akinwolere, TV presenter on Blue Peter
Emily Asquith, boxer
Roma Babuniak, artist
Graham Barnfield, pundit and happy slapping analyst
Lee Blackett, Leeds Tykes rugby union player
Peter Booth, Australian modern bleak landscape painter
Samuel Brooksworth, businessman
Josephine Bunch, British physicist
Richard Caborn, former Labour MP for Sheffield Central, and former Minister of Sport
Andy Carthy, AKA Mr. Scruff, British DJ and artist
Joanna Constantinidis, ceramist
Eric Dancer, Lord Lieutenant of Devon
Kate Dover, 1870s student of Sheffield School of Art, and arsenic poisoner
Richard O'Dwyer, TV Shack creator
Natalie Finnemore, installation artist
Dave Godin, Tamla Motown enthusiast, cinema proprietor and political activist
Graham Gristwood and Emily Benham, World Champions in Orienteering.
Steven Hall, award-winning novelist
Mark Herbert, (Film Studies 1991–94) film producer, and head of Sheffield-based Warp Films
Stephanie Hill, classical-crossover singer and Miss England 2017
Andrea Hirata, Indonesian Writer of "The Rainbow Troops"
Dame Kelly Holmes, double Olympic medallist 2004
Chris Jones, Sale and England international rugby player
Ben Jones-Bishop, Leeds Rhinos rugby league player
Sean Lamont, Northampton and Scotland international rugby union player
Tom Meeten, comedian and actor
David Mellor, international designer and cutlery-maker
Martin Narey, CEO of Barnardo's, and former Director General of the Prison Service
Kim Noble and Stuart Silver, (Noble and Silver), comedians, winners of 2000 Perrier Award for best newcomer
Bruce Oldfield, …
