Sheffield Hallam University is opening a new campus site in London, with plans to open from 2025 and have 5,000 students by 2030.
Brent Cross Town in north-west London, a flagship development costing £8 billion, will house the new satellite campus.
Sheffield Hallam University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Chris Husbands, said: “Sheffield Hallam is and always will be a university proudly rooted in South Yorkshire, with a long tradition of playing an active civic role.
“We are also a university committed to engaging nationally and globally, and to raising the profile and impact of the city and the region more widely.”
The University will offer a small number of key subjects and skills areas that are in high demand in the area, and provide work-based learning, experience, and placements in and around London.
Related Argent, developer of Brent Cross Town, and Barnet Council approached the University for it to be the anchor higher education partner.
Oliver Coppard, South Yorkshire Mayor, said: “A Sheffield Hallam campus in London will extend not only the University’s but South Yorkshire’s reach and reputation … Like the rest of South Yorkshire, Sheffield Hallam University has ambitious plans for the future.”
There are only a few universities in the country with branch universities, or satellite campuses: Coventry University has a campus in Scarborough, and Teesside University has a campus in Darlington.
When finished, the Brent Cross Town development is expected to be a net zero carbon town centre with up to 50,000 people living, working, and studying there.