The University of Sheffield is on the list of recognised universities (Sino-UK Strategic Collaboration Framework Agreement in Higher Education中英两国政府学位证书互认框架协议所包括的高等教育机构) from China Education Ministry’s website: http://www.jsj.edu.cn/index.php/default/news/index/302
Regarding the China’s verification (recognition/accreditation/authentication) of an overseas academic degree, there are 2 requirements:
i. MScGMM is a full time programme
ii. Student visa valid for 6 full months in UK and student visa valid for 6 full months in HK
Mainland Chinese students graduated from the MScGMM programme can apply for the academic degree certificate verification學歷學位認證 through The Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange (CSCSE). 中華人民共和國教育部留學服務中心 according to the above conditions.
3. You can retake IELTS to achieve the minimum requirement or contact the English Language Teaching Centre (ELTC) of the University of Sheffield for details. Please send an email to eltc@sheffield.ac.uk for enquiry regarding pre-sessional English Summer course.
4. Semester 1 will be taught by University of Sheffield (UoS) staff and semester 2 will be taught by HKBU staff according to the below schedule. For dissertation, you will be assigned by either UoS or HKBU staff, depends on your dissertation topic.
Semester 1 (Starts in September) The University of Sheffield
MGT6045 Marketing Management
MGT6073 Global Marketing
MGT6181 Marketing Communications
MGT6182 International Consumer Behaviour
MGT6180 Contemporary Marketing Practices
Semester 2 (Starts in the following January) HKBU
MKT7250 International Services Marketing Management
MKT7260 Strategic Marketing
MKT7270 International Marketing Research
MKT7280 Socially Responsible Marketing in an International Context
Summer (HKBU / The University of Sheffield)
MKT7290 Dissertation (equivalent to MGT689 Dissertation of the University of Sheffield)
Hope this helps!