What our postgraduate students say

A few of our recent MSc graduates, explain why they chose Sheffield, how they found the course and where it's taken them.

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I was thrilled to experience the Bytronic Kits, which represent a miniature manufacturing process

Arya Bhaskara Adiprabowo MSc Advanced Control and Systems Engineering

Arya is an overseas student from Indonesia. Arya has enjoyed the practical labs using the Bytronic Kits and the Siemens hardware.

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I've learnt about the six degrees of freedom used in industry

Yibin Gao MSc Robotics

Yibin is from China and knew the University of Sheffield had high quality courses. They did a pre-masters course in Science and Engineering at the University of Sheffield International College (USIC) before starting the MSc Robotics course.

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I was particularly impressed by the research challenges that were being tackled here which made me feel this would be the right place for me.

Lavanya Balasubramanian MSc Robotics

I'm Lavanya and I studied MSc Robotics in the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering.

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A highlight of my placement was working with people from all over the globe.

Charles-Spencer Coleman Advanced Control and Systems Engineering with a Year in Industry MSc

My name is Charles-Spencer and I recently completed my placement at ZF Automotive UK Ltd, working on ADAS Systems.

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Breathing life into traditional engineering fields

Gilbert Barasa MSc Advanced Control and Systems Engineering

Gilbert believes Control and Systems Engineering breathes life into otherwise traditional engineering fields, and will help him tackle Africa's unique challenges.

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I've got to know lots of fellow space enthusiasts and I'm visiting a NASA facility

Roisin Clear MSc Advanced Control and Systems Engineering

Roisin is studying on the MSc Advanced Control and Systems Engineering. One of her favourite parts of studying is getting to work on Project SunbYte, a student-led project to design and assemble a solar telescope.

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I've met some of the most amazing people from all over the world

Vishanth Vijayakumar MSc Advanced Controls and Systems Engineering

Vishanth was keen to study with one of the top universities in the UK, which is why he chose the University of Sheffield.

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International Merit Scholarships

We offer a generous package of financial support for international students including 75 undergraduate scholarships worth £10,000 towards the annual tuition fee and 125 postgraduate taught scholarships worth £5,000 towards the tuition fee. Applications are now open for existing offer holders.

Scholarships for international students