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University of Sheffield ranked within top 100 universities in QS World University Rankings

The University of Sheffield has been ranked within the top 100 universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2026, reaffirming its place as a leading global university for teaching and research excellence.
Photograph of the Sir Frederick Mappin Building
The main entrance of the Sir Frederick Mappin Building

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering to host the 13th Harry Nicholson Lecture in Control Engineering

Exploring the Frontiers of Model Predictive Control: Data-Driven Methods and Theoretical Foundations will take place on Wednesday 24 September 2025.
Students who took part in the engineers for business final

Second year engineering students pitched ideas at 2025 Engineers in Business final

Six top teams from the University of Sheffield pitched innovative solutions in high-stakes competition.
Observations of a sunspot taken on 04/10/2017
Observations of a sunspot taken on 04/10/2017 in H-alpha using the New Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory. Credit: Juie Shetye (NMSU), Erwin Verwichte (Warwick), Kevin Reardon (NSO)

New project investigates mysteries of Sun’s atmosphere

The Solar Atmospheric Modelling Suite, or SAMS, project aims to build a next-generation modelling tool for the solar atmosphere – making a code that can be run on anything from laptops to the latest supercomputers.

Lab equipment

Self-driving labs: making chemical research faster and smarter

Researchers have built an automated platform, or self-driving laboratory, which can be programmed to conduct chemical reactions, analyse the products and autonomously modify the conditions to optimise the process using machine learning.
A close up of equipment in the National Epitaxy Facility

UK’s discovery of new semiconductor materials to be revolutionised by University of Sheffield

New AI-driven equipment will transform the UK’s semiconductor R&D, following a £7 million award in investment to the University of Sheffield.

Jake Greenwood Wordskills

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Student Competes in WorldSkills Industrial Electronics Finals
PIPEON Kick Off Meeting

Developing the next generation of robots for underground networks with PIPEON

Researchers at the University of Sheffield are developing AI-powered robotics to revolutionise sewer maintenance as part of the €8M PIPEON project.

Lightweight manufacturing at the AMRC

University of Sheffield leads the UK in engineering research income and investment

The University of Sheffield leads the UK in engineering research income and investment, according to the latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).