Engineering campus

The Faculty of Engineering is home to a range of state-of-the-art facilities, centres and laboratories, enabling us to provide the highest quality teaching and carry out internationally leading research across all of our academic schools.

An exterior shot showing the Mappin Building and entrance to the Heartspace

Mappin & The Heartspace

The Sir Frederick Mappin building has been the centre of engineering for the last 150 years and the Engineering Heartspace, which is housed under a new, curved glass roof, links together the Grade II listed building with the 1885 Central Wing.
The Diamond

The Diamond

A renowned facility for practical engineering education, the Diamond delivers the best quality learning and teaching opportunities to students, enabling them to become world-class engineers.

Runway Park

A transformative development designed to attract investment, create high-quality jobs and accelerate economic growth, Runway Park is the evolution of the University of Sheffield Innovation District.
 

A man using a VR headset to examine a virtual turbine

AMRC

The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing helps manufacturers of any size to become more competitive, by introducing advanced techniques, technologies and processes. It has become a model for collaborative research involving universities, academics and industry, worldwide.
Vibration and acoustic testing facilities at the Laboratory for Verification and Validation

Laboratory for Verification and Validation

The LVV is a unique facility for conducting vibration and acoustic testing across length scales and climatic environments, scaling up to real-world industrial application. It is one of the only openly accessible research facilities of its kind in the world.
ICAIR

ICAIR

The Integrated Civil and Infrastructure Research Centre (ICAIR) is a powerful experimental facility for investigating both underground and above ground infrastructure, using data, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing techniques to increase productivity in the design, construction and operation of civil infrastructure.
An engineer at the Royce Translational Centre tests the state-of-the-art equipment

Royce Translational Centre

One of the prestigious Henry Royce Institute facilities, the Royce Translational Centre is home to Royce at Sheffield and the metal research group of the AMRC, the National Metals Technology Centre (NAMTEC). It accelerates the transfer of knowledge to industry in the field of Advanced Metals Processing.
The outside of the University of Sheffield's Translational Energy Research Centre
The University of Sheffield's new Translational Energy Research Centre - home to world leading pilot-scale testing facilities that can enable the rapid transition of fundamental research into market ready products.

Translational Energy Research Centre

Part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Translational Energy Research Centre is dramatically broadening the scope of the pilot-scale testing facilities currently available in the UK. It includes state-of-the-art equipment for conventional energy, carbon capture, utilisation and storage, biomass, hydrogen, renewable energy, energy storage and smart grids.
A photo of the exterior of the University of Sheffield's Sustainable Aviation Fuels Innovation Centre

Sustainable Aviation Fuels Innovation Centre

SAF-IC is one of the first facilities in Europe to be able to capture CO₂, produce green hydrogen, convert them into sustainable aviation fuels and analyse their performance all in one single location. SAF-IC is a development hub for the research and scaling-up of sustainable aviation fuels, offering laboratory and testing space as well as coordination and networking facilities.