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KE Awards 2025

Knowledge Exchange and Impact Award winners announced

The University's second annual Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards honoured colleagues for their exceptional achievements and the far-reaching impact of their collaborations with partners at local, national and international levels.
Winning student team with certificates

Engineering student team wins People’s Prize in global design competition

Two student teams from the University of Sheffield's Global Engineering Challenge (GEC) programme represented the faculty at the Engineering for People Design Challenge 2024/25.
Digital generated image of H2 hydrogen molecule made out of liquid on green background.

Great British Chemicals to turn industrial waste into world-first green chemistry

A major research centre that is set to position the UK as a global leader in clean technology, is being launched by the universities of Sheffield, Newcastle and Nottingham.
Students from Project SunRide stood with a representative from their sponsor - Labman Automation
Students from Project Sunride who are representing the University of Sheffield in Race2Space, with their sponsor Labman Automation. Credit: Project Sunride.

UK’s future space scientists take off in world’s largest rocket firing competition finale

Some of the UK’s brightest young engineers have gathered at the historic site of Britain’s Cold War rocket programme for the climax of the world’s biggest student rocket firing competition (25 June - 11 July).
Engineering Talent Awards

University of Sheffield Women in Engineering Student Society and Aerospace Engineering student win at the Engineering Talent Awards

Women in Engineering (WiE) Student Society wins ‘Engineering Society of the Year 2024’ at the Engineering Talent Awards.
The Black Dog band promo shot

Computer Science academics partner with Sheffield techno legends The Black Dog to unveil pioneering live coding system at Festival of the Mind

The Black Dog are unveiling a new live coding system, developed with University of Sheffield researchers, for composing and playing music at the upcoming Festival of the Mind 2024.
A student inspecting their locomotive

University of Sheffield engineering students build prize-winning train

A team of students from the University of Sheffield have demonstrated their first class engineering skills as part of a prestigious competition for future railway engineers.

Diamond Floor Plans

Engineering at Sheffield subjects ranked in top 10 in The Guardian University Guide 2025 and The Mail University Guide 2025

Engineering subjects at the University of Sheffield have been ranked amongst some of the best, with both published in September.
Women in supermarket looking at packaging

Helping alternative proteins go mainstream for a sustainable planet

The University of Sheffield will co-lead a new £38 million centre to develop planet-friendly alternatives to animal proteins that could soon be a sustainable and nutritious part of our diets.