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Engineering at Sheffield

We're one of the biggest providers of engineering research and education in the UK, with 6,700 students and an annual research income of over £89m. We deliver inclusive, world-leading education and excellent, impactful research at scale, for the public good, across all major engineering disciplines.

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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.
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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.
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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).
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WorldSkills UK Industrial Electronics Competition – National Qualifiers held at The University of Sheffield

The event was held here at the University of Sheffield on 18 June 2025, with 14 students from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering competing across the day.

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The University of Sheffield
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
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Sheffield
S1 3JD
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Faculty of Engineering's Heartspace and Mappin buildings from the Portobello street entrance