Advance your career with a STEM masters degree
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A masters in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) can open doors to better job opportunities and higher salaries. STEM graduates are in high demand, and employers value the advanced skills you’ll gain. We offer postgraduate courses across all areas of STEM – explore and find the perfect course for you.
Why study your STEM masters at Sheffield?
- Kick-start your career: Our STEM courses are carefully designed to support your career goals. We focus on hands-on experience and teaching the skills employers value most. So whatever your next steps look like, we’ll help you to get there.
- Learn from the best: Our world-leading STEM research shapes real change, and you'll learn from the experts behind it. A key part of our courses is the independent research project, where you'll explore a STEM topic that matches your interests and career goals, putting what you’ve learned into practice.
- State-of-the-art facilities: Get hands-on experience in amazing spaces, from working in hospital labs in collaboration with the NHS, to using industry-standard facilities on campus.
- Professional partnerships for real experience: Depending on your chosen course, you could gain valuable experience working alongside industry leaders like Sheffield Teaching Hospitals or contribute to groundbreaking, life-changing research at SITraN, our institute for translational neuroscience.
These are just some of the things that make a masters from Sheffield so special. You can find out more about our specific STEM courses on this page.
Science communication courses
Postgraduate Medical Sciences courses
Postgraduate Biosciences courses
Postgraduate Physical Sciences courses
Explore Masters courses in mathematics and statistics or Postgraduate courses within the Faculty of Engineering.