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University of the Year

Plus Best Students' Union and Best Student Life - 2024 Whatuni Student Choice Awards (WUSCAs)

Why we're University of the Year

1st in the Russell Group

2024 National Student Survey (NSS), based on aggregate responses

Why choose the University of Sheffield

A world top-100 university

12th in the UK and 98th in the world in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025

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We offer an experience that our students value highly: a world-class learning and teaching environment that fosters academic excellence, personal growth, and a vibrant student life.

University of the Year 2024

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Solving the UK's number one water quality complaint

For a pair of Sheffield engineers, the solution to water discolouration - a problem caused by so many interacting factors - was simple: use forces from flowing water to manage the risks.

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Research that changes lives

Our centres of excellence are taking an interdisciplinary approach to the biggest challenges facing the planet.

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Our researchers are making life-changing discoveries and solving problems that have a global impact.

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News

The exterior of the the University of Sheffield Energy Innovation Centre — The University of Sheffield's Energy Innovation Centre - one of the largest and best-equipped R&D facilities in Europe for low- and zero-carbon technology - will test new gas decarbonisation technology.

15 May 2025

Groundbreaking gas decarbonisation study to be led by University of Sheffield and Suiso

The University of Sheffield has partnered with local startup Suiso on a three-month pilot study to demonstrate its innovative gas decarbonisation technology.

10 May 2025

Landmark MIROCALS clinical trial provides new insight into treatment of MND

Results of the landmark MIROCALS clinical trial, involving researchers from the University of Sheffield, have revealed new insights into the treatment of motor neuron disease (MND).

8 May 2025

Cutting-edge MRI could revolutionise diagnosis of common heart problem aortic stenosis

Scientists have developed cutting-edge MRI technology to diagnose a common heart problem more quickly and accurately than ever before.

7 May 2025

University helps historic Sheffield scissor maker sharpen its edge

A historic Sheffield scissor maker is gaining new insights into the traditional craftsmanship that it has used to lovingly handcraft scissors for over a century through a collaboration with the University of Sheffield.

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