Undergraduate student profiles

Our students go on to great things, working for some of the world's top companies. Many of our students return to provide seminars in partnership with us on cutting edge related topics and work with us to arrange student networking events.

A portrait shot of BEng Bioengineering student Tilly Wilks

It’s a fast moving, interdisciplinary course with the constant buzz of new and exciting innovations

Tilly Wilks BEng Bioengineering

Tilly is studying a BEng Bioengineering as it offered her the perfect balance of maths, biology and physics.

Lucy Sherbrun

Take advantage of everything the University and department have to offer

Lucy Sherburn MEng Chemical Engineering

Lucy received a global scholarship and attended a semester in South Korea and she spent her third year in the University of Pittsburgh. She is now a graduate engineer at the UK's leading heat network consultancy.

A photo of Sion in sports wear.

The course recaps all necessary material to bring your maths back up to speed

Sion Griffiths MEng Chemical Engineering

Sion took a foundation year to consolidate the knowledge he gained during his A Levels.

A selfie of Chinwe

A friend directed me towards the course and as I didn’t have the correct A Levels

Chinwe Mofunanya MEng Chemical Engineering

Chinwe found the Foundation Year was an excellent way to prepare herself for her MEng

A photo of Beatrice

Being a second year biomedical engineering student now, I am very glad I did the extra year

Beatrice Schulz Biomedical Engineering MEng

The Foundation Year prepared Beatrice for her degree and beyond.

Anish Devdhar

I aim on achieving my goal and contributing my bit towards sustainability of the world

Anish Devdhar MEng Chemical Engineering with a Year in Industry

Current student Anish has a passion for chemical engineering and is also Inclusions Officer for the Indian Society.

CBE student Anne

Put your shyness away and ask your lecturers when you are unsure about anything

Anne O Adeniji MEng Chemical Engineering

Attending at a Russell Group university in a lively student city and the opportunity to study abroad for part of her course were all key reasons why Anne O Adeniji chose chemical engineering at Sheffield for her degree.

Graduate Dan Smith

Your career aspirations won’t just be given to you – you have to make important decisions yourself and find out what makes you tick

Daniel Smith MEng Chemical Engineering with Biotechnology

Dan is working for Wood Plc, a consultancy (primarily oil and gas) company, as a Process Engineering Assistant.  The breadth of modules covered on the course and the ability to specialise was one of the reasons Dan chose Sheffield. 

Gabby Coe - Undergraduate student - MEng Materials Science and Engineering (Research)

If you can problem solve and apply your knowledge to new, potentially complex situations, then you are already an engineer

Gabby Coe MEng Materials Science and Engineering (Research)

MEng Materials Science and Engineering student Gabby Coe discusses why she changed on to this course, and what made Sheffield an ideal choice of city for her.

Anirudh Bandaru

It was rewarding seeing projects executed well and seeing the effect your improvements made to productivity

Anirudh Bandaru BEng Materials Science and Engineering

Anirudh came to the University of Sheffield in 2016 when he joined to do a BEng in Materials Science and Engineering, studying modules in his first year such as Biomaterials and Digital Skills for Materials.

a group of students talking in Firth Court

International undergraduate scholarships

We are offering scholarships of £2,500 for each year (subject to a 60% average) of your undergraduate degree. The maximum value is £10,000 for four-year programmes.

Apply now to join us in September and check if you're eligible