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An MoU being signed

Strengthening global ties with Mahidol University following WUN research success

Following a number of visits between the University of Sheffield and Mahidol University a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed to help strengthen collaboration between the two institutions.
Sheffield Business Awards 2025 (2)

University of Sheffield spin-outs celebrate triple success at the Sheffield Business Awards 2025

Two spin-out companies from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering take home three awards between them at this year's Sheffield Business Awards.

Jonathan Aitken ChatGPT article

ChatGPT just took a big step to becoming ‘all seeing thing that does everything’

Dr Jonathan Aitken chats to metro.co.uk about the new API developed within ChatGPT to link to other apps and its potential impact.
Jon Heffernan fellow announcement

Professor Jon Heffernan elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering

He joins key figures in the field of engineering and technology to its fellowship, having been elected at the academy's annual general meeting.

Observations of a sunspot taken on 04/10/2017

New project investigates mysteries of Sun’s atmosphere

The Solar Atmospheric Modelling Suite, or SAMS, project aims to build a next-generation modelling tool for the solar atmosphere – making a code that can be run on anything from laptops to the latest supercomputers.

Lab equipment

Self-driving labs: making chemical research faster and smarter

Researchers have built an automated platform, or self-driving laboratory, which can be programmed to conduct chemical reactions, analyse the products and autonomously modify the conditions to optimise the process using machine learning.
A close up of equipment in the National Epitaxy Facility

UK’s discovery of new semiconductor materials to be revolutionised by University of Sheffield

New AI-driven equipment will transform the UK’s semiconductor R&D, following a £7 million award in investment to the University of Sheffield.

Jake Greenwood Wordskills

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Student Competes in WorldSkills Industrial Electronics Finals
PIPEON Kick Off Meeting

Developing the next generation of robots for underground networks with PIPEON

Researchers at the University of Sheffield are developing AI-powered robotics to revolutionise sewer maintenance as part of the €8M PIPEON project.