Why Engineering at Sheffield?

Engineering and the City of Sheffield have a long rich history. The University has been actively involved in world-leading and exciting research for over a 100 years and is now one of the biggest and best Engineering faculties in the UK!

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The Faculty of Engineering provides dedicated teaching spaces, workrooms, computing facilities and specialist laboratories to support your research. Our strong links with industry mean that in many research areas you will also directly benefit from industry input.

If you choose to study with us you will have access to personal and career development training through our Doctoral Development Programme, whilst opportunities and experience in teaching are available through our Graduate Teaching Assistant scheme.

Cutting-edge facilities

We pride ourselves on maintaining high-quality and cutting-edge facilities. The Diamond building houses a range of activities including a 24 hour MakerSpace (iForge), and you’ll find top-class subject-specific facilities throughout the Faculty. 

More than just a PhD!

Whether it’s signing up as one of our Graduate Teaching Assistants, getting involved in Outreach activities, or joining one of our many clubs and societies, we actively encourage you to broaden your horizons outside of your PhD.

Working with industry

We’re proud of our links with industry, and the wide range of impact we generate from our research. Many of our PhD projects have links with Industry, meaning you can always be sure you’ll have a lasting impact. 

Celebrating diversity

We believe the best things are achieved through variety.

Whoever you are, and whatever your motivation for studying with us, you’ll be a welcome addition to our team. The newly-funded Centre for Equity & Inclusion offers specialised mentoring, training workshops, reflective sessions, Knowledge Exchange project work for our PGR students from diverse backgrounds. 

Supporting you

We hope you’ll have a great time here, but we also know everyone needs a little extra help at times. We offer support to all our students, including mental health and well-being, financial matters, and Careers advice for whatever comes next. 

What do our alumni say?

Thomas Butler

Thomas Butler

Thomas Butler PhD in Microalgal Cell Factories

I am so grateful for my PhD experience. A PhD is not about the result, it is about the journey and discovering yourself.

Siung Chong

I don't think I would be where I am if it were not for all the countless opportunities my supervisors gave me

Siung Chong Scandinavian Airlines

Siung Chong graduated with a BEng in Aerospace Engineering and went on to do a PhD in Space Physics at the University of Sheffield. Here he talks about his experience at Sheffield and how it’s shaped his career as an Aircraft Data Analyst at Scandinavian Airlines.

A student in the peak district national park

My experience at Sheffield has definitely helped with my career

Katerina Margatina Computer Science, Natural Language Processing research group

Katerina is doing her PhD in Data Efficient NLP with Active Learning. She recently started the third year of her PhD and this year will be doing two internships, one in Amazon and one in Meta (ex-Facebook).

Max Yan

Max Yan

Max Yan PhD in Energy Storage

My PhD allowed me to immerse myself in a field completely new to me.