Why recruit a UoS engineering student / graduate?
Sheffield is one of the UK's top engineering universities. We equip our students with fundamental scientific knowledge, creative thinking, practical experiences and problem-solving skills to develop outstanding multidisciplinary engineers. Find out more about how your organisation can work with us.
How to engage with our students and build your engineering talent pipeline!
Recruit a student for a summer or year long placement
All undergraduate students within the Faculty of Engineering have the opportunity to undertake an industrial placement year. Alternatively students may choose to complete a shorter internship during the summer vacation period.
The Faculty of Engineering has a dedicated Placements Team who will discuss the best options, tailored to your organisation’s needs. We will support you to find the right student to fit your business, and for year long placements, the team will keep in contact with you during the student's placement.
For further information email engineering-placements@sheffield.ac.uk
Graduate recruitment
The University’s central careers and employability team can support you with recruiting graduates into your organisation.
This includes advertising your vacancy for free via the online platform, Career Connect, and they also organise a number of large scale recruitment events and careers fairs.
Contact Sam Trafford for more information.
Sheffield Engineering Leadership and Service Award (SELSA)
SELSA is a two-year engineering leadership and service programme for undergraduate engineering students. Employers can get involved in SELSA by delivering a skills session or guest lecture, inviting a group of students for a site visit or providing a project for a team of students to work on.
We also offer opportunities for organisations to sponsor the SELSA programme. More information can be found here or contact SELSA for more information.
Student led projects
Support a group of multi disciplinary engineering students to develop exciting engineering projects, these innovative projects include space exploration, Railway Challenge, Formula Student, UAVs and more.
There are opportunities for employers to get involved through sponsorship of a project or by providing expertise, equipment or testing facilities.
Find out more about student led projects and to discuss opportunities to get involved contact eng-cca-admin@sheffield.ac.uk
Host a Pop-Up Stand in the Diamond
The Diamond is a prominent engineering building housing study, lecture, and lab spaces. Employers can host a pop-up stand in the main entrance to showcase their organisation and career opportunities to numerous engineering students.
Contact Sam Trafford for more information.
Project weeks - volunteer as an industry mentor
All engineering undergraduate students participate in Global Engineering Challenge and Engineering You’re Hired project weeks during their first and second year of their degree. As an industry mentor you would be supporting students to tackle real life engineering problems. You would need to commit to either one or two days on campus in January/ February.
Find out more about Global Engineering Challenge and Engineering You’re Hired
The Sheffield University Industrial Placement Students are well prepared to hit the ground running. With just some basic coaching and mentoring they quickly integrate into our business and are a critical resource in delivering our Industry 4.0 transformation.
BD Medical
We’ve had three years now of hosting students from the University of Sheffield, and they’ve all done incredibly well. The first we hosted is set to return to us later this month as a graduate, and we hope that the others might follow in the same footsteps!
The Technology partnership (TTP)
Graduate talent from the University of Sheffield has always been a significant part of our business from day one. Ossila’s first 10 hires were from the University and these individuals have helped grow the business into what it is today.
Dr. James Kingsley
Managing Director, Ossila Ltd