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Emerge

We help students and graduates start businesses

Welcome to our enterprising community!

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What's on?

Take a look at our range of skill-building workshops, inspirational fireside chats and special events with a host of guest speakers.
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Join our community

The Emerge: Be enterprising community is a welcoming community for students, recent graduates and staff who are looking to become more enterprising.

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Enterprise Support

Alongside our group sessions, our expert team offer one-to-one support to individuals and teams who are on a mission to solve problems and forge successful ventures.
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The Spark Podcast 
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Visit our Start-up Studio 

Alumni Mentors

We have a range of incredible alumni entrepreneurs that help to inspire our community .
Are you an alumni founder and would you like to be a mentor, feature on our podcast, or lead a workshop?

Complete our Alumni expression of interest form

News

£1.4 million collectively raised by our founders since 2023.

Emerge: Be enterprising marks 3 year milestone with £1.4M in investment and National Enterprise Award Nomination

Three years ago, Emerge launched with a simple mission: to empower students to turn bold ideas into viable, scalable businesses. Today, the team is celebrating a major milestone and being recognised nationally for their efforts.

From a Sheffield PhD to a Global Scale-Up: How Rivelin Rail is Shaping Rail Safety Worldwide

Rivelin Rail’s friction-measuring tech is deployed in more than 11 countries. Discover how Emerge helped Ben to go from Sheffield PhD to managing a Global Scale-Up.
Group of students cheering on stage celebrating Emerge Awards Showcase 26

The elite award showcase rewarding the founders of the future

The Emerge: Be enterprising Awards Showcase live event saw 7 ambitious young entrepreneurs pitch their innovations to regional investors and business leaders, celebrating a year of intensive business development.
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Shining a spotlight on Sheffield's best young entrepreneurs

The 2026 Awards Showcase Winners have been selected and the countdown to the Emerge Awards Showcase 2026 has officially started! Learn about the competition showcasing the best entrepreneurial minds from the University of Sheffield.

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