We are thrilled to announce that following recent success in this year’s National Student Survey, courses from our School have once again been recognised amongst the best departments in the country, in the most recent university league tables published by the Guardian and The Mail. This continued success reaffirms our commitment to excellence in education and research.
In the Guardian University Guide 2025 our subjects were ranked:
Aerospace Engineering 3rd
Mechanical Engineering 4th
Civil Engineering 5th
In The Mail, the rankings were:
Civil Engineering 1st
Mechanical Engineering 1st
Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering 4th
These latest rankings highlight our commitment to providing an exceptional education, whilst fostering a dynamic and collaborative academic environment. We take pride in encouraging innovation, critical thinking, and teamwork within our community. We're incredibly proud of all our staff and students. What they are achieving together is a credit to their hard work, talent and ingenuity. We're nothing less than incredibly chuffed.
Martin Mayfield
Head of School
The Guardian University Guide has established itself as a key league table for UK universities and ranks universities on a number of criteria; including student satisfaction scores based on courses, teaching and feedback, as well as the proportion of graduates in employment or further study after graduation.
The Mail league table ranks universities on performance measures that include the proportion of graduates in highly-skilled jobs and the salaries they earn, degree outcomes, research quality and research income. It has placed Sheffield in the top 10 universities in the UK, as well as top in the North of England for the second successive year. Sheffield is ranked the highest in the Russell Group for student support and is behind only Oxford and Cambridge for student assessment of the quality of their teaching.
Other engineering courses at Sheffield also ranked highly, confirming our Engineering Faculty as one of the best in the country.