Online subject tasters: Engineering
Book your place on one of our upcoming engineering subject tasters.
Materials Science and Engineering: From engines to atoms
Date: Tuesday 13 October 2026
Time: 5pm to 6pm
Location: Online
Materials are everywhere, shaping the world we live in - from aeroplanes and smartphones to medical breakthroughs. Materials Science and Engineering is a fast-paced, innovative field for curious problem-solvers who want to make a real impact. Join our Taster Session to discover how you can help build the future.
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Electrical & Electronic, Mechatronic & Robotic and Computer Systems Engineering: An Introduction
Date: Wednesday 14 October 2026
Time: 5pm to 6pm
Location: Online
This taster session will introduce the overlapping disciplines of Electrical, Electronic, Mechatronic and Computer Systems Engineering, using as an example a six-axis robot arm, as might be used on an assembly line or in an operating theatre. The session will include contributions from existing students on these programmes.
Biomedical Engineering: What is Biomedical Engineering?
Date: Thursday 15 October 2026
Time: 5pm to 6.15pm
Location: Online
Biomedical Engineering blends engineering with medical science to transform lives, from life-saving surgical robots to advanced diagnostics and antibody treatments. With career paths in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and cutting-edge research, it’s an exciting field. Come along to this Taster Session to see if it's the right course for you!
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Chemical Engineering: Optimizing your future with Chemical Engineering
Date: Tuesday 20 October 2026
Time: 5pm to 6.30pm
Location: Online
Chemical engineers tackle global challenges from climate change and energy poverty to sustainable agriculture and green manufacturing. With a dynamic learning environment and global industrial research collaborations, we prepare tomorrow's engineers today. Come along to this Taster Session to see if Chemical Engineering is the right course for you.
General Engineering: Where all disciplines meet
Date: Thursday 22 October 2026
Time: 5pm to 6pm
Location: Online
Explore how engineers from different disciplines come together to solve real-world problems, and how General Engineering at Sheffield prepares you to lead that change.
Computer Science: Using Machine Learning to track bumblebees
Date: Tuesday 3 November 2026
Time: 5pm to 6pm
Location: Online
How do we use Bayesian machine learning to follow bees as the forage across the landscape?
Civil and Structural Engineering: Power by design - Integrating renewable energy into structures
Date: Wednesday 11 November 2026
Time: 5pm to 6.15pm
Location: Online
How can engineers use the shape of a building to control the wind? Explore how fundamental fluid mechanics helped shape one of the world's most distinctive examples of integrating wind energy into structural design.
Book your place on our Civil and Structural Engineering subject taster