Department of Control and Systems Engineering

• The University of Sheffield has the only department in the UK, and one of the best in the world, dedicated to automation and systems engineering.
• The department offers a flagship MSc Advanced Control and Systems Engineering programme as well as programmes in Robotics, Advanced Manufacturing, Autonomous and Intelligent Systems, Control and Systems Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies.
• Its involvement in the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing and Rolls Royce, created one of the world’s premier centres for academia-industry research in Advanced Manufacturing.  The AMRC focuses on 5 areas: Machining; Composites; Assembly; Additive Manufacturing & Casting. Students works with full-scale industrial equipment certificated to industry standards.

Energy Institute

• This is one of the UK’s largest energy research institutes. Based at the University of Sheffield, the institute has over 300 academics and researchers and hundreds of PhD students the institute undertakes transformational research, innovation and collaboration to address the world’ energy challenges. The Institute goes beyond traditional university research boundaries to deliver industry and policy relevant innovation.  Energy 5050 works with companies and government to de-risk investment in energy technologies to deliver cheaper, secure and clean energy. The UK Atomic Energy Authority is also a major partner for the University helping to drive international development of fusion technology.

Did you know?

• 92 per cent of Sheffield’s research is rated world-leading or  internationally excellent (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
• Howard Florey was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases. He shared the prize with Sir Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming.
• Sir Hans Krebs won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his discovery of the citric acid cycle, since then named the Krebs Cycle.
• Sir Richard Roberts, shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Phillip Sharp for the discovery of “split genes”.
• The UK’s biggest research streaming platform has been launched by the University of Sheffield enabling anyone, anywhere to discover and explore its pioneering research. The platform can be accessed here.
• The 2022 QS High Flyer’s Report ranked Sheffield 8th in the UK as most targeted university by top employers in 2021-22

Industry Partnerships

• Sheffield once was the steel-making capital of the world, supplying 50% of Europe’s steel output. Nowadays that history is still reflected in the university’s strong links in material science and engineering and important industry research partnerships. Established in 2001 as part of a collaboration with Boeing, the University’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) provides a network of world-leading research and innovation centres, partnering with over 120 partners, including Rolls Royce, Airbus, Boeing, BAE Systems, Siemens, ABB, Accenture, Deloitte, Mitsubishi, Nikken, Spirit AeroSystems, Zeiss, Maher, and McLaren Automotive. As a result of the AMRC’s success Boeing built its only factory outside the United States in Sheffield, manufacturing components for 737 aircraft. McLaren  Automotive moved its development and manufacturing of carbon fibre chassis for its supercars to Sheffield and Rolls Royce opened an Advanced Blade Casting Facility, manufacturing turbine blades.