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A world top-100 university

15th in the UK and 92nd in the world in the QS World ��Ƶ��վ Rankings 2026

Our institutional rankings

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Plus Best Students' Union and Best Student Life - 2024 Whatuni Student Choice Awards (WUSCAs)

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1st in the Russell Group

2024 National Student Survey (NSS), based on aggregate responses

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Study

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Find out for yourself why Sheffield students voted us the number one Russell Group university - with the number one Students’ Union. Take a campus tour, chat to students and learn about your course.

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Make Sheffield the start of something special. When you study here you get one of the best student experiences in the UK.

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A masters from Sheffield means in-depth knowledge, advanced skills, and the confidence to achieve your ambitions.

PhD study

At Sheffield, you’ll join a supportive community of scholars who share your passion. Our reputation for excellence attracts some of the best minds in the world.

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Research

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Turning toxic liquids into sustainable materials

By combining microorganisms with different capabilities, Sheffield researchers are turning harmful liquid into useful resources.

Protecting the environment

Research that changes lives

Our centres of excellence are taking an interdisciplinary approach to the biggest challenges facing the planet.

Our impact

Our researchers are making life-changing discoveries and solving problems that have a global impact.

News

Students from Project SunRide stood with a representative from their sponsor - Labman Automation — Students from Project Sunride who are representing the ��Ƶ��վ of Sheffield in Race2Space, with their sponsor Labman Automation. Credit: Project Sunride.

26 June 2025

UK’s future space scientists take off in world’s largest rocket firing competition finale

Some of the UK’s brightest young engineers have gathered at the historic site of Britain’s Cold War rocket programme for the climax of the world’s biggest student rocket firing competition (25 June - 11 July).

26 June 2025

New research to develop blood test that predicts the risk of secondary breast cancer

A blood test which could predict the likelihood of breast cancer spreading to the bone and becoming incurable, is being developed by researchers at the ��Ƶ��վ of Sheffield thanks to new funding.

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24 June 2025

New collaboration harnesses COVID methods to combat multi-billion threat to UK forests

Harnessing methods used to successfully predict and understand the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic, a new ��Ƶ��վ of Sheffield project aims to combat the impact of forest diseases that can cost the UK economy billions.

23 June 2025

Older northerners struggle with “alarming” inequalities compared to people from the South

Older people in the North of England are more likely to be poorer, less healthy, physically inactive, lonely and in poor housing - resulting in millions of pounds of avoidable NHS costs.

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