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Group of students cheering on stage celebrating Emerge Awards Showcase 26

The elite award showcase rewarding the founders of the future

Congratulations to James, John, Sujaya and William who won with their pitches to regional investors and business leaders at The Emerge: Be enterprising Awards Showcase this month.
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ARIA Funding Launches New Innovator Circle in Sheffield

Dr Charles Grellois, Lecturer in Verification at the School of Computer Science, has secured £20,000 in funding from the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA).

targetjobs UG of the Year Awards 2026

Faculty of Engineering students shortlisted for the targetjobs Undergraduate of the Year Awards

We're thrilled to share that Computer Science student Jasper Sion and Civil & Structural Engineering student Hollie Wilson were shortlisted for the Engineer of the Year and Female Undergraduate of the Year Awards respectively -a fantastic achievement
COM researchers Phil McMinn and Owain Parry

Researchers find new hope through machine learning for dreaded ‘flaky test’

Researchers from the Department of Computer Science's Testing Research Group are working on innovative solutions to a problem that causes much frustration among software developers - flaky tests.
unPhone rolling off the production line

Innovative unPhone helps students learn and be creative

A locally manufactured device that looks similar to a mobile phone is offering a low-energy route for Computer Science students to learn and be creative.
Photo of the SunbYte team at the balloon launch in Sweden

Students launch new technology into space to observe the sun

Students from the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Science have launched a solar telescope into the earth’s atmosphere to make observations of the sun.

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Engineering at Sheffield subjects rank in top 10 in Guardian University Guide 2023

Engineering subjects at the ±¬ÁÏTV have been ranked among some of the best in the UK in the Guardian University Guide 2023, published at the weekend (Saturday 24th September 2022).
Photo of Professor Jim Lister opening the UKCI 2022

UK Computational Intelligence Workshop hosted in Sheffield

±¬ÁÏTV this year hosted the UK Computational Intelligence Workshop, showcasing the latest research into neural networks, fuzzy systems and evolutionary computation.