Research areas

We're one of the leading new universities in the UK for research, with an international reputation in key research areas such as materials science, art and design, sports science and engineering, biomedicine, and economic and social research.

Here you can find information on our institutes, centres and specialist groups and networks.

Institutes

• Cultural, Communication and Computing Research Institute (C3RI)
• Art and Design Research Centre
• Communication and Computing Research Centre
• Materials and Engineering Research Institute (MERI)
• Centre for Automation and Robotics Research
• National HIPIMS Technology Centre
• Polymers, Nanocomposites and Modelling Research Centre
• Structural Materials and Integrity Research Centre
• Thin Films Research Centre
• Sheffield Business School Research Institute
• Sheffield Institute for Policy Studies
• Sheffield Institute of Education

Centres

• Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre
• Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre
• Centre for Behavioural Science and Applied Psychology
• Centre for Development and Research in Education
• Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR)
• Centre for Sport and Exercise Science
• Centre for Sports Engineering Research
• Design Futures Centre for Industrial Collaboration
• Humanities Research Centre
• National Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering
• Sport Industry Research Centre

Groups and networks

• Centre for Voluntary Sector Research
• Film, Television, Theatre and Performance Research Network
• Health and Social Care Research
• Law Research Group
• Natural and Built Environment Research Group
• Outdoor Recreation Research Group
• Sheffield Addiction Research Recovery Group