Research specialisms
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)
- Materials and Engineering Research Institute (MERI)
- Centre for Automation and Robotics Research
- Materials Analysis and Research Services
- 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 Education and Inclusion Research
- Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR)
- Centre for Science Education
- Centre for Sport and Exercise Science
- Centre for Sports Engineering Research
- Design Futures Centre for Industrial Collaboration
- Health and Social Care Research
- 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
- Law Research Group
- Natural and Built Environment Research Group
- Outdoor Recreation Research Group
- Psychology Research Group
- Sheffield Addiction Research Recovery Group