The University of Sheffield
Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Information for Business and Industry

Our long standing and excellent reputation allows us to develop strong links with industry and create partnerships for research collaboration.

We are one of the member Departments that form The Sheffield Engineering Gateway for industry.

Research and Business Development

Robot manipulatorWe actively encourage partnerships and collaboration. Tap into our expertise, ask about knowledge transfer and explore joint university/industry funding opportunities.

Partnerships and collaboration opportunities

Teaching with an industry focus

ACSE teaching lab close-upPut your industry into the curriculum and raise your company's profile.

Strengthen your industry's talent pool via real world input into student learning.

Engineering education for industry

Professional Development

ACSE lab-based learningWe can help with the professional development of your staff through Masters level short courses, free research seminars, experience of roles in partnerships and hosting secondments from industry

Professional development

Recruitment

Boost your recruitment of Oil rig, courtesy ExxonMobilhigh quality engineering graduates via seminars, projects, placements and visits.

Careers and recruitment

Industrial Liaison

In addition to the numerous informal contacts we have throughout industry, formal liaison is conducted via the Department's Industrial Liaison Committee which is composed of a mixture of industrial and academic members.

More about the industrial liaison committee: its role, members and meetings schedule