The University of Sheffield
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Undergraduate courses

Undergraduate student Chemical engineers design, operate, and develop the processes behind the products we depend on for our standard of living. We teach you how to translate ideas from the laboratory into safe, economically viable and environmentally acceptable solutions.

Postgraduate study

Postgraduate student Supported by our international expertise and links with industry, our courses blend theory and practice to give you the qualifications you need.

Research

Research student Our research focuses on highly technical areas that will provide the chemical engineering opportunities of the future. We're looking into alternative forms of energy including hydrogen, biomass and energy from waste. Our life sciences research is finding breakthroughs in regenerative medicine, therapies and disease.

About the department

Test tubes We're one of the UK's leading research-led chemical engineering departments. In the latest QAA independent audit we were rated as excellent for our undergraduate teaching and the care we take of our students.