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Department of Civil and Structural Engineering

Civil and structural engineers help to create and protect the world we live in. Driven by teaching and research excellence, we inspire and empower our students to engineer a better future.

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Undergraduate study 
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Postgraduate taught 
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Undergraduate open days 

Why study Civil and Structural Engineering?

Watch our latest video and learn more from students and lecturers about the subject area, how we do things in Sheffield, why you should join us, and much more.

Research

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PhD study 
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Research 

Highlight: Keeping drinking crystal clear water

What is the PODDS consortium?

Learn more about how researchers of the department of Civil and Structural Engineering have been working with water industry across the UK to improve drinking water quality.

Our Department

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Reasons to study with us  

Highlight: How do explosions work?

No-one knows how explosions work (yet)

Watch this video showing the fantastic work of Dr Sam Rigby in a collaboration with educational YouTuber Tom Scott

News

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High praises for Civil and Structural Engineering at The University of Sheffield in the latest National Student Satisfaction (NSS) survey

Civil and Structural Engineering in the University of Sheffield has been ranked among the best in the Russell Group by students, featuring in the top five in several categories in the latest National Student Survey (NSS).
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Advances in Flood Modelling and Forecasting workshop

Dr Georges Kesserwani, Senior Lecturer in Water Engineering, spearheaded a two-day workshop delving into the latest “Advances in Flood Modelling and Forecasting” at the University of Sheffield on 1-2 February 2024.
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Turkey tourist hotels and hotspots still at risk from catastrophic earthquakes

Professor Iman Hajirasouliha, explains how both old and new hotels and buildings could be susceptible to damage from earthquakes.

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Educating civil engineers for the twenty-first century: the ‘new-model engineer’

Nick Francis has co-authored a new research article on educating civil engineers in the twenty-first century.
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From left to right: Edward John (University of Sheffield, winner), John Yates (judge and EIS chairman), Beth Eames (University of Oxford, Highly Commended Presentation)

One of our PGR students has won the prestigious Peter Watson Prize for young engineers

Our fourth-year PhD student, Edward John, has won the prestigious Engineering Integrity Society (EIS) Peter Watson Prize for young engineers.

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GO Fund Success Stories: catching up with Dr Niki Trochoutsou

In February 2023, Dr Niki Trochoutsou was awarded £10K from the Grantham Opportunities (GO) Fund for her project on “Durability of bio-composites for strengthening of masonry structures”.
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Celebrating World Ventil8 Day and our growing research and teaching excellence

It’s World Ventil8 Day today (Wednesday 8 November 2023) and we are celebrating all of the amazing research and teaching practice within the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering.

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Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street (via Broad Lane)
Sheffield
S1 3JD

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+44 114 222 5738

civil@sheffield.ac.uk

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