Facilities

We're continually investing in creating an innovative working environment with cutting-edge facilities to help you achieve more.

The Diamond building

The Diamond Building

You'll get to study in The Diamond building, our largest-ever investment in teaching and learning. The building has specific chemical engineering laboratories and also holds our Pilot Plant where you can test simulations and control systems in a safe product environment.

Take a 360 degree tour of the Diamond

The Diamond Pilot Plant

The Diamond Pilot Plant (DiPP)

DiPP is the cornerstone for educating the Sheffield Chemical Engineer. The plant has three cutting edge integrated manufacturing processes at a pilot scale. DiPP has software and products sponsored by major industrial companies including, GEA, Solaris Biotech and NiTech and is also used to up-skill employees of UK companies.

Take a tour of the DiPP

Crystlizer

Analytics Laboratory

The Analytics Laboratory has a wide range of equipment that allows the characterisation of gas and liquid mixtures. It also host the continuous crystallizer, a key competent in our undergraduate curriculum.

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Thermodynamics lab

Thermodynamics Laboratory

This laboratory equips you with the practical understanding and experience involved with the modern engineering concept of energy efficiency.

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Chemistry students in the lab

Bioanalytical Facility

This laboratory is a custom built, well-equipped analytical facility for Proteomic workflows for protein and peptide analysis and characterisation of nucleic acids, nucleosides and other metabolites.

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Biobacterial Laboratory tour 

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Diamond Pilot Plant tour

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