Student profiles

Each year we attract excellent undergraduate students who all contribute to a socially vibrant and academically challenging environment. Here they share their experiences of studying in Sheffield.

Romesa Khawaja

Your time at Sheffield will go by so quickly – so have fun!

Romesa Khawaja General Engineering Masters Society

We have many student societies to choose from. We had a chat with the President of the General Engineering Society – Romesa Khawaja – about why they should be your first choice.
Ellie Giulietti

Apply for everything, even if you don't believe you will get it. You'll never know if you don't try

Ellie Giulietti MEng General Engineering

Ellie Giulietti is in her third year of studying towards an MEng in General Engineering, specialising in Energy and Sustainability. Here she talks about her Industrial Placement Year at CERN in Switzerland.
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Hette Stainer

Hette Stainer MEng General Engineering with a Year in Industry - Materials Stream

When I was looking at universities, I enjoyed the idea of doing a year in industry to improve my employability but also doing a year abroad to experience new environments - so I did both. I completed my year in industry at InnoTech Alberta, a research facility in Edmonton Canada.
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Oleks Mohyley

Oleks Mohyley MEng General Engineering (Civil) with a Year in Industry

I am proud of being a founding member of the General Engineering course society (GEMSoc) and seeing it continue to grow after my two years as Treasurer came to an end. My Year in Industry has led a graduate role at ARUP in September 2021.
Head and shoulders photo of General Engineering student Ellie Baimbridge

Ellie Baimbridge

Ellie Baimbridge MEng General Engineering (Energy and Sustainability) with a Year in Industry

I can't wait to work with SUEZ for my final year research project and then further on their graduate scheme in 2022. With new legislation regarding emissions & sustainability in the waste industry being drafted all the time, it's a very exciting time to be a part of the Suez Energy UK process technical team.
Head and shoulders photo of General Engineering student Henry Rong

It made sense for me to undertake a broad-based engineering course to gain as much exposure to multiple fields of engineering

Henry Rong MEng General Engineering with a Year in Industry

I wanted to develop sensibilities for the technical requirements of each field while creatively drawing from each.
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Leo Russell- Moore

Leo Russell- Moore MEng General Engineering with a Year in Industry- Materials Stream

I chose to specialise in Materials engineering, as this was one of the two routes into manufacturing engineering (the other being Mech Eng). Manufacturing engineering has always interested me greatly, as it is pretty general and interdisciplinary by nature, and potentially allows me to dive into sustainable materials and sustainable manufacturing, and sustainability is a particular area of passion for me.
Photograph of Ben Steere in the Engineering Heartspace at the University of Sheffield

My year in industry at Texecom allowed me to make a real impact, solving real life problems straight away

Ben Steere MEng General Engineering with a Year in Industry - General (Mechatronics) Stream

Ben was encouraged to make his contribution to the company and in turn was able to develop his technical skills and soft skills such as cross team collaboration.
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Yi Jia Tan

Yi Jia Tan MEng General Engineering

I really wanted to study engineering, but I didn’t want to just focus on one field. Then I found out about this course, and I decided to study General Engineering. The thing that I enjoy most about this course is that I can learn things from more than one field of engineering.
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Sheffield is an engineering research university with a global reputation for excellence. We're a member of the Russell Group: one of the 24 leading UK universities for research and teaching.

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International Merit Scholarships

We offer a generous package of financial support for international students including 75 undergraduate scholarships worth £10,000 towards the annual tuition fee and 125 postgraduate taught scholarships worth £5,000 towards the tuition fee. Applications are now open for existing offer holders.

Scholarships for international students