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9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield ranked within top 100 universities in QS World 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ Rankings

9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ has been ranked within the top 100 universities in the world in the QS World 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ Rankings 2026, reaffirming its place as a leading global university for teaching and research excellence.
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An illustration of protein molecules. Credit: Getty

AI could accelerate protein engineering – key for developing new medicines

An AI approach developed by researchers from the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield and AstraZeneca, could make it easier to design proteins needed for new treatments.
Dr Zheng Yuan

A warm welcome to Dr Zheng Yuan who joins the School of Computer Science

Dr Zheng Yuan joins us in her role as Senior Lecturer in Natural Language Processing.
The 25th Midlands Graduate School in the Foundations of Computing Science (MGS 25) in Sheffield

School of Computer Science hosts the 25th Midlands Graduate School in the Foundations of Computing Science (MGS 25)

The event was hosted here at the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield between 7 and 11 April 2025.
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Tackling tomorrow’s engineering research challenges

Sheffield is involved in new engineering networks to address key strategic challenges and support future growth.
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Sheffield part of £10million programme to identify individual cancer risk

Doctors could soon be able to predict your individual chances of getting cancer and offer personalised detection and prevention, thanks to a new research project.
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Professor Roger Moore Awarded Prestigious Medal for Scientific Achievement

Congratulations to Professor Roger Moore, who has been recognised as the 2025 recipient of the International Speech Communication Association’s (ISCA) Medal for Scientific Achievement