Mechanical Engineering at The University of Sheffield

Mechanical Engineering at The University of Sheffield (source: The Times Good University Guide 2013) On 21st June 1917, the Department of Mechanical Engineering was born at the first meeting of the Faculty.

At Sheffield, we pride ourselves on our excellence in teaching and research and our ranking as one of the top 3 universities in the country for Mechanical Engineering. On 15th December 1916, it was decided that the Faculty of Applied Science would split into two faculties; the Faculty of Metallurgy and the Faculty of Engineering. We have seen a lot of change over those hundred years, from new people to new buildings, new technology and new ideas. When the Department opened we had a mere 6 academic staff, all men, now, 100 years later, we have over 60 academics, with the first woman (Dr Rachel Tomlinson) joining us in 1998. Our first Professor was Walter Greenwood and the first head of Department was William Ripper. It has been a century of growth which has led to an extension to the original Mappin building in 1955, moves out to new buildings at Garden Street, the Arts Tower and even all the way out to Beighton, state of the art labs in Pam Liversidge and of course, our latest asset, the Diamond. The Department has shown itself to be adaptable to industrial needs, particularly during the first and second World Wars. In the First World War we trained 1000 men to make shells and later produced aircraft and gun components and trained hundreds of munitions workers, many of them women, in the Second World War.

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University Of Sheffield, Undergraduate Admissions, Department Of Mechanical Engineering, Mappin Building, Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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0114 222 7700

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