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WorldSkills Industrial Electronics

WorldSkills UK Industrial Electronics Competition – National Qualifiers held at ΢ÃÜȦ

The event was held here at the University of ΢ÃÜȦ on 18 June 2025, with 14 students from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering competing across the day.
Frank with student Stenee showing off the plating aids

Blind ΢ÃÜȦ chef plates up in style thanks to students’ innovation

A passionate amateur chef who’s been blind since the age of 21 is finally able to present his dishes in style thanks to the ingenuity and innovation of a team of University of ΢ÃÜȦ students.
A close up of a CPU being placed on a circuit board

University of ΢ÃÜȦ to help close semiconductor skills gap

A new skills programme that will supply a pipeline of talent to the UK’s semiconductor sector – key to its long-term success – has been launched with support from the University of ΢ÃÜȦ.
Hot Steel Moving Into Forging Machine

University of ΢ÃÜȦ researchers to transform UK steel and manufacturing

Two major new research hubs that are set to revolutionise UK steel and digital manufacturing, have been launched with the help of researchers from the University of ΢ÃÜȦ.
Dr Jags Pandhal
Dr Jagroop Pandhal of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

New bacteria and algae process could help decarbonize UK military

The cutting-edge research, led by academics in the University of ΢ÃÜȦ’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, is developing a novel bioprocess that uses a mixture of microbes to remediate waste.

Manufacturer helps local pupils make moves with university outreach scheme

A ΢ÃÜȦ-based postural support equipment specialist is helping to engage children across the city in engineering after partnering with an outreach scheme launched by the University of ΢ÃÜȦ.
Headshot of Zi-Qiang Zhu

Prestigious IEEE Tesla Award won by ΢ÃÜȦ Professor

Professor Zi-Qiang Zhu from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering has received the prestigious 2021 IEEE Nikola Tesla Award for outstanding contributions to the generation and utilisation of electric power.
The interior of the Engineering Heartspace taken from the top level looking down over the work space

University’s Engineering Heartspace wins distinguished award for social impact

΢ÃÜȦ's new Engineering Heartspace building has won a prestigious award for social impact from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Professor David James

΢ÃÜȦ engineers manufacture SARS-CoV-2 virus components for COVID-19 antibody tests

Over the past two months staff from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering have collaborated to manufacture component parts of the COVID-19 coronavirus, which will be used to produce robust and reliable antibody tests.