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Congratulations to alumni recognised in the King's Birthday Honours List 2025

As part of the official celebrations for the monarch's birthday, another impressive cohort of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ graduates, honorary graduates and staff members have been recognised for outstanding service to the UK and the wider world.
Dr Malcolm Butler, VP and Director of Global Engagement, taking photo with ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ alumni.

Miles apart, yet always connected to ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ

As an international ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ graduate, you’re never far from a fellow ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵer. Leaving the Steel City doesn’t mean losing touch. Our global events will help you stay connected, grow your network, and keep up with the latest from your University.
Tim Adams presenting the 2024/25 ESPS Awards event

Congratulations to the Elite Sport Performance Scheme class of 2024/25

Talented student athletes received their awards through this year’s Elite Sport Performance Scheme, at a ceremony also attended by an international football coach and a gold medal-winning Olympian.
Architect's rendering of proposed new SITraN sister facility
Architect's rendering of proposed new SITraN sister facility. Credit: Bond Bryan Architects

Garfield Weston grant backs SITraN expansion

A newly made grant from the Garfield Weston Foundation has added to multiple other donations and fundraising drives, meaning planned expansion work can now go ahead at the world-leading ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Institute of Translational Neuroscience.
PG student shaking hands with chancellor on stage

Getting to know our newest honorary graduates

During the winter graduations early in 2020, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ awarded a series of honorary degrees to recognise and celebrate the career achievements of a number of our community.

The interior of the Engineering Heartspace taken from the top level looking down over the work space

Unveiling the new Engineering Heartspace

The new Engineering Heartspace is housed under an impressive curved glass roof, and links together the Grade II listed Sir Frederick Mappin Building and the 1885 Central Wing.
Digital anatomical heart

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ team to create a ‘digital twin’ of the human heart

A ‘digital twin’ of the human cardiovascular system will be developed for the first time by researchers at the University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ.
Sir Arthur Hall's blue plaque unveiling with the Lord Mayor and members of the Aesculapian Society of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ

Blue plaque on campus celebrates remarkable figure in ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s history

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ is proud to commemorate the life of Sir Arthur Hall, a distinguished physician, visionary and popular professor and teacher, with a prestigious blue plaque on his former childhood home, which now forms part of the University estate.
MCF10A filopodia

Wolfson Foundation grant supports biological cell imaging at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ

The University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ is delighted to receive a grant of £200,000 from the Wolfson Foundation towards the expansion of the Wolfson Light Microscopy Facility (LMF).