谢菲尔德哈勒姆大学是英国科研领先的新大学之一，在在材料科学、艺术与设计、体育科学与工程、生物医学以及经济和社会研究等领域享有国际声誉。

谢菲尔德哈勒姆大学共拥有四个研究所，支持了多个专业中心以及特定学术部门的研究。

文化创意研究所中心

Art, Design and Media Research Centre

Centre for Culture, Media and Society

Humanities Research Centre

Lab4Living

院系

Art and Design

Media Arts and Communication

Humanities

健康研究所中心

Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre

Sport and Physical Activity Research Centre

院系

Nursing and Midwifery

Social Work, Social Care and Community Studies

Allied Health Professionals

Sport and Physical Activity

产业与创新研究院中心

Materials and Engineering Research Institute

Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre

National Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering

CENTRIC院系

Biosciences and Chemistry

Engineering and Mathematics

Computing

社会经济研究所中心

Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research

Centre for Behavioural Science and Applied Psychology

Centre for Development and Research in Education

院系

Teacher Education

Education, Childhood and Inclusion

Natural and Built Environment

Law and Criminology

Psychology, Sociology and Politics

Finance, Accounting and Business Systems

Management

Service Sector Management