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| Sarvapali D. (Gopal) Ramchurn (University of Southampton) | |
| Professor Sarvapali D. (Gopal) Ramchurn is a distinguished academic in the field of Artificial Intelligence, holding the position of Professor of Artificial Intelligence in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. In addition to his academic role, he serves as the CEO of Responsible AI UK, overseeing a £31 million program aimed at fostering the development and support of an international ecosystem for responsible AI. He also holds the position of Director at the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub, which serves as the focal point for the £33 million UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme. | |
| Furthermore, Professor Sarvapali D. (Gopal) Ramchurn is a Turing Fellow affiliated with the prestigious Alan Turing Institute and is recognized as a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. He is actively engaged in the AI startup scene and co-leads Empati Ltd, an innovative AI startup focusing on the management of large-scale decentralized green hydrogen technologies, building upon his extensive experience in developing AI algorithms for smart grids and using satellite data for renewable energy asset monitoring. | |
| His primary research interests revolve around the development of core AI technologies and their applications in addressing key sustainability challenges. These challenges encompass domains such as smart energy systems, Smart Cities, and disaster response. Professor Sarvapali D. (Gopal) Ramchurn's research blends various techniques from Machine Learning, AI, Game Theory, and Human-Computer Interaction. | |
| Currently, Professor Sarvapali D. (Gopal) Ramchurn is deeply involved in several groundbreaking research projects, with a combined funding exceeding £30 million. Notable projects include BReCCIA, a GCRF-funded initiative focusing on Food and Water Security in Africa, as well as the Smart Cities Platform, which emphasizes waste management and air pollution monitoring. Additionally, he serves as a Co-Investigator on the Smart Solutions Towards Cellular-Connected Unmanned Aerial Vehicles System project. | |
| His exceptional contributions to the field of Responsible AI were recognized when he was among the three recipients of the prestigious 2018 AXA Research Award. Furthermore, Professor Sarvapali D. (Gopal) Ramchurn is an integral member of the Centre for Doctoral Training on Machine Intelligence for Nano-Electronic Devices (MINDS CDT). | |
| Throughout his career, Professor Sarvapali D. (Gopal) Ramchurn has played pivotal roles in leading or participating in major scientific and industrial research projects. Notable among these is the ORCHID program, during which he pioneered applications of Human-Agent Collectives. Prior to that, he contributed significantly to the award-winning ALADDIN project in collaboration with BAE Systems and IDEAS in partnership with SECURE Meters. | |
| Professor Sarvapali D. (Gopal) Ramchurn boasts an impressive list of accolades, including victories in the Prisoner’s Dilemma Competition (2004, 2005), the Robocup Infrastructure Competition (2007), and multiple AAMAS Best Paper awards (2010, 2013, 2015). He also received an honorable mention for the IJCAI-JAIR 2016 Best Paper Prize for his groundbreaking work on game theoretic techniques for energy storage management. | |
| His commitment to the academic community is evident through his service as a Program Committee, Senior Program Committee, and Area Chair member for prestigious conferences such as AAMAS, IJCAI, CHI, and AAAI. Furthermore, he has co-organized the workshop series on Human-Agent Interaction and is an esteemed member of the EPSRC Peer Review College. Professor Sarvapali D. (Gopal) Ramchurn has successfully mentored and supervised over 10 PhD students throughout his career. | |
| SHORT BIO | |
| Prof. Sarvapali Ramchurn is a Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Turing Fellow, and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. He is the CEO of Responsible AI UK, Director of the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems hub. He is also a Co-CEO of Empati Ltd, an AI startup working on decentralised green hydrogen technologies. His research is about the design of Responsible Artificial Intelligence for socio-technical applications including energy systems and disaster management. His research involves applying techniques from Machine Learning, HCI, and Game Theory. He has won multiple best paper awards for his research and is a winner of the AXA Research Fund Award (2018) for his work on Responsible Artificial Intelligence. He has pioneered the development of AI-based disaster response systems using multi-UAV systems, AI-driven large-scale battery management for smart grids, and an AI bot that outperformed more than 5M human players (top 0.7%) in the English Premier League Fantasy Football Tournament. His papers have been cited more than 8500 times (according to Google scholar). He is originally from Mauritius and is passionate about AI for Social Good and Environmental Sustainability. | |
| CV | |
| EDUCATION AND APPOINTMENTS | |
| 2020 – Director of the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub (£11.7m) | |
| Member of the IPCO Technology Advisory Panel | |
| Co-CEO Empati Limited | |
| Co-Director Shell-Southampton Centre for Maritime Futures | |
| 2019 – Turing Fellow – The Alan Turing Institute | |
| Flexible Autonomy for Responsible Human Agent Collectives | |
| 2018 – Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Chief Scientist (North Star Solar Ltd) | |
| Co-I on the BRECCIA GCRF Project on Food and Water Security (£4M) | |
| PI on the REACH Project (AXA Research Fund) | |
| Co-I on the EPSRC Platform Grant on Wearable Computing at Southampton | |
| 2017 – Associate Professor (Part-Time) and Chief Scientist North Star Solar Ltd | |
| Leading the development of an AI platform for Smart Energy Systems and Assisted Living | |
| Developing the next generation of Autonomous IoT-based services | |
| AXA Research Award for work on Responsible AI (250K Euros) | |
| 2015 – Associate Professor (University of Southampton) | |
| Research into Human-Agent Collectives | |
| Teaching Data Management | |
| ECS Placements Tutor | |
| Co-I on the A-IoT project (£800K) funded by EPSRC | |
| Co-I on the CharIoT project (£300K) funded by EPSRC | |
| Co-I on the SEACORES project (£1.2M) funded by InnovateUK | |
| 2009 – 2015 Roberts Fellow (University of Southampton) | |
| Co-I on the EPSRC funded ORCHID Programme (£5M) | |
| Co-I on the EPSRC-funded ICIF project (£350K / £3.5M) | |
| PI on the EPSRC-funded KTS (£55K) with BAE Systems (2014-2015) | |
| PI on the EPSRC-funded KTS (£50K) with Hampshire County Council (2011-2012). | |
| Supervising 6 PhD students | |
| Leading work on energy, disaster response, and crowdsourcing applications. | |
| 2005-2009 – Senior Research Fellow – University of Southampton | |
| 2001-2004 – PhD in Multi-Agent Systems – University of Southampton | |
| Supervisors: Prof. Nicholas R. Jennings and Prof. Carles Sierra. | |
| Examiners: Han La Poutre and Michael Luck. | |
| 1998 – 2001 – BEng (Hons.) in Information Systems Engineering – Imperial College London | |
| First Class First. | |
| Governor’s medal winner. | |
| AWARDS | |
| Winner of the AXA Research Fund Award for my work on Responsible AI (2018) | |
| Honourable mention of the IJCAI-JAIR Award (2016) | |
| Winner of the Best Paper on the Innovative Applications Track at AAMAS 2015 | |
| Winner of the best student paper award (with my student Muddasser Alam) at AAMAS 2013. | |
| Runner up of the TREC 2012 (Text Retrieval Conference) Crowdsourcing challenge (AUC metric). | |
| Nominated for the best paper award at AAMAS 2011 (Applications) for work on agent-based optimisation for demand-side management. | |
| Winner of the best paper award at AAMAS 2010 for work on agent-based energy storage work on energy exchange in rural communities (out of 685 papers submitted). | |
| Winner of the Infrastructure Competition of the RoboCupRescue league at RoboCup 2007 – RoboCup is an international competition held every year and attracts more than a thousand participants from more than 30 different countries. | |
| Winner of the International Prisoner’s Dilemma Competition (Comp 2) at the IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games 2005) | |
| Winner of the International Prisoner’s Dilemma competition at the Congress on Evolutionary Computing (CEC 2004) – we designed the first strategy to beat Tit-For-Tat in 20 years since the original Axelrod experiment. | |
| PhD studentship for 3 years from University of Southampton. | |
| Governor’s medal award (first class first) for being the top student across the BEng Information | |
| Mauritius National Science Side Scholarship Winner (4th). | |
| FUNDING (BOLD STILL ACTIVE) | |
| 2018 – £200K (PI) AXA Research Fund Award for Responsible AI | |
| 2018 – £4M (Co-I) GCRF BReCCIA project on Capacity Building for Food and Water Security in Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| 2017 – £2M (Co-I) EPSRC Platform on Wearable Computing for Smart Cities | |
| 2017 – £75K (PI) DSA Human-UAV Teaming | |
| 2016 – £40K (PI) EPSRC IAA (Southampton) – CharIoT 2.0 | |
| 2016 – £800K (Co-I) A-IoT: Future Interactions with the Autonomous Internet of Things. | |
| 2015 – £1.2M (Co-I) InnovateUK – SEACORES: energy management on marine platforms. | |
| 2015 – £47K (PI) Newton Fund – International Disaster Management Workshop. | |
| 2014 – £200K (Co-I) EPSRC- CharIot Project on Internet of things for Charitable Energy Advisors. | |
| 2014 – £35K (PI) ASUR Phase 1 Project with BAE Systems. | |
| 2014 – £55K – (PI) EPSRC- Knowledge Transfer Secondment with BAE Systems Maritime systems | |
| 2013 – £1.2M (Co-I) EPSRC – Distributed Sensing and Flexible Autonomy (MOSAIC) | |
| 2012 – £350K – (Co-I) EPSRC – International Centre for Interdependent Infrastructures. | |
| 2011 – £20K – (Co-I) Southampton Adventures in Research Grant. | |
| 2011 – £5M – (Co-I) EPSRC Programme Grant (ORCHID) | |
| 2011 – £50K – (PI) EPSRC Knowledge transfer secondment with Hampshire County Council. | |
| 2003 – £3K – EU Research Mobility Grant with IIIA, Spain. | |
| ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES | |
| PHD STUDENTS AND POST DOCS SUPERVISED, CURRENT AND PAST (7): | |
| Kathryn Macarthur (With Prof. Nick Jennings), 2008-2011 | |
| Mudasser Alam (with Dr. Alex Rogers), 2009-2014 | |
| Truong Cuong (with Dr. Enrico Costanza), 2010-2014 | |
| Sam Miller (with Dr. Alex Rogers), 2010-2014 | |
| Chris Baker (with Prof. Nick Jennings), 2012-2016 | |
| Elliot Salisbury (with Dr. Sebastian Stein), 2013-2017 | |
| James Holyhead (with Prof. Alex Rogers), 2013-2017 | |
| Alper Alan Turan (with Dr. Enrico Costanza), 2012-2016 | |
| Manolis Rigas (with Dr. Nick Bassilides), 2012-2018 | |
| Olabambo Oluwasuji (with Dr. Enrico Gerding) 2015- | |
| Jorge Palominos (With Dr. Long Tran Tanh) 2017- | |
| Shaun Lamb (with Prof. Tim Norman) 2018- | |
| Luca Capezutto (with Dr. Danesh Tarapore) 2018- | |
| Ryan Beal (with Prof. Tim Norman) 2018- | |
| Ayodeji Abioye (with Dr. Stephen Prior) 2017- | |
| Andre Ortega Alban (with Dr. Geoff Merrett) 2017- | |
| Pedro Garcia (with Enrico Costanza) 2014-2017 | |
| Jhim Verhame (with Enrico Costanza) 2014-2018 | |
| Sherry Yang 2014 | |
| Dengji Zhao 2014-2017 | |
| REVIEWER FOR: | |
| EPSRC | |
| AAMAS, AAAI, IJCAI, ECAI, ACM E-Energy | |
| Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR) – Highly rated AI Journal. | |
| Artificial Intelligence Journal (AIJ) – the top AI Journal. | |
| Constraints | |
| Computational Intelligence | |
| IEEE Intelligent Systems | |
| International Journal of Human-Computer Studies | |
| Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems Journal – the top Agents Research Journal | |
| AWARDS | |
| WINNER OF THE BEST STUDENT PAPER (LOKESH BHILALA) FOR OUR WORK ON THE EFFECT OF STRESS ON HUMAN TEAMS AT AHFE22. | |
| FELLOW OF THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (FIET) | |
| WINNER OF THE AXA RESEARCH AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN RESPONSIBLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (2017) | |
| RUNNER UP FOR THE BEST PAPER AWARD AT THE 2016 HUMANITARIAN TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE (WITH MY STUDENT ELLIOT SALISBURY AND SEB STEIN). | |
| HONOURABLE MENTION FOR THE IJCAI-JAIR BEST PAPER 2016 AWARD | |
| WINNER OF THE BEST PAPER (APPLICATIONS TRACK) AT AAMAS 2015 | |
| WINNER OF THE BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD (WITH MY STUDENT MUDDASSER ALAM) AT AAMAS 2013 FOR WORK ON ENERGY EXCHANGE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES (OUT OF 685 PAPERS SUBMITTED) | |
| RUNNER UP OF THE TREC 2012 (TEXT RETRIEVAL CONFERENCE) CROWDSOURCING CHALLENGE (AUC METRIC). | |
| RUNNER UP FOR THE BEST PAPER AWARD AT AAMAS 2011 (APPLICATIONS) FOR WORK ON AGENT-BASED OPTIMISATION FOR DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT. | |
| WINNER OF THE BEST PAPER AWARD AT AAMAS 2010 FOR WORK ON AGENT-BASED ENERGY STORAGE. | |
| WINNER OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPETITION OF THE ROBOCUPRESCUE LEAGUE AT ROBOCUP 2007 – ROBOCUP IS AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION HELD EVERY YEAR AND ATTRACTS MORE THAN A THOUSAND PARTICIPANTS FROM MORE THAN 30 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. | |
| WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRISONER’S DILEMMA COMPETITION (COMP 2) AT THE IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND GAMES 2005) | |
| WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRISONER’S DILEMMA COMPETITION AT THE CONGRESS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTING (CEC 2004) – WE DESIGNED THE FIRST STRATEGY TO BEAT TIT-FOR-TAT IN 20 YEARS SINCE THE ORIGINAL AXELROD EXPERIMENT. | |
| PHD STUDENTSHIP FOR 3 YEARS FROM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON. | |
| IMPERIAL COLLEGE GOVERNOR’S MEDAL AWARD (FIRST CLASS FIRST) FOR BEING THE TOP STUDENT ACROSS THE BENG INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (GRADUATED IN 2001). | |
| MAURITIUS NATIONAL SCIENCE SIDE SCHOLARSHIP WINNER (4TH). | |
| Media | |
| As part of multiple projects and having participated in a number of competitions, my work has been showcased in a number of articles as follows: | |
| Fantasy Football Project – the SquadGuru: | |
| BBC Technology – 15/08/2017 – (Front page): AI seeks Fantasy Football challengers | |
| New Scientist : AI football manager picks a winning team | |
| Metro UK : Rooney or RVP in your fantasy football team? Ask SquadGuru. | |
| CNET: Can an algorithm win your Fantasy Football League | |
| Other: | |
| Wired: Winning the Prisoner’s Dilemma competition | |
| NewScientist: On the ART testbed competition | |
| Best paper at AAMAS 2010 | |
| Winning the RobocupRescue Competition | |
| Release of RoboCupRescue v1.0 | |
| The Economist: The ALADDIN project | |
| Greenbang, Science Daily: On our Smart Grid work (1) (2) | |
| People | |
| I have worked with a number of amazing researchers and students for the whole of my career. My PhD was supervised by Prof. Nicholas R. Jennings (Vice-Provost at Imperial College and ex-CSA to the UK Govt) and Prof. Carles Sierra (Director of the IIIA, CSIC, Spain). | |
| Current Phd Students | |
| James Holyhead – Demand Response Analytics | |
| Ryan Beal – AI for Sports | |
| Shaun Lamb – Human Machine Teaming | |
| Jorge Palominos – Smart Energy Systems | |
| Luca Capezzuto – Responsible AI for Human-Agent Teaming | |
| Olabambo Oluwasuji – Load Shedding in Smart Grids | |
| Postdocs | |
| Obaid Malik – Autonomous IoT | |
| Dhaminda Abeywickrama – Responsible AI | |
| Past Students | |
| Emmanouil Rigas (Greece) – Electric Vehicles and the Smart Grid | |
| Jhim Verame – Human-Agent Interaction | |
| Elliot Salisbury – Crowd Robotics | |
| Pedro García – Internet of Things and Human-Robot Interaction | |
| Moody Alam – Algorithms for Energy Exchange in Rural Communities | |
| Sam Miller – Decentralised Optimal Dispatch in Smart Micro-Grids | |
| Henry Cuong Truong – Appliance Usage Prediction for Home Energy Management | |
| Kate Macarthur – Decentralised Coordination | |
| Alper Alan Turan – Human-Agent Interaction in Smart Energy Systems | |
| Past Collaborators | |
| Dr. Henry Ngoc Cuong Truong – Machine Learning in Smart Energy systems (SEA-CORES) | |
| Dr. Dengji Zhao – Dual Role Exchange Markets (ICIF) | |
| Dr. Alper Alan Turan – Human-Agent Interaction (MOSAIC) | |
| Dr. Rajdeep Kumar Dash – at McKinsey now | |
| Dr. Perukrishnen Vytelingum – at Sunguard now | |
| Prof. Alex Rogers – at Oxford University | |
| Prof. Nicholas R. Jennings – at Imperial College | |
| Dr. Bing Shi – at Wuhan Uni, China | |
| Dr. Feng Wu – at USTC, China | |
| Visitors | |
| Shaofei Chen (visiting) – Multi-Agent Patrolling | |
| Romain Caillere – Smart Energy Markets | |
| Sherry (Xue) Yang – Video Advertising Markets | |
| PROJECTS | |
| Current Projects | |
| £ 85KPowerTower (Sprint Programme) | |
| £ 1.5M Centre for Maritime Futures | |
| £200K AXA Research Fund – Responsible Human Agent Collectives | |
| £1.2M Smart Cities Platform | |
| Past Projects | |
| ORCHID (Human-Agent Collectives) | |
| As systems based on human-agent collectives grow in scale, complexity and temporal extent, we will increasingly require a principled science that allows us to reason about the computational and human aspects of these systems if we are to avoid developments that are unsafe, unreliable and lack the appropriate safeguards to ensure societal acceptance. Delivering this science is the core research objective of this programme. | |
| ICIF (International Centre for Infrastructure Futures) – ICIF will create a shared, facilitated learning environment in which social scientists, engineers, industrialists, policy makers and other stakeholders can research and learn together to understand how better to exploit the technical and market opportunities that emerge from the increased interdependence of infrastructure systems. The Centre will focus on the development and implementation of innovative business models and aims to support UK firms wishing to exploit them in international markets. The Centre will undertake a wide range of research activities on infrastructure interdependencies with users, which will allow problems to be discovered and addressed earlier and at lower cost. Because infrastructure innovations alter the social distribution of risks and rewards, the public needs to be involved in decision making to ensure business models and forms of regulation are socially robust. As a consequence, the Centre has a major focus on using its research to catalyse a broader national debate about the future of the UK’s infrastructure, and how it might contribute towards a more sustainable, economically vibrant, and fair society. | |
| ISDM (Intelligent Systems for Disaster Management): The ISDM project is an EPSRC-funded Knowledge Transfer Secondment (KTS) that builds on a partnership between the School of Electronics and Computer Science and Hampshire County Council. The project aims to exploit the key outputs of the highly acclaimed ALADDIN project. In particular, the ISDM project aims to upgrade what is currently research-oriented software to more specialised software for experts in the disaster management area. | |
| 2004 – 2010 – ALADDIN (Autonomous Learning Agents for Decentralised Data and Information Networks): This project dealt with the application of decentralised data and information systems to disaster management. A number of key algorithms and mechanisms were developed to solve for coordination and information problems that arise in dynamic and uncertain environments. | |
| 2001 – 2004 – FEEL (Focused, Efficient, and Enjoyable Local Activities) The project dealt with the issue of minimising intrusiveness on meetings. Our part of the project involved the use of agent-based mechanisms to minimise the impact of external messages on meeting through some multi-party negotiation mechanism. Both simulated and physical implementations of the system were designed | |
| CONTACT | |
| Email: [email protected] | |
| Address: B60, West Highfield Campus, 104-118 Burgess Road, SO17 1TW | |
| The University of Southampton is a public research university in Southampton, England. Southampton is a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities in the United Kingdom, and ranked in the top 100 universities in the world.[6][7][8][9] | |
| The university has seven campuses. The main campus is located in the Highfield area of Southampton and is supplemented by four other campuses within the city: Avenue Campus housing the School of Humanities, the National Oceanography Centre housing courses in Ocean and Earth Sciences, Southampton General Hospital offering courses in Medicine and Health Sciences, and Boldrewood Campus housing an engineering and maritime technology campus and Lloyd's Register. In addition, the university operates a School of Art based in nearby Winchester and an international branch in Malaysia offering courses in Engineering. Each campus is equipped with its own library facilities. The annual income of the institution for 2021–22 was £666.8 million of which £114 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £733.7 million.[2] | |
| The University of Southampton currently has 14,705 undergraduate and 7,960 postgraduate students, making it the largest university by higher education students in the South East region. The University of Southampton Students' Union, provides support, representation and social activities for the students ranging from involvement in the Union's four media outlets, to any of the 200 affiliated societies and 80 sports.[10] The university owns and operates a sports ground for use by students and also operates a sports centre on the main campus.[11] | |
| History[edit] | |
| Hartley Institution[edit] | |
| The University of Southampton has its origin as the Hartley Institution which was formed in 1862 from a benefaction by Henry Robinson Hartley (1777–1850). Hartley had inherited a fortune from two generations of successful wine merchants.[12] At his death in 1850, he left a bequest of £103,000 to the Southampton Corporation for the study and advancement of the sciences in his property on Southampton's High Street, in the city centre.[13]Hartley was an eccentric straggler, who had little liking of the new age docks and railways in Southampton.[14] He did not desire to create a college for many (as formed at similar time in other English industrial towns and commercial ports) but a cultural centre for Southampton's intellectual elite.[14] After lengthy legal challenges to the Bequest, and a public debate as to how best interpret the language of his Will, the Southampton Corporation choose to create the Institute (rather than a more widely accessible college, that some public figures had lobbied for).On 15 October 1862, the Hartley Institute was opened by the Prime Minister Lord Palmerston in a major civic occasion which exceeded in splendor anything that anyone in the town could remember.[15] After initial years of financial struggle, the Hartley Institute became the Hartley College in 1883. This move was followed by increasing numbers of students, teaching staff, an expansion of the facilities and registered lodgings for students. | |
| University College | |
| In 1902, the Hartley College became the Hartley University college, a degree awarding branch of the University of London.[16] This was after inspection of the teaching and finances by the University College Grants Committee,[17] and donations from Council members (including William Darwin the then Treasurer). An increase in student numbers in the following years motivated fund raising efforts to move the college to greenfield land around Back Lane (now University Road) in the Highfield area of Southampton. On 20 June 1914, Viscount Haldane opened the new site of the renamed Southampton University College. However, the outbreak of the First World War six weeks later meant no lectures could take place there, as the buildings were handed over by the college authorities for use as a military hospital. To cope with the volume of casualties, wooden huts were erected at the rear of the building. These were donated to university by the War Office after the end of fighting, in time for the transfer from the high street premises in 1920. At this time,overlooking Southampton Common,[18] for which a lease had earlier been secured, commenced use as a hall of residence for female students. South Hill, on what is now the Glen Eyre Halls Complex was also acquired, along with South Stoneham House to house male students. | |
| Further expansion through the 1920s and 1930s was made possible through private donors, such as Edward Turner Sims's two daughters Mary and Margaret for the construction of the university library, to fulfil a request in his will, and from the people of Southampton, enabling new buildings on both sides of University Road. During World War II the university suffered damage in the Southampton Blitz with bombs landing on the campus and its halls of residence.[19] The college decided against evacuation, instead expanding its Engineering Department, School of Navigation and developing a new School of Radio Telegraphy.[19] The university hosted the Supermarine plans and design team for a period but in December 1940 further bomb hits resulted in it being relocated to Hursley House.[20] | |
| Halls of residence were used to house Polish, French and American troops.[19] After the war, departments such as Electronics grew under the influence of Erich Zepler and the Institute of Sound and Vibration was established. | |
| University | |
| On 29 April 1952, Queen Elizabeth II granted the University of Southampton a Royal Charter, the first to be given to a university during her reign, which enabled it to award degrees.[21] Six faculties were created: Arts, Science, Engineering, Economics, Education and Law. The first University of Southampton degrees were awarded on 4 July 1953, following the appointment of the Duke of Wellington as Chancellor of the university. Student and staff numbers grew throughout the next couple of decades as a response to the Robbins Report. The campus also grew significantly, when in July 1961 the university was given the approval to acquire some 200 houses on or near the campus by the Borough Council.[22] In addition, more faculties and departments were founded, including Medicine and Oceanography (despite the discouragement of Sir John Wolfenden, the chairman of the University Grants Committee).[22] Student accommodation was expanded throughout the 1960s and 1970s with the acquisition of Chilworth manor and new buildings at the Glen Eyre and Montefiore complexes. | |
| In 1987, a crisis developed when the University Grants Committee announced, as part of nationwide cutbacks, a series of reductions in the funding of the university.[23] To eliminate the expected losses, the budgets and deficits subcommittee proposed reducing staff numbers. This proposal was met with demonstrations on campus and was later reworked (to reduce the redundancies and reallocate the reductions in faculties funding) after being rejected by the university Senate.[23] | |
| By the mid-1980s through to the 1990s, the university looked to expand with new buildings on the Highfield campus, developing the Chilworth Manor site into a science park and conference venue, opening the National Oceanography Centre at a dockside location and purchasing new land from the City Council for the Arts Faculty and sports fields (at Avenue Campus and Wide Lane, respectively). | |
| Research university | |
| Under the leadership of then Vice-Chancellor, Sir Howard Newby the university became more focused in encouraging and investment in more and better quality research.[25] In the mid-1990s, the university gained two new campuses, as the Winchester School of Art and La Sainte Union College became part of the university.[24] A new school for Nursing and Midwifery was also created and went on to provide training for NHS professionals in central-southern England. This involved a huge increase in student numbers and the establishment of sub-campuses in Basingstoke, Winchester, Portsmouth and Newport, Isle of Wight.[25] | |
| In the autumn of 1997, the university experienced Britain's worst outbreak of meningitis, with the death of three students.[26] The university responded to the crisis by organising a mass vaccination programme, and later took the ground-breaking decision to offer all new students vaccinations.[25] | |
| The university celebrated its Golden Jubilee on 22 January 2002. By this time, Southampton had research income that represented over half of the total income.[25] In recent years a number of new landmark buildings have been added as part of the estates development. New constructions on the main campus include the Jubilee Sports Complex in 2004,[27][28] the EEE (ECS, Education and Entrance) building in 2007,[29][30][31] the new Mountbatten building in 2008 housing the School of Electronics and Computer Science[32][33] following a fire[34][35] and the Life Sciences building in 2010.[36][37][38] In addition, the Hartley Library and Student Services Centre were both extended and redesigned in 2005[39][40][41] and the Students' Union was also extended in 2002.[42][43] Other constructions include the Archaeology building on Avenue Campus in 2006[44][45] and the Institute of Development Sciences building at Southampton General Hospital in 2007.[46] The university has also significantly redeveloped its Boldrewood Campus which is home to part of the engineering faculty and to Lloyd's Register's Global Technology Centre.[47] | |
| The university joined the Science and Engineering South Consortium (SES) on 9 May 2013. The SES was created to pool the collective insights and resources of the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Imperial College London and University College London to innovate and explore new ideas through collaboration whilst providing efficiencies of scale and shared utilisation of facilities. This is the most powerful cluster of research intensive universities in the UK and the new consortium is to become one of the world's leading hubs for science and engineering research.[48] | |
| In 2015, the university started a fundraising campaign to build the Centre for Cancer Immunology based at Southampton General Hospital. At the beginning of 2018, the target amount of £25 million was raised, allowing 150 scientists to move into the building in March 2018. The Centre for Cancer Immunology is the first of its kind in the UK and contains facilities that will hosts clinical trial units and laboratories that will explore the relationship between cancer and the immune system. | |
| Campuses | |
| The university has seven educational campuses – five in Southampton, one in Winchester, and one international branch in Malaysia.[51] The university operates a science park in Chilworth. The university also owns sports facilities and halls of residences on a variety of other nearby sites. | |
| Highfield Campus | |
| The university's main campus is located in the residential area of Highfield. Opened on 20 June 1914, the site was initially used as a military hospital during World War I. The campus grew gradually, mainly consisting of detailed red brick buildings (such as the Hartley library and West building of the Students' Union) designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.[52] In 1956, Sir Basil Spence was commissioned to prepare a masterplan of the campus for the foreseeable future.[53] This included incorporating the University Road, that split the 59-acre (24 ha) campus in two and the quarry of Sir Sidney Kimber's brickyard that itself was split by a stream. Unable to remove the road and the private houses along it, Spence designed many of the buildings facing away from it, using contemporary designs working in concrete, glass and mosaic.[53] During recent decades, new buildings were added that contravened the master plan of Spence, such as the Synthetic Chemistry Building and Mountbatten Building (the latter of which was destroyed by fire in 2005). | |
| In 1991, the Highfield Planning Group was formed within the university under the chairmanship of Tim Holt.[53] This led to the development of new buildings such as the Jubilee Sports Hall, Student Services Building and the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research. In addition, existing buildings, such as the Hartley Library, were extensively renovated and extended. A new masterplan for the Highfield campus was drawn up in 1998 by Rick Mather, who proposed that the University Road should become a tree-lined boulevard backed by white-rendered buildings.[54] He also contributed some of the newer buildings such as the Zepler and Gower Buildings.[53] | |
| Avenue Campus | |
| Avenue Campus is currently home to the Faculty of Humanities, with the exception of Music, and is located a short distance away from the main Highfield campus. The site previously housed the Southampton Tramsheds and Richard Taunton's College, of which the existing building still stands on the site. It was purchased by the university from Southampton City Council for £2 million in December 1993[25] so that the university could expand – planning regulations meant that excess land on the Highfield campus couldn't be built on and had to be reserved for future car parking spaces. The car parking spaces have now been built.[55] The departments moved onto the campus in 1996.[56] The campus consists of the original Tauntons building from the early 20th century but redeveloped with a glass-fronted courtyard and extension and a new Archaeology building built in 2006 costing £2.7 million.[57] | |
| Boldrewood Campus | |
| Boldrewood Campus, located a short distance from the Highfield campus, houses the university's new Maritime Centre of Excellence, the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute and Lloyd's Register's Group Technology Centre.[58][59][60] | |
| The campus was formerly the Biomedical Sciences campus of the university and acted, until 2010, as a non-hospital base for the School of Medicine and home to a research facility for the Biological Sciences. These departments were then relocated to either Southampton General Hospital, the new Life Sciences building at Highfield, or the University of Southampton science park.[61] | |
| National Oceanography Centre, Southampton | |
| The National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) is located in Southampton Docks three miles south of the main university campus. The campus is home of the university's Ocean and Earth Sciences department and is also a campus of the Natural Environment Research Council's research institute, the National Oceanography Centre.[62] Five of the National Oceanography Centre's research divisions are based on the campus.[62] | |
| Planning of the campus began in 1989 and was completed in 1994 due to cuts and uncertainties whether a national research centre could be successfully integrated with a university.[63] It was opened in 1996 by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The campus was also the base for the NERC purpose-built research vessels RRS James Cook and until recently the RRS Discovery and the RRS Charles Darwin.[64] | |
| University Hospital Southampton (UHS) | |
| The university maintains a presence at Southampton General in partnership with the NHS trust operating the hospital.[65] It is home to some operations of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Health Sciences, although these two faculties have bases on Highfield campus. As a teaching hospital, it is used by a range of undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, research academics and clinicians.[66] | |
| The university's involvement began in 1971, when it became the first to house a new school of medicine alongside the universities of Nottingham and Leicester, and currently extends to several operations and specific research centres.[25] | |
| Winchester School of Art | |
| The Winchester School of Art, located in central Winchester, houses the university's arts and textiles courses that are part of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. The school itself was established in the 1960s and was integrated into the University of Southampton in 1996.[67] The campus contains the original school buildings from the 1960s, in addition to structures built when the merger occurred and in 1998 when the Textile Conservation Centre moved to the site from Hampton Court Palace. The centre remained with the school until its closure in 2009.[68] | |
| Malaysia Campus (University of Southampton Malaysia - UoSM) | |
| The university opened its first international campus in Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia in October 2012.[69] Located in the state of Johor near the southwestern tip of Malaysia, the campus is located within EduCity in Iskandar Puteri - a new city comprising universities and institutes of higher education, academia-industry action and R&D centres, as well as student accommodation, shared sports and recreational facilities.[70] | |
| The campus operates courses in engineering, it offers an Engineering foundation year programme[71] and MEng programmes in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. All programmes have been approved by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) and the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM).[72] | |
| The split campus degree programmes take place in Malaysia for the first two years, with the final two years at Southampton.[73] In 2016, the Malaysia Campus' first group of students graduated, along with the first PhD graduate.[74] | |
| As part of its expansion plans, the University of Southampton Malaysia has moved into its new 150,000sq ft state-of-the-art estate in Eco Botanic City, Iskandar Puteri.[75] The new campus is equipped with a myriad of open learning spaces, lecture halls, an Aerospace Lab, a Design Studio, Business Experimental Labs, and a 12-terminal Bloomberg Suite to enhance the quality and learning experience throughout the students’ journey. From the initial offerings of four Engineering programmes, UoSM has now grown to offer 20 programmes in the fields of Engineering, Business and Computer Science fields. | |
| Currently, among all the British universities with a campus in Malaysia, UoSM is the only one that is ranked in the world’s top 100 universities and the Top UK University in Malaysia.[76] | |
| Science Park | |
| The University of Southampton Science Park contains approximately 50 businesses connected to the university.[77] Originally established in 1983 as Chilworth Science Park, named after the manor house that is now a luxury hotel and conference centre,[78] the park houses business incubator units to help these companies. The companies occupying the park range in expertise and fields including oil and gas exploration, pharmaceuticals, nanotechnology and optoelectronics,[79] with three of the twelve successful spin-out companies created since 2000 being floated on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) with a combined market capitalisation value of £160 million.[80] The park was renamed in 2006.[81] | |
| Transport links | |
| To connect the university's Southampton campuses, halls of residence, hospitals, and other important features of the city, the university operates the Unilink bus service for the benefit of the students, staff and the general public. The service is currently operated by local bus company Bluestar using the Unilink name. The service consists of four routes. The U1 runs between Southampton Airport and the National Oceanography Centre via Wessex Lane Halls, Highfield campus, Portswood, Southampton City Centre and Southampton Central railway station. The other regular routes, the U2 and the U6, run between the City Centre and Bassett Green and Southampton General Hospital respectively while the final route, the U9, runs an infrequent service between Southampton General hospital and Townhill Park. Students who live in halls of residence provided by the university receive an annual bus pass, allowing them to use all Unilink services for free.[82] | |
| Organisation | |
| Governance | |
| Responsibility for running the university is held formally by the Chancellor and led at the executive level by the Vice-Chancellor, currently Prof Mark E. Smith. The key bodies in the university governance structure are the Council and Senate. | |
| The Council is the governing body of the university.[83] It is ultimately responsible for the overall planning and management of the university.[83] The council is also responsible for ensuring that the funding made available to the university by the Higher Education Funding Council for England is used as prescribed.[83] The council is composed of members from 5 different classes, namely (1) officers; (2) eight lay members appointed by the council; (3) four members appointed by the Senate; (4) one member of the non-teaching staff; (5) the President of the Students' Union.[83] | |
| The Senate is the university's primary academic authority, with responsibilities which include the direction and regulation of education and examinations, the award of degrees, and the promotion of research.[84] The Senate has approximately 65 members, including the Vice-Presidents, the Deans and representatives from the academic staff in each faculty and those administrative groups most closely associated with educational activities, and representatives of the Students' Union. The Senate is chaired by the Vice-Chancellor.[84] | |
| Faculties[edit] | |
| The university comprises five faculties, each with a number of academic units.[85] This current faculty structure came into effect in 2018, taking over from a previous structure consisting of eight faculties. The current faculty structure is: | |
| Faculty of Arts and Humanities | |
| Humanities | |
| Winchester School of Art | |
| Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences | |
| Chemistry | |
| Electronics and Computer Science | |
| Engineering | |
| Physics and Astronomy | |
| Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences | |
| Biological Sciences | |
| Geography and Environmental Science | |
| Health Sciences (nursing, midwifery, allied health professionals) | |
| Ocean and Earth Sciences | |
| National Oceanography Centre | |
| Psychology | |
| Faculty of Medicine | |
| Southampton Medical School | |
| Faculty of Social Sciences | |
| Economic, Social and Political Sciences | |
| Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute | |
| Mathematical Sciences | |
| Southampton Business School | |
| Southampton Education School | |
| Southampton Law School | |
| Affiliations | |
| Southampton is a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities in Britain. | |
| Academic profile[edit] | |
| Courses and subjects[edit] | |
| Southampton awards a wide range of academic degrees spanning academic degrees for bachelor's in a variety of degrees and master's degrees as well as junior doctorates and higher doctorates. The postnominals awarded are the degree abbreviations used commonly among British universities. The university is part of the Engineering Doctorate scheme,[87] for the award of Eng. D. degrees. | |
| Short courses and professional development courses are run by many of the university's Academic Schools and Research Centres.[88] | |
| The university works closely with members of the Armed Forces.[88] It provides professional military educators in the British Army to study for a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). The university also works with the Royal Navy to provide training and qualifications towards Chartered Engineer status.[88] | |
| Admissions[edit] | |
| In terms of average UCAS points of entrants, Southampton ranked 25th in Britain in 2023.[96] The university gives offers of admission to 84.0% of its applicants, the 6th highest amongst the Russell Group.[97] | |
| According to the 2017 Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, approximately 15% of Southampton's undergraduates come from independent schools.[98] In the 2016–17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 72:7:21 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 53:47.[99] 60.5% of international students enrolled at the institution are from China, the highest proportion out of all mainstream universities in the UK.[100] | |
| Rankings and reputation[edit] | |
| In the 2023 international university rankings, Southampton ranked 78th (QS World University Rankings)[107] and 108th (Times Higher Education World University Rankings).[108] The 2022 Round University Ranking ranked Southampton 72nd globally,[8] and the 2022 CWTS Leiden Ranking placed Southampton 85th worldwide.[9] The 2021 U.S. News & World Report ranks Southampton 97th in the world and 11th in the UK.[109] | |
| Southampton was originally awarded Bronze ("provision is of satisfactory quality") in the 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework, a government assessment of the quality of undergraduate teaching in universities and other higher education providers in England.[110] The Bronze award was appealed by the university,[111] however it was rejected by the HEFCE in August 2017.[112] In response, the university's Vice Chancellor, Christopher Snowden, claimed the exercise was "devoid of any meaningful assessment of teaching" and that "there are serious lessons to be learned if the TEF is to gain public confidence."[113] Enrollment into the exercise was voluntary and institutions were made aware of the metrics used before agreeing to be assessed by the TEF.[114] In January 2018, the university confirmed that it would re-enter the TEF believing that it would benefit from changed evaluations that would benefit Russell Group universities.[115] In 2018, Southampton was awarded Silver by the Teaching Excellence Framework Panel.[116] | |
| The Guardian ranked the university at number 1 in the UK for Civil Engineering[117] and Electronic and Electrical Engineering in 2020.[118] | |
| In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF), which assesses the quality of research in UK higher education institutions, Southampton is ranked 17th by GPA and 16th for research power (the grade point average score of a university, multiplied by the full-time equivalent number of researchers submitted).[119] | |
| Research[edit] | |
| The university conducts research in most academic disciplines and is home to a number of notable research centres. Southampton has leading research centres in a number of disciplines, e.g. music, computer sciences, engineering or management sciences, and houses world-leading research institutions in fields as varied as oceanography and web science.[citation needed] | |
| Within the university there are a number of research institutes and groups that aim to pool resources on a specific research area. | |
| Institute of Sound and Vibration Research | |
| The Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR), is an acoustical research institute which is part of the University of Southampton. Founded in 1963, it has been awarded a 2006 Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education.[353] | |
| ISVR is divided into four distinct groups of research: | |
| The Dynamics Group, (specialised in the modelling, measurement and control of structural vibrations).[354] | |
| The Fluid Dynamics and Acoustics Group (including the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Gas Turbine Noise) specialised in three fields which are aero-acoustics of aircraft engines, ultrasonics and underwater acoustics, noise source imaging and virtual acoustics.[355] | |
| The Human Sciences Group (including the Hearing and Balance Centre and the Human Factors Research Unit) specialises in the human response to sound and vibration.[356] | |
| The Signal Processing and Control Group, which specialises in acoustics, dynamics, audiology and human sciences and as a basis for control of sound and vibration.[357] | |
| ISVR offers a number of Undergraduate and Postgraduate degree programmes in acoustical engineering, acoustics & music and audiology.[358] | |
| EPrints | |
| The School of Electronics and Computer Science created the first archiving software (EPrints) to publish its research freely available on the Web.[359] This software is used throughout the university and as an archiving system for many different institutions around the world.[360] | |
| Libraries | |
| The university has libraries located on each of the academic campuses and in total the collection holds over 1.5 million books and periodicals.[361][362] | |
| The university's primary library is the Hartley Library, located on Highfield campus and first built in 1935 and extended further in 1959 and 2005.[362] The majority of the books and periodicals are held there as well as specialist collections of works such as Ford collection of Parliamentary papers and the European Documentation Centre. In addition, the main library houses the Special Collections and Archives centre, housing more than 6 million manuscripts and a large archive of rare books.[363] Specific collections include the correspondence of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, acquired by the university in 1983, as well as the Broadlands Archive, including the Palmerston and Mountbatten papers. The library also contains 4,500 volumes of Claude Montefiore's library on Theology and Judaism, the Ford Parliamentary Papers, Frank Perkins' collection of books on agriculture, Sir Samuel Gurney-Dixon's Dante collection and the James Parkes Library of Jewish/non-Jewish relations.[363] The library also includes six rare editions of the Divina Commedia; the first of these, the Brescia edition of 1487, is the library's earliest book.[363] | |
| In addition to the main Hartley Library, there are other libraries based at the university's other campuses primarily focused on the subjects studied at that location. As one of the smaller libraries and given its proximity to the Highfield campus, the Avenue Library only houses a collection of key Humanities resources.[364] It does however also hold an extensive film library, many of an international nature.[365] On a larger scale, the libraries at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Winchester School of Art are more complete and house the majority of the resources and specialist collections on oceanography and earth sciences, healthcare and art and design respectively.[366][367][368] The Malaysia campus holds a small collection of reference books but the majority of the resources needed for courses at the campus are available online.[369] Separate from the Hartley Library is the E. J. Richards Engineering Library, which contains further materials for more in-depth study and is freely accessible to Engineering students and staff.[370] | |
| Arts[edit] | |
| The university's main Highfield campus is home to three main arts venues supported and funded by the university and Arts Council England.[371] The Nuffield Theatre opened in 1963 with construction funded by a grant from the Nuffield Foundation of £130,000 (£2,450,000 in 2013).[372] The building was designed by Sir Basil Spence as part of his campus masterplan with additional direction provided by Sir Richard Southern.[373] The theatre consists of a 480-seat auditorium, that also served as the principal lecture theatre at the time of construction, as well as additional lecture theatres and adjacent Kitchen bar.[374][375] The theatre went into administration in May 2020 and permanent closure was announced in July 2020.[376] | |
| The Turner Sims Concert Hall was added to the art provision in October 1974 following a £30,000 (£460,000 in 2012) donation from Margaret Grassam Sims in 1967.[377] It was made to provide a venue specifically for music following difficulties in gaining space in the Nuffield Theatre and due to acoustical differences with the spaces.[377] The new space has a single auditorium, designed by the university's Institute of Sound and Vibration Research with musical performances in mind, with a flat space at the bottom so it could be used for exams.[377] | |
| The final of the three Art Council supported venues on campus is the John Hansard Gallery. The gallery was opened on 22 September 1980 but is housed in a building that previously housed a tidal model of Southampton Water between 1957 and 1978.[378] It took over responsibility from a photographic gallery, a gallery in the Nuffield Theatre and one located on Boldrewood campus.[378] It houses various exhibitions in contemporary art and is due to move to new premises in Guildhall Square in c.2015.[379] | |
| In addition, the western half of Highfield campus contain several 20th-century sculptures by Barbara Hepworth,[380][381] Justin Knowles, Nick Pope and John Edwards. | |
| Student life[edit] | |
| Students' Union | |
| The University of Southampton Students' Union (SUSU) is the university students' union and has a range of facilities located on the Highfield campus and on the Winchester School of Art campus. At Highfield the union is sited in three buildings opposite the Hartley Library. The main building (Building 42) was built in the 1960s as part of the Basil Spence masterplan. The building was also extensively renovated in 2002 leading to the creation of two new Bars and 'The Cube' multi-functional space. The West Building dates back to the 1940s in a red brick style, complementing the Hartley Library opposite. This originally held all of the Union's activities until the construction of the current Union. At present the building hosts the pub 'The Stags Head'.[382] The newest building was built during the mid-1990s which includes the union shop and other retail stores. | |
| The union operates four media outlets. Surge Radio, broadcasts from new studios in the main union building over the internet.[383] Internet television station SUSUtv broadcasts a wide range of programmes live and on demand through their website. The student newspaper Wessex Scene is published once every three weeks.[384] The Edge entertainment magazine began life as an insert of the Wessex Scene in 1995 before growing to become a full publication and online presence in 2011. | |
| Halls of residence[edit] | |
| The university provides accommodation for all first year students who require it and places in residences are available for international and MSc students. Accommodation may be catered, self-catered, have en-suite facilities, a sink in the room, or access to communal bathroom facilities. Each hall has a Junior Common Room (JCR) committee that is responsible for the running of social events and representing the residents to the students union and the university via the Students union JCR officer. | |
| The university's accommodation exists around two large complexes of halls and some other small halls located around the city. These are: | |
| Glen Eyre Complex – The complex lies less than half a mile to the north of Highfield Campus and houses approximately 2000 students. The complex consists of several building sets, designed over the years and arranged either around the central landscaped garden – the oldest buildings, Richard Newitt Courts are separated into blocks A-G and are closest to the Glen Bar, students in these blocks have very small flats (between 4 and 6 to a kitchen with usually more than one bathroom). Old Terrace and New Terrace are close to the site's entrance, New Terrace has ensuite rooms. Chancellors' courts, consisting of Selbourne, Jellicoe and Roll courts are the most modern blocks in the accommodation with Brunei house, the most basic of accommodations, on the outskirts. Located on the south side of Glen Eyre Road on the periphery of the site are Chamberlain Halls, which share most things with the main Glen Eyre site. This site consists of Hartley Grove, South Hill, Beechmount House and the Chamberlain blocks. All Glen Eyre Halls are self-catered at present. | |
| Wessex Lane Halls – Located in Swaythling approximately one mile east of the Highfield Campus. The complex provides accommodation for over 1,800 students and currently comprises two halls of residence: Montefiore Hall, and Connaught. Connaught Halls are fully catered. The complex also features South Stoneham House, a period building constructed in 1708. | |
| City Gateway Hall – Located in Swaythling one mile north east of the Highfield Campus at the intersection of two major roads. Opened in September 2015, the landmark building was included in the runners-up list of the 2015 Carbuncle Cup. Featuring a 15-story elliptical tower and two adjoining six-story rectangular accommodation blocks the hall provides accommodation for up to 375 students.[385][386][387] | |
| Mayflower Halls – Located in the city centre within the city's 'Cultural Quarter', and two-minutes walk away from Southampton Central railway station. The hall opened at the start of the 2014/2015 academic year, and houses over 1100 students in a mix of rooms. It includes a gym which is available to both residents and the public. | |
| Archers Road – Lying two miles south of Highfield and housing 500 students, Archers Road compromises two halls on separate sites. The two halls, Gateley and Romero, are all self-contained and self catered but share a reception and other community facilities. | |
| Highfield Halls – Located adjacent to Avenue Campus and half a mile from Highfield campus. Highfield halls comprises Aubrey and Wolfe houses and both have on site catering. The site is also used as a University conference facility during the summer months when vacated. | |
| Gower Building – Gower is mainly used by mature and postgraduate students, located on Highfield campus. Gower contains a small number of self-contained apartments, located above other University amenities. | |
| Erasmus Park – Located in Winchester, this hall houses around 400 students studying at the Winchester School of Art. | |
| Riverside Way - Located in Winchester in close proximity to Erasmus Park. This is a private halls site but the university does have an agreement to allocate some students there. | |
| The university also has accommodation located in Balmoral House and Victoria Place, Portsmouth and in Basingstoke for the use of Nursing and Midwifery students studying on placement in these areas. | |
| Healthcare | |
| The University Health Service is an NHS GP practice located on the main Highfield campus, with over 20,000 patients as of December 2021[388] working from Building 48 between the Physics & Maths Buildings.[389][390] | |
| Sports | |
| The university's Sport and Wellbeing department runs the majority of the sports facilities on campus which are based predominately at two locations: the Jubilee Sports Centre and Wide Lane Sports Ground.[391] The Jubilee Sports Centre, opened in 2004 at a cost of £8.5 million, is located on the Highfield Campus and contains a six-lane 25-metre swimming pool, 160 workstation gym and an eight-court sports hall.[392] Wide Lane meanwhile is located nearby in Eastleigh and was refurbished at cost of £4.3 million in 2007. The 73-acre (30 ha) complex includes flood-lit synthetic turf and grass pitches, tennis courts, a pavilion and a 'Team Southampton' Gym.[393] The university also runs facilities at the Avenue Campus, National Oceanography Centre, the Watersports Centre on the River Itchen and at Glen Eyre and Wessex Lane halls while there is another sports hall, squash courts, martial arts studio and bouldering wall located within the Students' Union.[392][393] | |
| The university competes in numerous sports in the BUCS South East Conference (after switching from the Western Conference in 2009).[394] A number of elite athletes are supported by the SportsRec through sports bursaries and the UK Government's Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS). | |
| The University Athletic Union was formally established on 29 November 1929, by the University College council. Versions of the union had existed previously to which many clubs such as Cricket, Association Football, Rugby, Boxing, Gymnastics, Tennis and Boat clubs (all formed before the turn of the 20th century) were members.[395] | |
| Mustangs Baseball Club[edit] | |
| The Southampton Mustangs Baseball Club was founded in 1997. In the early years, the club participated in mainly friendly games against other British university baseball teams, as no formal university league was in existence. Starting in 1998, the Mustangs started to host a university baseball tournament – inviting other teams including Oxford, Cambridge, Portsmouth, Royal Holloway, and Norwich. In 2004 the Mustangs entered into the national adult baseball leagues run by the British Baseball Federation (BBF). The club entered in the lowest division, but after a few years of consolidation, the Mustangs have worked their way up from the lower leagues in the BBF to play in the top-tier league of the British baseball, the British National Baseball League (NBL), in the 2010 season.[396] | |
| National student championships[edit] | |
| Throughout its history the university has had a number of successful teams in National student championships. | |
| Notable people | |
| Alumni | |
| Justine Greening, MP | |
| Chris Packham, naturalist | |
| Academics | |
| Academics working at the university include: | |
| Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web[398] | |
| Wendy Hall, inventor of Microcosm, a predecessor of the World Wide Web, founding director of the Web Science Trust between the University of Southampton and MIT;[399] | |
| José Antonio Bowen, President of Goucher College and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts | |
| Erich Zepler, who made leading contributions to radio receiver development[400] | |
| David Payne, inventor of EDFA for use in fibre optics cables[401] | |
| Sir Barry Cunliffe, a pioneer of modern British archaeology[402] | |
| Ray Monk, the biographer of Ludwig Wittgenstein | |
| Albie Sachs, former Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa;[403] | |
| Tim Holt, former President of the Royal Statistical Society and Office for National Statistics. | |
| Find out how and when to apply for student accommodation at Southampton. We offer a wide choice of rooms in our halls of residence and also offer family accommodation for those with partners or children.You can apply for a part-year accommodation contract for 2023/24. We have some availability from October onwards across most of our room types, as well as good availability for Semester 2.Applications for single-occupancy rooms in our accommodation must be made through our online portal. To register, you’ll need your: Applications received after 1 July 2023 will not be covered by our and hall and room types you can apply for may be limited. We will make accommodation offers to applicants after 1 July 2023 dependent on availability however this cannot be guaranteed. You can check the progress of your application using the dashboard section of the accommodation portal.In meantime you may wish to consider alternative accommodation options in the .You do not need to make a payment when you apply. Find out more about . If you need any assistance applying, have a look at our . If you have any further questions, you can email us at . You will also be able to request things such as: You can at Open Days throughout the year to help you make your choices. You’ll get an email confirming your application once you’ve submitted it. Please check your junk or spam folder if you don’t receive it, and remember to make us a “trusted sender” in your email client. (conditional and unconditional offer holders) will receive an accommodation offer within of submitting an application. will receive an accommodation offer within of submitting an application. will receive an accommodation offer after the middle of May 2023. Any applications submitted after will be allocated and offered as space permits. This may take a few weeks. Applications submitted after are not guaranteed accommodation. We will send an email notifying you that you have an accommodation offer to accept. Please check the accommodation portal regularly as well, so you don’t miss the offer. You will have a short period of time to review the offer and accept it. If you subsequently do not come to study at the University of Southampton, your accommodation offer will be withdrawn and your application cancelled - you don't need to do anything and there will be no financial penalties or liabilities.Most applicants are offered one of their top three choices, and any offer made to you will be the best available on the day the allocation is made. We do not allocate on a first come, first served basis. | |
| After your offer is accepted, you will need to complete your online accommodation induction. September arrivals will receive an email once this is live (this is usually mid-August), and any arrivals during the academic year will be able to access the induction as soon as an offer has been accepted. Those arriving over the main September arrival weekend will need to book an arrival slot, which again can be done via the accommodation portal. Then all you need to do is pack and look forward to moving into your new home. If you want to stay in halls for another year, applications open for a short period each year for current students to apply. Returner applications will next open in February 2024 for 2024/25 applications.The application process is the same as for first-year students, with one important exception – you can apply with other students in a group. When applying, you can enter your "Group Reference" on the final page before submitting the application. This Group Reference must be agreed between your group, so try to make it unique so that there is no confusion with other groups. We must receive an application from everyone in the group individually and we encourage you to submit the same site/room type/catering/contract preferences. Accommodation offers are usually sent within 2 weeks of applications closing.The University has a limited quantity of family houses for students with children. If you're coming to Southampton with your partner and/or children, you must use our online form to request family accommodation.Any offer made will be subject to us having a property available that is suitable for your family size. | |
| Your physical and mental wellbeing are really important to us. That's why we offer lots of ways to get active during your studies. Here's some information about the university sports, clubs and gyms on offer at Southampton. | |
| University life is about more than studying; it's about people, new experiences and expanding your social life. Here are just a few of the ways you can make friends, follow your passions and make a difference during your time here.Our Students' Union (SUSU) sits at the heart of campus life. It's run by students, for students. The main SUSU building sits on , but the union has social spaces, services and events across our campuses. | |
| Starting university is a time of great change and might bring you challenges. Our student support and wellbeing services are there to help you, whatever your need.Explore the many types of advice and support that we offer. If you can’t find what you’re looking for contact the Student Hub team, Our Student Life teams are available day and night, every day, to support your wellbeing in our halls of residence.From mindfulness classes, to professional counselling and drop-in sessions we’ll help you manage your mental health to get the most from university life.When you join us you’ll be given a personal academic tutor. They will give you one-to-one support throughout your time at university, to help you achieve your academic goals. This resource hub and our dedicated subject librarians are there to help you improve your study and research skills. Our Doctoral College offers specialist support and development opportunities to all our PhD researchers. Through the college you’ll be able to connect with a wide range of fellow researchers across the University.We offer free classes in English for academic purposes to all international students. These include academic writing, critical thinking, presentation and seminar skills.Whether you’re a parent, a carer, a mature student, a student without any family support, or a care leaver we offer specialist support, advice and networking opportunities.We’ll meet you at the airport and help you settle into halls. Our Welcome Week will let you meet other students and we’ll help you with the practicalities like finding health services.If you're a student with a disability and you need extra support our team can help you.Our student financial support team can help you with money issues throughout your time at university. The team can give you advice on getting funding, on budgeting and can help you sort out money worries. | |
| You’ll find lots of part-time jobs for students in and around Southampton, including many on our campuses. Taking on part-time work can give you experience that will help when it’s time to apply for graduate jobs.As a University of Southampton student, we can help you find work locally, including:We offer workshops and drop-in advice sessions to develop your employability skills, both for now and when you graduate.All our campuses are within 30 minutes of the city centre by public transport, but there are also job opportunities right on campus.You could become a , leading activities and being a role model to young people. Alternatively, you could work with the or take on , doing anything from catering to being a guest lecturer.If you are coming to the UK on a Student visa (Previously Tier 4) you can work up to 20 hours a week during term time. This doesn’t include work placements that are part of your course.We’ll help you understand .As a UK undergraduate student living at home, before your course starts the money that you earn from a part-time job should not affect your student loans. This is because the money that you are entitled to depends on your family's household income.If you are in other circumstances, such as living with a partner or supporting yourself as an independent student, then you will still be assessed on your household income and this may include your part-time earnings.. | |
| We encourage all our students, UK and international, to register with a local doctor. Health services are mostly free at the point of need in the UK. UK residents pay taxes that fund the National Health Service (NHS).You might need to pay a healthcare surcharge (called the 'immigration health surcharge' or IHS) as part of your immigration application. Whether you need to pay depends on the immigration status you're applying for. Visit GOV.UK for .If your course of study in the UK is less than 6 months then you'll need to consider private health insurance. As a UK resident you can access all NHS services as you always have. You should think about where you spend most of your time. If most of your time is spent at the University and you're not working remotely from home you should register with a GP who's local to the campus. There are doctors and dentists either on or near both Highfield and Winchester campuses. The University Health Service is based at Highfield Campus. | |
| There are lots of practical things to consider when you start university. Find out how our student support services can help you with issues like mental health, disability needs, living costs and safety. | |
| Working out your finances is a big part of preparing for university. You can use this page to get an idea of approximate living costs and what you may need to budget for.*these costs are included in your rent if you live in University of Southampton-managed Halls of Residence in Southampton.We're here if you need while studying at Southampton. We can give you advice on student loans and other funding sources, and support if you’re having problems.You can also email us at You'll need to show you can afford to live and study in the UK when you apply for your visa.We can help you with .As a university student, you can get discounts on purchases from to pizza across the UK.If you live in University of Southampton-owned halls of residence you can also travel around Southampton for free with a bus pass. | |
| Depending on your course, you could study in either Southampton or Winchester. Both are student-friendly cities with plenty of green spaces, history and culture. Our cities are some of the safest in the UK and are well-connected to the rest of Europe. | |
| Explore on-campus and online optionsThis is the place to explore your student life beyond study. Discover more about where you'll live, our beautiful campuses, our social life, and all the things you can do when you join our friendly, international community.Cycle routes and Unilink buses make it easy to get around town. You'll get a free bus pass if you live in University-owned halls of residence in Southampton.Our city is filled with parks and waterside walks. You’ll study and relax among the trees and gardens on our campuses.Our south coast location makes us one of the warmest and sunniest places to study in the UK.Our international city never stops. Come and experience our football, live music, theatre, great food, shopping and more. | |
| You can only achieve your best at university if you feel safe and secure. We take student health and safety very seriously. Both Southampton and Winchester are safe cities; Southampton is ranked as the in the UK. Our campuses are in prosperous and green areas with low crime rates and we have teams of people dedicated to making sure our campuses and accommodation are safe. Learn more about our .Our security teams patrol each of our campuses. These friendly teams, employed by the University, ensure the safety of our campuses 24 hours a day, every day.These security teams:Find out more about our . | |
| Southampton is a safe and very walkable city, with good transport links. But if you don’t want to walk or get the Unilink bus home late at night the Students’ Union runs a free Safety Bus to get you home at the weekend.On Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights the bus runs regularly from Highfield Campus and will drop you straight to your door – even if you live in Winchester. . | |
| Explore on-campus and online optionsTremona Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO16 6YDAs a medical student the majority of your learning will take place at our University Hospital Southampton Campus.Our lecture theatres, research labs and practice rooms are located in the South Academic Block of this large teaching hospital. The hospital is to the north of the city centre, with great transport links to all parts of the city.There are no sports facilities on the Hospital Campus site. As a University of Southampton student you can use all the on our other campuses and in our halls of residence. There are no entertainment facilities on the Hospital Campus site. has a cinema and concert hall and is only a 20-minute bus ride away.Southampton General Hospital is located in the west of the city, close to Shirley and Lordshill.Address: stop directly outside the hospital.Our main campus at Highfield is 2 miles away. It will take most people about 45 minutes to walk this distance.Parking is available for blue badge holders on all our campuses. Other visitor parking is limited and you must arrange this in advance with your host. We offer more information about .Our ambition is to make our campuses and buildings easily accessible to everyone. The AccessAble website provides more details on the . | |
| Our ancient city offers a thriving arts and culture scene that rivals much bigger university towns. With beautiful architecture, riverside walks, and lots of pubs, cafés and restaurants, you'll enjoy a great social life while living in Winchester.The ancient capital city of England is full of history to explore and green spaces to enjoy. Find out more about where to eat, what to see and what to do in Winchester.You’ll find a mixture of chain and independent cafes and restaurants serving food from around the world. There’s a lively pub culture, and some Asian food markets too.The streets are filled with performances and events all year around. In summer, The Winchester Hat Fair celebrates street theatre, dance and circus.Winchester has long been the cultural heart of southern England. If music, art, poetry and literature are your thing, you’ll be spoilt for choice with a variety of galleries, exhibitions, gatherings and events held throughout the year.Winchester was once the ancient capital city of England, and is filled with architecture from across the centuries. Our Cathedral and Great Hall are popular highlights.Head to St Giles Hill for the best view of our beautiful city. Winnall Moors Nature Reserve is close to our campus, and offers relaxing walks.You'll find a swimming pool and gyms in Winchester and there are plenty of lovely outdoor spaces for running. The city is about to get a brand new sports complex. You’ll find big-name brands as well as smaller independent stores, including art shops. Our Christmas Market attracts tourists from all over the world in December. | |
| We have 5 closely-connected campuses in the city of Southampton, 1 in the nearby city of Winchester, and 1 in the Malaysian city of Iskandar Puteri.Our campuses are where you'll have your lectures and classes. Each campus is a community of related subject areas, with study spaces, libraries, cafes and restaurants. Some also have gym and sports facilities. No matter which campus your studies are based at, you can use the facilities at any campus. | |
| Famous as a maritime city, Southampton sits right on the south coast and has some of the best weather in the UK. Rich in history, but full of lively and modern art, culture, restaurants and nightlife, it’s a safe, friendly and walkable place.Residents from over 55 countriessource: 4th best UK city to live and work insource: Southampton is home to more than 43,000 studentssource: Southampton has 20 parksSouthampton City Airport is a 12 minute bus ride from campusArrive in London 1 hour and 20 minutes on the fast, direct trainsVideo of students sharing their favourite places.Whether your first love is Premier League football, sailing, eating out or the arts you'll find a lot to keep you busy here. Find out more about what you can do and what's on in Southampton.There's a really good live music scene in Southampton and a host of nightclubs and cinemas. Southampton celebrates its diversity and culture with festivals throughout the year. You can party for Pride, Mela and Chinese New Year and spend your summer on the beach without leaving the city. Southampton is culturally rich, with a large theatre, several art galleries and a world-class concert hall.Did you know the Titanic sailed from Southampton? Or that the Spitfire was made here? There’s lots of history to uncover in our city.Southampton is truly blessed with its outdoor spaces. The city has over 20 parks and a huge common at its centre. We are only a short journey from the New Forest National Park and the Isle of Wight. With Premier League football, world-class cricket, incredible sailing and watersports and one of the UK's biggest activity centres you'll be able to follow your sporting passion in Southampton. Southampton is a regional centre for shopping. It has a great mix of large, well-known brands and lots of smaller, independent stores. | |
| Explore on-campus and online optionsPark Avenue, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8DLSet next to the River Itchen, Winchester Campus is home to our Winchester School of Art (WSA), where students study art, games design, fashion design and other creative courses. Right in the centre of the historic city of Winchester, but nestled in green parkland, the campus is a vibrant hub for over 1,500 students.The University doesn't have any of its own sports facilities on the Winchester Campus. There are plenty of sports facilities in the city itself and, as a Southampton student, you can use all our other . Winchester Campus is located in the centre of Winchester, beside the River Itchen and Winnall Moors Nature Reserve.Address: Local buses stop on North Walls (B3330), close to the front of campus.Parking is available for blue badge holders on all our campuses. Other visitor parking is limited and you must arrange this in advance with your host. We offer more information about .Our ambition is to make our campuses and buildings easily accessible to everyone. The AccessAble website provides more details on the . | |
| Explore on-campus and online optionsEuropean Way, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 3ZHLocated on the dockside in the south of the city, Waterfront Campus is based at The National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOCS). Our ocean and earth sciences courses are all based here.Waterfront Campus is located on the dockside in the south of the city, close to Ocean Village.Address: stop directly outside the campus.Our main campus at Highfield is 3.5 miles away. It will take most people about 75 minutes to walk this distance.Parking is available for blue badge holders on all our campuses. Other visitor parking is limited and you must arrange this in advance with your host. We offer more information about .Our ambition is to make our campuses and buildings easily accessible to everyone. The AccessAble website provides more details on the . | |
| Explore on-campus and online optionsBurgess Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO16 7QFLocated near the green spaces of Southampton Common, Boldrewood Campus is our newest campus. It’s home to our engineering and maritime engineering courses and has a number of world-class testing and research laboratories.Boldrewood is our newest campus and contains many exciting study and research spaces. Here you can see some highlights, but you can also . There are no arts and entertainment facilities on the Boldrewood Campus site. Our main , with its cinema and concert hall, is just a 5 minute walk away.There are no sport and leisure facilities on the Boldrewood Campus site. Our main , with its sports centre, swimming pool, gym and bouldering wall is just a 5 minute walk away.Boldrewood Innovation Campus is located in the north-east of the city, close to Portswood, Bassett and Southampton Common.Address: For satnav: look for the campus entrance opposite house number 70, Burgess Road, Southampton SO16 7PP. stop directly outside the campus.Our main campus at Highfield is 0.5 miles away. It will take most people about 10 minutes to walk this distance, and the route is accessible to wheelchair users.Parking is available for blue badge holders on all our campuses. Other visitor parking is limited and you must arrange this in advance with your host. We offer more information about .Our ambition is to make our campuses and buildings easily accessible to everyone. The AccessAble website provides more details on the . | |
| Explore on-campus and online optionsHighfield Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1BFJust minutes from the green spaces of Southampton Common, Avenue Campus is where our humanities courses are taught.There are no arts and entertainment facilities on the Avenue Campus site. Our main , with its cinema and concert hall, is just a 5-minute walk away.Avenue Campus is located in the north-east of the city, close to Southampton Common and The Avenue (A33).Address: stop directly outside the campus.Our main campus at Highfield is 0.5 miles away. It will take most people about 10 minutes to walk this distance, and the route is accessible to wheelchair users.Parking is available for blue badge holders on all our campuses. Other visitor parking is limited and you must arrange this in advance with your host. We offer more information about .Our ambition is to make our campuses and buildings easily accessible to everyone. The AccessAble website provides more details on the . | |
| Find your new home in our university student accommodation. We have options to live close to campuses or in the city centre, and affordable rooms to suit your budget and lifestyle. We also offer some postgraduate options.Every University of Southampton-owned hall of residence has 24/7 reception and securityFree access to the Southampton Unilink bus network (University of Southampton-owned halls of residence in Southampton only)Halls located close to campuses and the city centre.Guaranteed accommodation for first-year and international students (terms and conditions apply). | |
| In addition to choosing what room type and hall you would like, you can tell us about additional needs or preferences on your accommodation application. These options may not be available at all halls, so if you would like more information, please contact us.We want you to feel at home in our accommodation. If you will need any considerations or adaptations to be made to your accommodation due to a disability or long-term health condition, please apply as soon as you can and give as much detail on your application as possible.You can contact us or the if you’d like to discuss your options before applying. Considerations might include (but are not limited to) wheelchair access, hoists, grab rails and vibrating fire alarms. If you need an additional room for a carer or personal assistant, we can allocate one close to your own room. Please confirm how it will be funded with your local authority or care team as soon as you can, as the University does not cover the cost of additional rooms. Alcohol Free flats are for students who agree not to store or drink alcohol within their rooms or shared areas. You’ll also agree that anyone who visits you will stick to the same rules. You will not be placed in an Alcohol Free flat if you have not asked for it. LGBTQ+ flats are for people who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community, who want to live with others from that community. The University of Southampton is a diverse organisation and expects all students and staff to be tolerant and respectful of each other.However, we recognise that some LGBTQ+ students may feel more comfortable living with other LGBTQ+ students, and so you can request this on your application. We will prioritise your preference for LGBTQ+ accommodation above your selected hall and room type preferences, if required.Please note that we cannot offer LGBTQ+ accommodation in addition to Quieter Lifestyle or Alcohol Free, and we cannot offer single gender LGBTQ+ accommodation. We offer Quieter Lifestyle rooms in most of our halls, where students who want a quieter living arrangement can live with others who also want this. Most of our postgraduate rooms are Quieter Lifestyle by default, but a lot of undergraduates choose this option too.Student accommodation is often lively and we are proud of our vibrant student communities across the city, but this option means those who value peace and quiet in their home environment can choose to partake in the social scene as much or as little as they like. We also offer a Quieter Lifestyle and Alcohol-Free combined option in some of our halls. All our rooms are single occupancy, except for our one and two bed flats, which are for couples. Most of our accommodation is mixed gender, but if you would prefer a single gender living arrangement, you can request this. No overnight guests of a different gender to the flat residents are permitted. Please note that members of staff attending flats for cleaning, maintenance or other purposes may be a different gender to the flat residents. Now that you know what to think about when you're choosing student accommodation compare our halls of residence to see which one suits you best. | |
| Explore on-campus and online optionsUniversity Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1BJHighfield is our oldest and largest campus, located close to Southampton Common. It's the academic heart of our University and home to social events, sports facilities and our Students' Union.Highfield Campus is home to a broad and exciting range of study and research facilities for many different subject areas. These are some of the highlights. Highfield Campus is located in the north-east of the city, close to Portswood, Bassett and Southampton Common.Address: depart regularly from Highfield Interchange, in the centre of campus. They travel to many locations across the city including halls of residence, train stations and the airport.Parking is available for blue badge holders on all our campuses. Other visitor parking is limited and you must arrange this in advance with your host. We offer more information about .Our ambition is to make our campuses and buildings easily accessible to everyone. The AccessAble website provides more details on the . | |
| Renting private student accommodation is popular at Southampton. After living in halls for your first year, you might choose to rent a house with a group of friends. This usually means that you’ll have your own bedroom and share the lounge, kitchen and bathroom with others in the house.You can also choose to live in private accommodation rather than halls in your first year of study. The cost of renting will depend on the size, location and condition of a house. A room in a student house will cost about:As well as your rent, you'll usually have to pay for:You'll normally split these costs between everyone living in the house. Some landlords or letting agents might include some of these services in the cost of your rent. It's a good idea to ask about this when viewing a house and make sure you understand what you need to pay before you sign a contract. Some of these costs are included if you choose to live in .Learn more about the .We recommend students . This is the best way to find good quality private accommodation in Southampton. Landlords who list properties on SASSH agree to: This scheme is run in partnership by the University of Southampton, Southampton Solent University and Southampton City Council.Letting agents advertise properties on behalf of landlords. There are many letting agents in and around Southampton that provide accommodation to students.You can use to find private rental listings. Renting private accommodation gives you more freedom and independence, but it can also be a big commitment.Before you sign a contract, it's a good idea to make sure that you .The Students’ Union Advice Centre provides free, independent and confidential . | |
| Learn more about the terms and conditions that apply when you sign a contract for student accommodation at the University of Southampton.You may not be guaranteed accommodation when you apply for a place in our halls of residence. We offer guaranteed accommodation based on a number of factors, including your level of study and when you apply.You can by reading our guarantee page.We’ll use the information you give in your application to help us allocate your accommodation. It is not always possible to give you the type of accommodation you have chosen.Here's what will happen next:Our privacy notice explains included in your application or gathered during our communication with you. Once you accept your accommodation offer we may use your email address to contact you about events and opportunities in halls across the year.We may withdraw the offer of accommodation before your contract begins if: If you have any questions about these terms and conditions please email . You may also find the following information useful: The University of Southampton is signed up to and fully supports the . This means we commit to providing you with a safe and comfortable living environment, so that you can experience an enjoyable and successful student life. We recommend that you read the code before joining us in our halls of residence. The code covers the points described below.We hold welcome talks and health and safety meetings throughout the year.Halls are maintained throughout the year to make sure they meet health and safety requirements. We aim to give you 7 days notice if we need access to your room.Urgent repair requests can be reported 24 hours a day by calling our helpline or visiting our reception teams.You can using our online maintenance system.We regularly clean our communal areas.We try to create a sense of community in our halls. We have student committees in each hall that help us run social and support activities.Your contract (stored in your ) and Halls Regulations explain what we’ll provide as your landlord. They also explain what’s expected from you as a resident.We advise you to read your contract before accepting your accommodation offer. Your contract is a legally binding document.You can contact the Residences Team for help 24 hours a day by calling 023 8059 5777. If we cannot help you, we’ll try and connect you with someone who can.We’ll give you information about how to register with a doctor when you arrive at University.We collaborate with the to encourage a sense of community for you and your neighbours. | |
| We offer a range of secure, well-situated accommodation options for postgraduate students.We know that postgraduate and PhD students have different needs to undergraduates. Whether it's longer contract lengths, or quieter living spaces, we'll do our best to accommodate you.Rent in University of Southampton owned accommodation includes: *University of Southampton-owned Halls in Southampton onlyYou'll be living with other postgraduates, nearly all of whom will be international students. Within the flats in each residence, we aim to create a mix of students in terms of nationality, whilst trying to ensure that no one feels isolated. Our postgraduate accommodation houses students from a mixture of disciplines and in different stages of postgraduate study, but you will be surrounded by fellow ‘more mature’ students in the same position as you. A range of different room types are available across all of our sites – deciding which is right for you depends on your lifestyle and budget. Our single, en-suite rooms (private bathroom facilities) mean you will share a flat – kitchen and social area – with 6-8 other people. Our studio apartments (single large room with kitchenette and private bathroom facilities) offer a more private living option, while still offering opportunities to meet with like-minded people in communal areas of halls. The Student Union’s Postgraduate Research Reps represent the interests of the postgraduate community and run an extensive series of postgraduate activities and events throughout the year. These include – but are not limited to – a Postgraduate Christmas Event, Postgraduate Coffee & Cake, Postgraduate Quiz Night, Postgraduate Summer BBQ’s. All residents are given a Unilink bus pass which connects Southampton halls with the city and our main Southampton teaching campuses with direct links to railway stations, main Southampton hospital, ferry travel and Southampton airport.Now that you know what to think about when you're choosing student accommodation compare our halls of residence to see which one suits you best. | |
| Applications for part-year accommodation for 2023/24 are open. New students can apply for 2024/25 accommodation from 19 March 2024. Everything you need to know about finding private rented accommodation is on .Each hall is divided into flats, with single-occupancy bedrooms sharing a communal kitchen area. Our halls also have areas for socialising and laundry, and some have gyms and leisure facilities too.We offer lots of different types of room in our 7 halls of residence. You can apply for 3 to 5 room choices.Spread across Romero and Gateley halls, Archers Road offers friendly city centre student living close to the bars and restaurants in Bedford Place.Modern accommodation for postgraduate and mature students near to Highfield Campus. There's a gym, convenience store and doctor's surgery on site.Good value en-suite rooms close to Winchester School of Art and the historic city centre.Close to Highfield and Boldrewood Campuses, Glen Eyre is our biggest student community with lots of green space and great facilities.Traditional accommodation close to Highfield and Avenue campuses and right next to the peaceful green space of Southampton Common.Stylish modern accommodation in Southampton city centre. It’s easy to access campuses using your free Unilink bus pass.A social student village close to the shops, cafes, bars and restaurants of Portswood and near to Highfield Campus. Features recently refurbished Enhanced plus rooms, with a clean, eco-friendly design and large, modern kitchens. | |
| .Choosing to stay in has lots of benefits, including:We provide a convenient, safe environment in which to settle into life in the UK, meet classmates and become part of our residential community.Pre-sessional accommodation fees include:Contract lengths are designed to meet the dates of the 6- and 11-week pre-sessional English courses, and join up with the start dates of accommodation contracts for the next academic year.Many students apply for accommodation for their degree at the same time as applying for pre-sessional accommodation.If you do not meet the conditions for your degree course, your accommodation booking is cancelled and any pre-payment refunded.Find out more about You may prefer to rent accommodation that is not managed by the University.This may be in a shared house or in privately managed hall of residence. Find out more about . | |
| The Residential Services team manages accommodation for students and staff at the University of Southampton. We take your privacy seriously.We comply with data protection laws and principles. This means that when we collect your information, we’ll:This privacy notice tells you what information we collect, how we process it and what your rights are. The General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (GDPR) states that we must give you this information.‘Data’ means any information that we hold about you. The data we may collect about you is listed below. ‘Processing’ means doing something with your data. This may include collecting, recording, sharing or destroying your data.When you apply for accommodation, we’ll collect: Any data we collect about your criminal convictions will only be used to: We may also collect more sensitive personal data, known as ‘Special Category Data’. We'll only collect this if it's absolutely necessary and if you give us permission. If you agree, we may collect information about: You may also be asked for this when you enrol at the University. Any sensitive personal data you give us will only be used to: We can collect your data from: We’ll look to check that the third-party is legally allowed to share this data with us. We’ll also look to check that they have collected it from you fairly.We collect your data so that we can process your accommodation application. Other University departments may use it for the purposes described in your .We need data about you to meet our legal requirements. We’ll always tell you why we’re collecting your data, and will only process it for those specific purposes. The data we collect will let you: It will let us: We’ll use some of your data to build a profile of you. This helps us offer you suitable accommodation and support. We will not use this to make automated decisions that will have a significant impact on you.We’ll share your data within the University where needed, so that we can process your accommodation application. Your data can only be accessed by University staff who strictly need it. They’ll only process it when we tell them to. They must always work within strict confidentiality agreements.If it’s appropriate, with: These third parties must protect your data in the same way that we do. We do not allow them to use your data for their own purposes. Sometimes we may need to share your data with third parties so we can meet the University’s legal obligations. On very rare occasions we may share your data with a third party if we need to: After you’ve applied for accommodation we’ll store your personal data for a period of time.If you enrol at the University, we’ll store your data while you’re at the University, and for 15 months after you graduate.If you do not enrol at the University we’ll store your data for 15 months after you apply.If you enter into a contract for accommodation we’ll store your data for 7 years after that contract ends.After this period, we’ll destroy or anonymize your data. Our Data Retention Schedule gives more information about how long we store data for.We store your personal data for these periods so that we can: The University has procedures to deal with any suspected data breach. If we suspect a data breach, we’ll notify you and any relevant regulators.We’ll aim to keep your data accurate and up to date. You can let us know if the data we hold about you is wrong.You have a right to: These are known as Subject Access Requests. You can or write to: The Data Protection Officer | |
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| Southampton SO17 1BJ You can also contact us by email: You have a right to refuse to provide your data. If you do not provide your data, we will not be able to process your application for accommodation.If you want to change how we communicate with you please email us at: . As part of your contract we’ll need to contact you about your accommodation and we'll usually do this by email.If your personal details change, or if the data we hold about you is wrong, please let us know.Some of the data we hold comes from elsewhere in the University. If the data is not held by us, we’ll tell you how to get it corrected.If you’re not happy with how we’ve handled your data you can email us at: .You can also . | |
| Room furniture usually includes:When you apply for this hall you can request:We’ll do our best to give you what you ask for.Learn more about the rooms available in this hall. If there's a room you're interested in, you can choose to compare it with up to 5 others from this hall or another. You can access your comparisons from the bottom of this room list. | |
| Room furniture usually includes: When you apply for this hall you can request: We’ll do our best to give you what you ask for.Learn more about the rooms available in this hall. If there's a room you're interested in, you can choose to compare it with up to 5 others from this hall or another. You can access your comparisons from the bottom of this room list. | |
| Here you can find our student accommodation fees for the 2023/24 academic year. For previous year's fees, visit the .You’ll sign a contract with us when you accept a room in our halls of residence.If you live in a self-catered room, you'll be responsible for preparing all your own meals.If you live in a part-catered room, breakfast and a main meal will be provided on weekdays during term time. Brunch is also provided on Saturdays, and lunch is provided on Sundays.You’ll pay for your accommodation in instalments. These are charged at the start of each term.The 2023/24 payment dates will be;*51 week contracts onlyYour accommodation fees include:Your accommodation fees include contents insurance. You can on our insurance provider’s website.You’ll need to arrange your own insurance for any items not covered by this comprehensive policy.You can find out what furniture your room will have, and what kitchen or kitchenette facilities you’ll share on your . We also have an information page about .Student loans can include a tuition fee loan and maintenance loan to help you pay for university accommodation and your living costs. You can find out more about eligibility and on our student loans page.You can read our: | |
| We guarantee an offer of accommodation in a single-occupancy room to all students who fulfil all of the following criteria:Our guarantee is extended to the following groups: The Guarantee extends only to an offer of a room in halls. There is no guarantee that a particular type or price of room will be available.We reserve the right to extend the Guarantee to other cohorts of students as deemed appropriate, and the terms of this Guarantee may change from year to year.The accommodation offer must be accepted by the deadline stated on the accommodation portal. The Guarantee does not extend to any further offer that may be made at our discretion.A limited number of rooms are made available for Returning students each year. No Returning student is guaranteed accommodation.Students with medical conditions or disabilities which present difficulties in finding suitable alternative accommodation will be prioritised, as will students requiring accommodation for part of the year due to placements or Study Abroad.Returning students with outstanding accommodation debt or unsatisfactory misconduct record (including certain criminal convictions) may not be offered a place in halls. We reserve the right to withdraw an offer of a place in halls at any time.Applications are welcomed from students applying after but they are encouraged to consider other options in the event that we are unable to make an offer. Please check your Clearing/Adjustment offer to see whether it includes a guaranteed place in halls. Where possible, an accommodation offer shall be made when the student turns 16 years old. There is no guarantee of a specific room type or hall being available on that date. Such students may find alternative accommodation such as Homestay more suitable due to the adult nature of halls accommodation. We have a limited amount of accommodation suitable for couples and families. Though we do not guarantee to accommodate a student’s family, we welcome applications for these accommodation options. We welcome applications from UK postgraduate students but cannot guarantee them a place in halls. Any offer made will be subject to availability. Students will be offered one of their preferences of accommodation (combination of hall/room type/contract length) wherever possible, however we do not guarantee that any preference will be available at the time of the offer.Any offer made will be the closest match to the application preferences that can be made on that date. In addition to hall/room type/contract length options, students may select Quieter Lifestyle, Alcohol Free, Single Gender or LGBTQ+ accommodation.Students selecting one of these options will be placed in a flat with others who have chosen that option. These additional options are not available at every hall, due to constraints around the configuration of buildings and for reasons of demand. Contract lengths available include For undergraduates: For postgraduates: Limited Semester 1 and Semester 2 contracts are available for students on recognised courses of study requiring them to be in Southampton for a single semester only. We aim to create flats where the residents are at similar levels of study and of similar ages, but diverse in course of study, nationality, and gender. As far as possible, undergraduates will be allocated in different flats to postgraduates, and new students in different flats to returning students. Flatmates will be of similar ages. Unless the flat is Single Gender, the balance of male/female students within a flat is aimed to be no more than 60% one way or the other.Students will live with people on different courses to their own as far as possible, and with a diverse range of nationalities where this can be achieved.Students with medical needs or disabilities who are supported by our Student Disability and Inclusion team may be prioritised for specific rooms with required adaptations. Rooms are not offered on a first come, first served basis due to the complexities of the allocation process as outlined above.We will prioritise allocating a student into a flat with residents they are likely to enjoy living with above ensuring a student’s first preference is met. | |
| If you're an undergraduate or postgraduate student and you're bringing your partner or children to Southampton with you, we might be able to offer you family accommodation in one of our flats or houses.We have accommodation in halls for couples If you have a partner we might be able to offer you a 1-bedroom flat in:Our flats usually contain:Our page gives details on the current costs for our flats.When you apply for accommodation you’ll need to tell us that you’re part of a couple. You’ll then be able to The University owns around 30 houses available to let near .You can apply for accommodation in one of our houses if you are coming to Southampton with your children. We prioritise applications from international students from outside the EU.Most of our houses are suitable for families with up to 3 children, aged up to 16 years. If you have more than 3 children you are welcome to apply, but we have limited properties suitable for larger families.Our houses are mostly 3-bedroom properties near Hartley Avenue and Chamberlain Road. They include beds, furniture and white goods. They also include either on or off-road parking.We offer these houses on an assured shorthold tenancy, usually starting in September and running for 12 months. Housing charity Shelter offers more .Rent is typically around £1100 per month, but the exact figure will depend on which property you live in. We’ll tell you the cost of your rent when we offer you a house.You'll monthly by setting up a recurring card payment through our online system.You will have to pay a deposit of 1 month's rent when you sign the tenancy agreement. This will be held in a deposit protection scheme.Current availability is limited and securing a flat is not guaranteed. Offers are made on a first-come, first-served basis; and only once you have an Unconditional Firm offer to study at the University of Southampton.You must use our online form to request family accommodation in one of our houses. We will assess suitability of our properties and let you know if we have anything available within 14 days of your form being submitted. | |
| The University of Southampton has seven campuses across three cities: Southampton, Winchester, and Iskandar Puteri in Malaysia. In each of these cities, there are several areas where most students live while studying.In Southampton, most of our students tend to live either close to Highfield Campus or in the city centre. There is convenient transport between these areas.Shirley is a suburb on the edge of the , so it’s a good choice for shopping, socialising and nightlife. You can find mountain bike and BMX tracks close by in Lordswood. Shirley has its own high street with pubs, bars, cafes and small shops. It’s popular with medical students as it’s so close to the hospital. Our Waterfront campus is also an easy commute from this area.Discover the many things to do in our home city, Southampton, with our . Our Winchester School of Art students tend to live in Winnall, on the east side of the city, close to the River Itchen. This small residential area has a big sense of community. It’s close to the city centre and our , making it a popular choice with our students. You’ll find a large Tesco Extra superstore close to our halls.Discover the many things to do in this historic and green city, with our . Find out about . | |
| Room furniture usually includes: When you apply for this hall you can request: We’ll do our best to give you what you ask for.Learn more about the rooms available in this hall. If there's a room you're interested in, you can choose to compare it with up to 5 others from this hall or another. You can access your comparisons from the bottom of this room list. |