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CREATING YOUR FUTURE Electronics and Computer Science Undergraduate Courses 2017
When finished with this document please recycle it. Reach your goals at Southampton by combining your ambition, your talent and our support. Choosing the right place to study is an important decision, with many factors to think about. Join us, an institution in the top one per cent of world universities* and a founding member of the Russell Group of research- intensive UK universities. At Southampton you are taught by world-leading academics on courses that are designed around you. We get you ready for the global jobs market, while giving you a great student experience. Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton has been changing the world since its foundation and continues to do so. It is one of the world’s largest and most successful departments of its kind, with over 60 years of technology development at the leading edge. You will benefit from our superb undergraduate facilities and our internationally renowned teaching and research programmes that are ranked among the best in the UK. These include Computer Science and Software Engineering, Information Technology in Organisations, Web Science, Aerospace Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Electronic Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering and Electronic Engineering. CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON
Contents 06 Choose Southampton 22 Course overview 24 Course information 39 Degrees with industrial experience 41 Women in science and engineering 42 Your student experience 44 Fees, applying, scholarships and bursaries 45 International students 46 How to find us *QS World University Ranking 2015/16 3 3 vv
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WORLD CLASS Electrical and RANKINGS Electronic Engineering University League Tables 2015/16 1st in the UK. The Guardian University In the top Guide 2017 1% of global universities. QS World Rankings 2015/16
Computer Sciences ranked in the UK top 10 for over 10 years. “When I started my degree, Guardian University Southampton had – in my opinion – Guide 2017 the best labs and equipment of any 100% department in the country. After MEng Electrical Engineering significant recent investment it has taken students satisfied with 1st the quality of the course. another giant leap to premium quality in the UK for Graduate Unistats 2016 Prospects for Electrical & industrial standard equipment. These Electronic Engineering and facilities are really unrivalled in any for Computer Science. Complete University educational establishment.” Guide 2017
Freddie Temperton MEng Electronic Engineering Fourth year
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4 5 CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: A GLOBAL UNIVERSITY 77 Find out more Find
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The city of Southampton has a history The city of Southampton and exploration. of innovation values in our uphold these we As a forward-thinking university, future. successful your forge join us to education and research; 6 Low-cost underwater unmanned Low-cost using ground- vehicles, autonomous of Things technology Internet breaking scanning are researchers, ECS from gather environmental to the ocean information for management of one busiest ports of Europe’s MARINE ENVIRONMENT DRONES HELPED BY Research students and staff in Research Engineering Electrical and Mechatronic of the development helping in are electric propulsion space advanced micro for interplanetary travel, communication and GEO satellites with the in collaboration satellites QinetiQ, Agency, Space European Airbus and the Japanese Aerospace Agency Exploration SPACE SPACE COLLABORATION
A GLOBAL UNIVERSITY A GLOBAL CHOOSE CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: A CONNECTED WORLD
Engineers in Electronics and Computer Science are leading research into the future Internet of Things (IoT), where connectivity extends beyond traditional computing devices to new objects like vehicles, appliances and environmental sensors. As new objects are embedded with intelligent electronics and software, they become smarter and more connected; enabling them to sense and actuate the environment around them, and either act intelligently or be remotely accessed across the Internet. World-leading IoT research at Southampton is collaborating across traditional science and engineering disciplines: from nanotechnologies to security and privacy, from energy harvesting to artificial intelligence, or from wireless communication to web science. Intelligent medical sensors with embedded novel data analysis algorithms co-developed by Professor Koushik Maharatna monitor the symptoms of patients and automatically alert GPs via the internet when medical intervention is needed. The £18 million European-funded CHIRON project teamed up with experts in the School of Medicine and Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust to invent embedded sensors with decision-making capabilities. Clinical trials of the platform have taken place in Southampton and Rome. The IoT is re-inventing how doctors assess and attend their patients, opening up a more efficient and cost-effective future in healthcare.
Professor Koushik Maharatna is a member of the University’s Institute Find out more for Life Sciences where many elements of our new Biomedical Electronic Engineering degrees will be taught. See page 29. www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs
8 9 CHANGE THE WORLD
Fulfilling future energy demand Our researchers are partnering with industry to find savings in the monitoring and transmission of energy. Dr James Pilgrim is tackling the problem of the high costs of using export cables to connect wind farms back to shore. He says: “At the moment these cables are sized-based upon continuous current ratings, but the power output from wind farms varies with weather conditions and so the actual loading seen by the cable is less severe. This means that the cables may be over-sized for the amount of energy they actually export and therefore are more costly than they need to be. “We are aiming to develop new modelling approaches that will enable the optimal sizing of such cables against realistic wind farm output levels. Accuracy is vital here, as we must manage the balance between reducing costs and any potential increase to the risk of overheating the cables.” His research is carried out in our world leading Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory. The lab is an active centre for research into dielectric materials, insulation systems, high voltage and related phenomena and can be used by electrical, mechatronic and electrical and electronic engineering undergraduate students in their projects.
“The faculty is passionate about their work while teaching the next generation of engineers and offering a structured curriculum that covers a range of areas in electrical engineering while being flexible at the same time. The University also has a great reputation in industry, which always helps when looking for work experience or applying for a job after graduation.”
Naved Syed MEng Electrical Engineering
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10 11 OUR PEOPLE
Professor OUR PEOPLE OUR Southampton people have a passion to change the Paul Lewin, Head of ECS world through their research and collaborations HIGH VOLTAGE EXPERT with global partners. Paul, a leading expert in electrical power Our lecturers push the boundaries of knowledge engineering, has received over £20m in funding and grants across a quarter of a You are taught differently; our research informs your education century at the University. Under his Studying with our world-leading academics gives you the edge innovative direction, the department’s You are involved with important research as it unfolds Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory Join us and share our knowledge to gain your advantage is exploring internationally leading research.
Dr Rob Maunder INNOVATION IN ELECTRONICS A former ECS student, Rob is now an Associate Professor at Southampton with research interests including wireless communications. Rob is the founder of a spin-out company which has recently secured funding to develop 5G technology that will allow us to download and view data 10 times faster than 4G.
Dr Kirk Martinez Dr Elena Simperl SENSING THE PLANET LEADING DATA SCIENCE Kirk studies our planet using innovative DEVELOPMENT combinations of technologies from the Internet of Things. His pioneering Elena is the technical lead for the new European Data Science research allows him to use internet Academy and coordinates the Open Data Incubator for connected sensor devices in inhospitable Europe (ODInE), a seven-part consortium offering startup environments to provide data on our Find out more support to open data entrepreneurs. An Associate Professor, changing Earth. she has recently launched a new MSc in Data Science. www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/people
12 13 ECS alumni provide mentoring to students CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: Over 160 Our annual on business start- Get involved leading technology Engineering and ups and enterprise in community companies are Technology Careers opportunities DESIGN YOUR OWN volunteering affiliated to the ECS Fair attracted over 90 projects Careers Hub leading companies in 2016
EDUCATION EDUCATION OWN YOUR DESIGN SOUTHAMPTON: CHOOSE Your courses are developed and taught by world experts. 400 jobs and Your course offers you breadth as well as depth GET internships Be independent and shape your course AHEAD posted in 2015 As well as attending lectures and seminars, you can access many lectures and learning resources on the move FOR YOUR We work with you to make programmes more flexible CAREER Companies like Take advantage of the Southampton opportunity; get involved in Google, Microsoft, and many extra-curricular activities to enhance your experience Take part in our ARM sponsor coding outreach programme to challenges and start-up spread the word about weekends science, technology, engineering, and maths. 24 HOUR Online discussions Help and advice ACCESS TO and course from friendly 3 million materials laboratory staff books, journals VIRTUAL and reports in £4m our libraries investment in LEARNING laboratories 970 50,000 undergraduate and e-books 660 postgraduate Courses with students in ECS Wi-Fi optional Opportunity across all our industrial study to learn a campuses year language INNOVATIVE SOCIAL Social lab space LEARNING Experience an for collaborative internship work and personal or work LIFE projects Group project placement work JumpStart 15 dedicated induction week ECS student helps you settle societies into ECS New makerspace Optional modules lab for weekend One-to-one Online outside your area innovation events with project work assessment of study over 10 weekend-long with a dedicated hack events in the personal tutorç past year.
14 15 TEACHING AND LEARNING
What makes an Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) education so special? As a student in ECS you will be taught by academics who are recognised internationally as leaders in their fields of expertise. You will study in specially designed teaching labs that are recognised for the quality of their facilities by professional accreditation panels and visitors. In the first two years your lectures and tutorials will cover the fundamental topics, while your practical skills will be developed with extensive lab and course work. During your second year you will develop your team-working through group design exercises and projects. In Years 3 and 4 we offer an extensive range of specialist technical options. With more than 100 academics delivering at least one advanced module in their specialist area, you will have a wide range of subjects to choose from. During your final two years you will also take part in major individual and group projects that enable you to work with academics to enhance and demonstrate your specialist practical skills, research skills, report writing, team work and presentation skills. And as a Southampton student you will have the chance to develop the professional enterprise skills needed to make your mark on the world.
MEng Software Engineering student, Dennis Parchkov has developed an innovative method of augmenting paper maps with projected live digital data that can give disaster response teams the information they need to make the right decisions. Through Future Worlds, an on-campus startup incubator at the University, Dennis had the opportunity to pitch his idea to investors and business leaders at the Royal Academy of Engineering in London. Find out more
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16 17 CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: SHAPE YOUR FUTURE SHAPE YOUR FUTURE YOUR SHAPE SOUTHAMPTON: CHOOSE A degree at Southampton opens doors for career opportunities Careers fairs Southampton fast-tracks your ambitions We can help you build your dream CV Specialise ââ We prepare you for future challenges not ââ Take advantage of our commercial partnerships with further with yet imagined and jobs not yet thought of more than 160 ECS affiliated companies via work a postgraduate Network ââ We are among the top 20 UK universities targeted placements, internships and volunteering degree Careers with top by the largest number of top 100 graduate recruiters.* ââ Network with top employers at our annual Engineering information, employers and Technology Careers fair, which attracted 85 leading Presentations ââ We are first in the UK for Graduate Prospects in companies in 2015 advice and and workshops Electrical & Electronic Engineering and for guidance Computer Science** ââ Keep up to date with the latest news of our ECS Careers Career Hub, which includes a database of current opportunities ââ Over 300 companies a year offer jobs to students mentoring ââ Get advice from ECS alumni about future careers through the ECS Careers Hub ââ Specialise further with one of our postgraduate courses ââ In the most recent Destinations of Leavers from Higher and gain a more in-depth knowledge of your subject to Education statistics eleven ECS graduates reported realise your ambitions starting salaries above £40k OPPORTUNITIES ââ Gather evidence of your achievements through our Work ââ We are one of the top 25 UK universities for starting programme of personal development to complement Volunteering salaries** placements your academic study & internships ââ Build your entrepreneurial skills by engaging with our Student Enterprise programme OUR GRADUATES LAND Enterprise JOBS AT HIGH-PROFILE ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS: Altera Goldman Sachs Apple Google Amazon Hawk-Eye ARM IBM Audi Imagination Technologies BAE Systems Jaguar Land Rover Bloomberg J P Morgan BBC London Transport Broadcom McLaren China Telecoms Microsoft Cisco Netcraft Cobham Technologies Ocado Entrepreneur First Rolls Royce Ericsson Television Samsung Facebook Sony Find out more
FactSet STFC Technology To learn how your Southampton Opportunity can get you ready for employment, visit * The Graduate Market in 2016, produced by High Fliers Research www.southampton.ac.uk/ **Complete University Guide, 2017 ecs/careershub
18 19 WHAT’S YOUR AMBITION? YOUR WHAT’S AMBITION? TO BE A CHARTERED ENGINEER WORKING IN POWER ENGINEERING
Rebekah Endersby MEng Electromechanical Engineering, third year
In my degree, I focus on Power Engineering. As renewable energies become an ever increasing presence in our electricity network, systems that relied on coal and oil generation are no longer appropriate. It is important that Power Engineering is studied to ensure the Power systems evolve with the changes in generation. Transmission Networks are also studied in my degree as there are some issues with connections between offshore wind farms and mainland grid.
Through the Institute of Engineering and Technology Power Academy scheme, I have gained part sponsorship of my degree and summer work placements with National Grid that have been invaluable. I was also nominated to be the Student Representative for the whole scheme, meaning I have represented around 130 students and attend board meetings with all universities and companies involved in the scheme.
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20 21 Course Structure How will you learn? All of our courses give you the opportunity to complete a You will be taught in a variety of ways including formal COURSE year’s industrial placement and study a modern language. lectures and tutorials, coursework and practical laboratory Your lectures and tutorials will be backed up by experimental sessions. Throughout your programme you will develop and project work in the laboratories. skills for the workplace through group activities and large OVERVIEW Our courses are offered as: design projects. In your later years you will complete industrially sponsored group design projects and learn to – BEng (Bachelor of Engineering), BSc (Bachelor of Science) Are you prepared to work at the top of your field? Our range of stimulating engineer professionally within a strict budget and deadline. and cutting-edge ECS degree programmes will ensure you are a step – three year courses ahead in the global jobs market. – MEng (Master of Engineering) and MComp (Master of Flexible learning Computing) – four year courses giving you a higher Our Flexible Learning Programme lets you personalise your technical and professional qualification. Many Choose Southampton learning by choosing interdisciplinary modules or existing programmes can also be offered with Industrial Studies. modules from other programmes such as entrepreneurship, –– We are first in the UK for Graduate Prospects in Electrical & Electronic Engineering See page 39 for details. law, management, mathematics and modern languages. For and for Computer Science. Complete University Guide 2017 example, our Information Technology in Organisations Engineering Foundation Year –– 99% of employed Electronics and Computer Science graduates are programme can be taken with a range of business orientated in professional / managerial jobs six months after graduating (DLHE) Designed for students without traditional entry modules. –– World-renowned academics and excellent industry-standard facilities qualifications, a Foundation Year provides an entry route to –– Academics with Fellowships from the Royal Academy of Engineering and the our computer science and engineering degrees. If you meet Professional accreditation and awards Royal Society are involved in teaching of undergraduate students the required grades in your foundation year you then Our work has been recognised nationally. The relevant automatically progress onto your chosen degree –– Electrical and electronic engineering were ranked number one in 1987 professional accreditation bodies for our degree programme. To find out more visit (THES) and are still in the top three today – nearly 30 years later programmes are the British Computer Society and the www.southampton.ac.uk/foundationyear –– First in the UK for the volume and quality of our research in Electrical and Institution of Engineering and Technology. We are one of only a handful of universities recognised as an Academic Electronic Engineering and 100% of our Computer Science research impact Course areas in ECS is recognised as world-leading or internationally excellent (REF 2014) Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research by the UK –– Aerospace Electronic Engineering Government research. We have also received the Athena –– Theory backed up by practical experience and industrial placements –– Biomedical Electronic Engineering SWAN Bronze Award for our commitment to tackle the –– More elite UKESF scholarships awarded to ECS than to any other university –– Computer Science and Software Engineering problem of gender inequality in science. –– Electrical and Electronic Engineering –– Electrical Engineering –– Electronic Engineering –– Information Technology in Organisations 100% –– Mechatronic Engineering MEng Electrical Engineering –– Web Science 100% students are satisfied with the MEng Computer Science quality of their course students go on to professional/ Unistats 2016 managerial work or study Unistats 2016 Electrical and Electronic Engineering Find out more
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22 23 Key information “The research environment at Southampton Computer Science is incredible with very high quality academics. Senior Admissions Tutor: This is reflected in their teaching. If you are Dr Jonathon Hare Start date: September 2017 choosing Computer Science I wouldn’t know Typical offers require the following a better place to study than Southampton.” Entry requirements: 3 year BSc: AAA At Southampton our Computer MEng Computer Science Davide Zilli in three A Levels, including Mathematics Science graduates have a world- (or equivalent qualifications) G401 | 4 years, 5 years BEng Software Engineering, 2010 4 year MEng: A*AA in three A Levels, leading reputation for creative with industrial studies solutions based on cutting-edge PhD in the Institute for Complex Systems Simulation, 2015 including Mathematics This four-year programme prepares knowledge and state-of-the-art (or equivalent qualifications) you for the next generation of systems technical skills. Globally computer Intake: 120 and software by exploring hot research science systems, networks and Language requirements: topics such as complexity theory, applications affect our everyday lives IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 social media technology, or biologically in each competency in healthcare, business, entertainment inspired robotics. In the fourth year UCAS application and communications. Selection process: you will take part in a group design Accreditation: Our outstanding facilities and project working with a real industry British Computer Society and the renowned teaching staff prepare our customer or solving challenging Institution of Engineering and students to work in a wide variety of Technology problems through imaginative areas and fields. We are proud they are application of technology. The Our typical entry requirements setting the agenda for tomorrow’s programme can also be offered may be subject to change. ever-changing digital world. Before you apply, please visit with Industrial Studies. See page 39 www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq for details. Assessment MEng Computer Science with Practical skills are assessed through Artificial Intelligence Career destinations laboratories and project work (both G4GR | 4 years individual and group), while theoretical Our graduates go on to gain jobs Taking specialist courses similar to skills and knowledge are assessed in a wide variety of companies those for G401, you will begin to through coursework and exams. including software development, understand the practical industrial applications of artificial intelligence media and communications, Programme structure finance, internet services, and undertake individual research MEng Computer Science with Core modules taken in Years 1 and 2 Optional modules in Years 3 and 4 projects. Image and Multimedia Systems research and security. BSc Computer Science –– Programming We offer numerous optional modules MEng Computer Science with G450 | 4 years that reflect the specialist areas of | 3 years –– Algorithmics G400 Cyber Security Computer Science and the key Taking specialist courses similar to –– Professional Development This three-year programme will give II10 | 4 years those for G401, you will broaden your technology areas that will be critical in you the grounding to work in any area –– Computer Systems the future within the overall context of This course will teach you the latest interests in image and multimedia of the computing industry. During the Electronics and Computer Science. thinking in cyber security, including the systems through practical industrial –– Foundations of Computer Science first two years you will develop the See page 40 for further details. concepts, principles, technologies and applications, group work and individual –– Data Management core and professional skills, knowledge design projects. and understanding that underpin practices for addressing current and –– Software Modelling and Design emerging cyber security threats and computer science. In your third year MEng Computer Science with –– Distributed Systems and Networks challenges. Mobile and Secure Systems you can tailor your programme to suit –– Intelligent Systems your interests and career aims. You will MEng Computer Science with G421 | 4 years –– Theory of Computing also work on an individual project with Distributed Systems and This course focuses on two of the the potential to explore cutting edge Networks most exciting areas of the emerging –– Programming Language Concepts technologies and innovative G4G5 | 4 years technologies. Special features include –– Interaction Design applications. Taking specialist courses similar to dedicated additional laboratory –– Software Engineering Group Project those for G401, you will begin to modules to familiarise you with Find out more understand the practical industrial hand-held, low-power devices using applications of distributed systems group gaming exercises and other Find out more investigative scenarios. T: +44 (0)23 8059 2969 and networks, and undertake E: [email protected] individual research projects. To download brochure www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/cswww.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/itowww.ecs.soton.ac.uk/cs
24 25 Key information Information Technology Key information Software Engineering
Senior Admissions Tutor: Senior Admissions Tutor: Dr Enrico Gerding in Organisations (ITO) Dr Jonathon Hare Start date: September 2017 Start date: September 2017 Typical offers require the following Typical offers require the following Entry requirements: 3 year BSc: Overview project and a compulsory e-business Entry requirements: 3 year Overview MEng Software Engineering AAB in three A Levels or DDD in BTEC BEng: AAA in three A Levels, strategy module. The programme can G600 | 4 years, 5 years with Level 3 Extended Diploma in IT The ITO programmes provide including Mathematics (or equivalent Engineering high quality, secure and also be offered with Industrial Studies. industrial studies (or equivalent qualifications) students with a good theoretical and qualifications) reliable software systems has never A good grade at GCSE Maths See page 39 for details. 4 year MEng: A*AA in three A Levels, practical understanding of the been so challenging. The modern This four-year programme gives you (or equivalent) is required Core modules taken in Years 1 and 2 including Mathematics application of computing technologies world is driven by an astonishing the chance to learn how software 4 year MComp: AAA in three A (or equivalent qualifications) within an organisational setting. –– Web Design variety of interconnected software, engineering must adapt to deal with Levels or DDD* in BTEC Level 3 Intake: 15 new technologies and challenges. In Extended Diploma in IT(or equivalent Although ITO’s primary focus is on the –– Foundations of Computer Science from phone apps to systems that Language requirements: the fourth year you will take part in a qualifications) A good grade at GCSE technical perspective of ITO (including –– Algorithmics IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 control critical utilities and Maths (or equivalent) is required programing of these systems) the in each competency infrastructure. group design project working with a –– Programming (Java) real industry customer or solving Intake: 30 professional, commercial and Selection process: UCAS application At Southampton we produce challenging problems through the Language requirements: managerial aspect of IT systems are –– Business Information Systems Accreditation: sought-after graduates who can create imaginative application of technology. IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 also covered. –– Computational Systems British Computer Society and the the next generation of software The programme can also be offered in each competency Institution of Engineering and systems and who go on to work with –– Systems and Platforms with Industrial Studies. See page 39 Selection process: UCAS application Assessment Technology some of the world’s biggest Accreditation: –– Groups, Teams and Leaders Our typical entry requirements for details. Practical skills are assessed through technology companies. British Computer Society –– Databases and Application may be subject to change. Core modules taken in Years 1 and 2: laboratories and project work (both Our typical entry requirements –– Application Scripting (ooPhP) Before you apply, please visit Assessment –– Programming may be subject to change. individual and group), while theoretical www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq Before you apply, please visit skills and knowledge are assessed –– Networking in Organisations Practical skills are assessed through –– Algorithmics www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq through coursework and exams. –– Commercial Aspect of IT laboratory and project work (both –– Professional Development –– Human Factors in Design Career destinations individual and group), while theoretical –– Computer Systems Programme structure skills and knowledge are assessed –– Integrative Project –– Foundations of Computer Science Career destinations Our graduates go on to gain jobs through coursework and exams. BSc IT in Organisations –– Mathematics for ITO in a wide variety of industries –– Data Management Our graduates go on to gain jobs G560 | 3 years Optional modules in Years 3 and 4 including software development, Programme structure –– Software Modelling and Design in a wide variety of industries and media and communications, This three-year programme gives you a We offer numerous optional modules –– Distributed Systems and Networks companies including IT finance, internet services, and good grounding in the fundamental that reflect the specialist areas of BEng Software Engineering consultancy, management and security. –– Intelligent Systems issues (technical and business) of IT in interest in Information Technology in G4G6 | 3 years the finance sector. –– Theory of Computing Organisations. You will look at the Organisations. These optional This three-year programme allows you –– Programming Language Concepts growing trends in e-business and modules fit within the overall context you to pursue a career in any area of e-commerce, the effects of IT on of Electronics and Computer Science. the software industry. During the first –– Interaction Design society, the security of IT systems, and See page 40 for further details. two years you will develop the core and –– Software Engineering Group Project the technology that underpins these ITO with a Minor professional skills, knowledge and Optional modules in Years 3 and 4 activities. understanding that underpin software Information Technology in We offer numerous optional modules MComp IT in Organisations Organisations (ITO) offers students engineering. In your third year you can tailor your programme to suit your that reflect the specialist areas of G500 | 4 years, 5 years with the option to undertake a minor Software engineering and the key industrial studies alongside the major in ITO. A minor interests and career aims. You will also work on an individual project to take a technology areas that will be critical in This four-year programme will give you allows you to broaden out your degree piece of software from development the future within the overall context of a more advanced understanding of IT by replacing your optional modules to implementation and evaluation. Electronics and Computer Science. in Organisations and allows you to over the first three years with a See page 40 for further details. achieve Chartered IT Professional dedicated set of modules for the status in the shortest time. It addresses minors. Currently on offer from Find out more the more advanced technical aspects ECS are minors in: Find out more of IT in organisations and you can –– Applied Economics Find out more focus on having a management, Find out more T: +44 (0)23 8059 2969 –– International Relations T: +44 (0)23 8059 2969 E: [email protected] technical or balanced portfolio of E: [email protected] –– Modern Languages E: [email protected] To download brochure modules to suit your interests and www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/ito www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/se www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/ito career aims . You will complete a group –– Psychology design project, an individual research –– Sustainability
26 27 Key information Web Science
Senior Admissions Tutor: Dr Mark Weal Start date: September 2017 Overview BSc Web Science – Typical offers require the following Social Science We are pioneering the development of Entry requirements: 3 year BSc: I200 | 3 years AAB in three A Levels, Web Science, a new discipline that including Mathematics aims to provide a thorough You can choose this alternative (or equivalent qualifications) understanding of the Web as a social three-year pathway that offers Intake: 30 and technical phenomenon. This theoretical and methodological Language requirements: multidisciplinary course explores the expertise in the social scientific IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 impact of the Web on society and understanding and analysis of the Web. in each competency builds skills and expertise in the Core modules taken in Years 1 and 2 Selection process: UCAS application technical underpinnings of the Web as –– Information, Technology and Our typical entry requirements well as the social processes that have Social Change may be subject to change. shaped its evolution. –– Programming Before you apply, please visit You will be taught by researchers at the www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq forefront of Web Science who are –– Web Design tackling some of the Web’s biggest –– Foundations in Social Theory challenges and will benefit from our Career destinations –– Introduction to Quantitative excellent facilities, key partnerships Methods with major industries and world- Web Science will equip you with –– Web Agents, Actors and Agency unique cross-cutting knowledge leading research base. –– Interdisciplinary Group Project and skills, marketable to a broad range of employers and Assessment –– Databases and Application employment sectors. We have Your theory will be assessed through –– Interaction Design strong relationships with examinations and coursework, while –– Digital Literacies employers, and our graduates are your practical experience will be In Years 2 and 3 we offer particularly in demand for their assessed by laboratory work, design numerous optional modules visit understanding of organisations exercises and dissertations. www.southampton.ac.uk/webscience and their practical abilities in to find out more. the workplace. Programme structure BSc Web Science – “Web Science at Southampton offers a Computer Science I201 | 3 years unique view of the web and technology, This three-year programme develops a critical understanding of the Web, its history and current trajectories of with the benefits of great facilities and development. You will specialise in computational understanding and academics working at the cutting edge. analysis of the Web and will take additional modules in programming and scripting, data management Given how important the web is in our and the technical underpinnings of the Web. daily lives, it’s a great opportunity to Find out more analyse society and technology literally Find out more T: +44 (0)23 8059 2969 changing before us.” E: [email protected] www.southampton.ac.uk/ Thomas Rowledge webscience BSc Web Science, first year
28 29 Key information Aerospace Electronic Key information Biomedical Electronic
Senior Admissions Tutor: Senior Admissions Tutor: To be confirmed Engineering Dr Alex Weddell Engineering Start date: September 2017 Start date: September 2017 Typical offers require the following Typical offers require the following Entry requirements: 3 year BEng: Overview MEng Aerospace Electronic Entry requirements: 3 year BEng: Overview MEng Biomedical Electronic AAB in three A Levels (or equivalent Engineering AAA in three A Levels (or equivalent Engineering qualifications), including A in Modern aerospace systems rely heavily qualifications), including Mathematics Biomedical Electronic Engineering is H402 | 4 years, 5 years with industrial B90B | 4 years, 5 years with industrial Mathematics and A in Physics. In some on electronics and avionics. The and Physics. Physics may be substituted the application of state of the art cases, Physics may be substituted by studies by Chemistry, Further Mathematics or studies demand for these skills is increasing electronic engineering theory and Further Mathematics or Electronics Biology. with the advent of applications for This programme builds on our BEng practice to develop new medical and This four-year programme builds on 4 year MEng: AAA in three A Levels 4 year MEng: A*AA in three A Levels autonomous unmanned flying Aerospace Electronic Engineering, healthcare technologies. Innovative our BEng Biomedical Electronic (or equivalent qualifications), including developing the skills you will need to (or equivalent qualifications), including Engineering, developing the Mathematics and Physics. In some cases, vehicles, the development of the ‘more Mathematics and Physics. Physics may digital health solutions are required to Physics may be substituted by Further electric aircraft’ and increased use of become a leader in the industry. The be substituted by Chemistry, Further address the growing pressure on management skills you will need to Mathematics or Electronics GPS to enhance the efficiency and aim is to give you a sound basis of the Mathematics or Biology. healthcare providers created by an become a leader in industry. You will Intake: 17 safety of flight. fundamentals involved in aerospace Intake: 17 aging population and an increase in engage with an industrial or academic electronic engineering while also customer to solve a real-world Language requirements: This programme is unique in offering Language requirements: chronic disease. This degree will train offering a wide range of exciting, varied challenge in a group design project, IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in students both the fundamental and IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 engineers to understand the and multidisciplinary options which and customise your degree with a each competency specialised knowledge needed to in each competency underlying principles of electronics nevertheless are directly related to range of specialist technical modules. Selection process: UCAS application equip them for a career in the Selection process: UCAS application and biomedicine to develop new aerospace systems or alternatively This degree is also available with a year Funding: Scholarships and paid aerospace industry. The industrial Funding: Scholarships and paid healthcare technologies such as home mind-stimulating and might be applied in industry, see page 39 for details. industrial placements are available from experience of teaching staff includes industrial placements are available from monitoring and intelligent diagnostics the UK Electronics Skills Foundation to aerospace systems in the future. the UK Electronics Skills Foundation work with NASA and interplanetary and treatment. Typical course content You will further customise your degree Our typical entry requirements missions, as well as teaching courses to Our typical entry requirements –– Electronic circuits and systems by selecting fourth-year options from may be subject to change. ESA and industry staff on space may be subject to change. Assessment Before you apply, please visit a range of specialist technical modules. Before you apply, please visit –– Healthcare technologies design systems engineering. www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq This is accompanied by project work www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq Laboratories, design exercises and project challenging you to solve a problem for projects are used to assess the –– Molecular basis of life Assessment practical aspects, while coursework a real company or to transfer –– Physiology and neuroscience Career destinations Laboratories, design exercises and technology from the University to Career destinations and exams assess the theoretical –– Biomedical control and signals projects are used to assess the industrial practice. This degree is also aspects. Our students are in high demand Our students are in high demand practical aspects, while coursework available with a year in industry, see –– Digital systems and and are eligible to apply for and are eligible to apply for and exams assess the theoretical page 39 for details. Programme structure microprocessors industrial scholarships and paid industrial scholarships and paid aspects. Typical course content –– Programming and computer work placements through the UK work placements through the UK BEng Biomedical Electronic –– Electronic circuits and systems engineering Electronics Skills Foundation. Programme structure Electronics Skills Foundation. Engineering –– Flight mechanics and aerospace –– Devices and solid state electronics Career destinations include BAE Career destinations include BB90 | 3 years Systems, Cobham, MBDA Missile systems Renishaw, Sharp, Philips, Sphere –– Electrical materials and fields BEng Aerospace Electronic This three-year programme will Systems and Selex ES. –– Radar techniques and applications Medical, Boston Scientific and –– Mathematics Engineering provide you with a detailed knowledge Cambridge Design Partnership. H403 | 3 years –– Aerospace electronics design of electronics and biomedicine, This degree will enable you to work in –– Guidance, navigation and control together with the ability to apply the aerospace engineering or –– Space systems engineering engineering principles to medicine and electronics industries. It will provide healthcare. Excellent experimental –– Digital systems and facilities in both Electronics and Life you with both the breadth and depth in microprocessors the electronics used in aircraft and Sciences laboratories will develop your spacecraft engineering systems. –– Programming and computer practical skills, including designing a During the first two years, you will engineering health and wellness monitoring develop the skills, knowledge and –– Devices and solid state electronics platform. An individual project based on a real-life application will expose Find out more understanding that underpin –– Mathematics Find out more aerospace electronic engineering. In you to the challenges of developing your third year, you can choose from a new biomedical electronic systems. FindT: +44 (0)23 out 8059 2969 more FindT: +44 (0)23 out 8059 2969 more T: +44 (0)23 8059 2969 wide range of optional modules to E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] tailor your degree to suit your interests www.southampton.ac.uk/ www.southampton.ac.uk/ To download brochure and career aims. You will also work on www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/ito ecs/aero an individual project to build a ecs/bio challenging and unique aerospace electronic system. 30 31 Key information Electronic Engineering
Senior Admissions Tutor: Dr Alex Weddell Start date: September 2017 Overview industrial practice. The programme Typical offers require the following can also be offered with Industrial Entry requirements: 3 year BEng: Southampton has an unrivalled Studies. See page 39 for details. reputation in Electronic Engineering AAA in three A Levels (or equivalent MEng Electronic Engineering with qualifications), including Mathematics and our graduates are employed Artificial Intelligence and Physics. Physics may be substituted worldwide in highly prestigious by Further Mathematics, Computer positions. They use the skills and H6G7 | 4 years) Science, or Electronics knowledge they developed in This degree focuses on the design and 4 year MEng: A*AA in three A Levels Southampton to engineer the implementation of state-of-the-art (or equivalent qualifications), including electronic signals that pervade the artificial intelligence techniques, with Mathematics and Physics. Physics may world around us. consideration of image processing and be substituted by Further Mathematics, Computer Science, or Electronics From cutting-edge electronics, computer vision, machine learning, In a second year group design project, Intake: 45 computer processors and artificial robotic systems, computational biology and finance, as well as students design and simulate their own Language requirements: intelligence, to nanoscale materials IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 and communication techniques – our complexity. The programme includes integrated circuit (or ‘chip’), seeing it in each competency students have a hand in it all. core content from H603. Selection process: UCAS application MEng Electronic Engineering with through from specification to fabrication. Funding: Scholarships and paid Assessment Computer Systems They must probe their silicon wafers to test industrial placements are available from H6G4 | 4 years the UK Electronics Skills Foundation Laboratories, design exercises and and evaluate their designs. and the Institution of Engineering and projects are used to assess the Explore the design, synthesis, Technology. practical aspects, while coursework fabrication and efficient programming www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/money and exams assess the theoretical of computer systems at a fundamental Accreditation: The Institution of elements. architectural level. Specialist topics Engineering and Technology include real-time computing and MEng Electronic Engineering with MEng Electronic Engineering with –– Electromagnetism for Our typical entry requirements Programme structure embedded systems, advanced Nanotechnology Wireless Communications Communications may be subject to change. computer architecture, and system- H611 | 4 years H641 | 4 years –– Control and Communications Before you apply, please visit on-chip design techniques. The BEng Electronic Engineering Explore the underpinning physics of The advanced topics for this degree –– Digital Systems and Signal www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq programme includes core content H610 | 3 years state-of-the-art nanoscale electronic, cover the characteristics of Processing from H603. This three-year programme will enable photonic, fluidic, bio-electronic and electromagnetic wave propagation in –– Mathematics for Electronics and MEng Electronic Engineering with Career destinations you to work in any area of the electromechanical materials and radio channels. You will specialise in Electrical Engineering Part II Mobile and Secure Systems devices, as well as their design and the design and implementation of electronics industry. During the first –– Devices Our graduates go on to gain jobs two years you will develop the skills, H691 | 4 years fabrication. Specialist topics on this signal processing techniques, circuits –– Computer Engineering in a wide variety of industries knowledge and understanding that This degree focuses on the design and degree include nanoelectronic and systems for efficiently and reliably including communications, underpin electronic engineering. In implementation of secure electronic devices, green electronics, and modulating information onto the –– Electronic Design bionanotechnology. The programme channel for the purpose of wireless energy, transport, high-tech your third year you can tailor your systems that maintain the –– Advanced Electronic Systems manufacturing, and security. programme to suit your interests and includes core content from H603. communication networking. The confidentiality, integrity and Optional modules in Years 3 and 4 career aims. You will also work on an authenticity of information, while MEng Electronic Engineering programme includes core content individual project to build a challenging allowing mobility and interoperability with Photonics from H603. We offer numerous optional modules that reflect the specialist areas of and unique electronic system. with external wireless networks. H680 | 4 years Core modules taken in Years 1 and 2 Advanced topics include cyber Electronic Engineering and the key MEng Electronic Engineering This degree specialises in the design –– Electrical Materials and Fields security, safety-critical systems, technology areas that will be critical in H603 | 4 years and fabrication of optical fibres, as well –– Mathematics for Electronic and automated software verification, and the future within the overall context of as semiconductor light sources and Electrical Engineering HH61 | 5 years with industrial studies cryptography. The programme Electronics and Computer Science. In detectors. You will study the design This four-year programme develops includes core content from H603. –– Electronic Circuits addition to the individual project, and implementation of signal the management skills needed to –– Programming students select up to five modules processing techniques, circuits and Find out more become a leader in the electronics from around 25 technical options plus systems for efficiently modulating –– Digital Systems and industry. In the fourth year you will be numerous non-technical options in Find out more information onto the optical fibre for Microprocessors challenged to solve real problems for Year 3. In addition to the group project, T: +44 (0)23 8059 2969 the purpose of optical communication an industrial customer or to transfer –– Advanced Programming MEng students select up to five E: [email protected] and other applications of photonics. technology from the University to –– Solid State Devices modules from around 45 technical www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/ele The programme includes core content options in Year 4. See page 40 for –– Electronic Systems from H603. further details. –– Mathematics I and II 32 33 Key information Electrical and Senior Admissions Tutor: Electronic Engineering Dr Geoff Merrett Start date: September 2017 Overview will test and further develop your Typical offers require the following technical skills and learn and develop Many aspects of our modern life are Entry requirements: 3 year BEng: management skills by working in a AAA in three A Levels (or equivalent influenced by electrical and electronic project team to tackle a real qualifications), including Mathematics engineering including energy, engineering problem. You will further and Physics. In some cases, Physics may healthcare, entertainment, commerce, develop your knowledge in electrical be substituted by Further Mathematics communications manufacturing and and electronic engineering through or Electronics the environment. the range of optional modules 4 year MEng: A*AA in three A Levels This flexible programme combines our available across ECS. The programme (or equivalent qualifications), including extensive experience in teaching highly can also be offered with Industrial Mathematics and Physics. In some cases, Studies. See page 39 for details. Physics may be substituted by Further regarded Electrical Engineering and Mathematics or Electronics Electronic Engineering degrees. You Core modules taken in Years 1 and 2 will gain a broad range of skills and have Intake: 45 –– Electrical Materials and Fields the flexibility to tailor your course to Language requirements: –– Electronic Circuits IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 suit your interests in Electrical and in each competency Electronic Engineering. –– Electronic Systems Selection process: UCAS application –– Solid State Devices Assessment Funding: Scholarships and paid –– Programming industrial placements are available from the UK Electronics Skills Foundation Laboratories, design exercises and –– Digital Systems and and the Institution of Engineering and projects are used to assess the Microprocessors practical aspects, while coursework Technology (including their ‘Power –– Mathematics Academy’ scheme) and exams assess the theoretical www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/money aspects. –– Power Electronics and Drives Accreditation: The Institution of –– Electromagnetism for Electrical Engineering and Technology Programme structure and Electronic Engineering Our typical entry requirements –– Control and Communications may be subject to change. BEng Electrical and Electronic –– Digital Systems and Signal Before you apply, please visit Engineering www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq Processing H600 | 3 years –– Circuits and Transmission This three-year programme gives you –– Electrical and Electronic the strong fundamental skills to Career destinations Engineering Design become a good electrical and Our graduates go on to gain jobs electronic engineer. In the third year Optional modules in a wide variety of industries you can tailor the course to suit your In Years 1 and 2, Electrical and involved in power generation and interests or career aims. You will also Electronic Engineering students also distribution, communications, get involved in the design, simulation, pick an optional module in their area of microelectronics, renewable building and testing of an electrical interest (for example Advanced energy, transport or security. and/or electronic system as part of Programming, Devices, Electrical “Group projects have allowed me to your individual project in collaboration Machines, Materials, Computer with an academic who is also an active Engineering, Mechanics or Advanced experience what it is like to work on a project researcher. Electronic Systems). In Years 3 and 4 MEng Electrical and Electronic we offer numerous optional modules Engineering that reflect the specialist areas of in the real world and apply the knowledge I interest in Electrical and Electronic H602 | 4 years Engineering and the key technology have gained from the course. It has given me Find out more HH60 | 5 years with industrial studies areas that will be critical in the future, Find out more This four-year programme will provide within the overall expertise of ECS. See T: +44 (0)23 8059 2969 you with the necessary management page 40 for further details. the chance to actually be an engineer.” E: [email protected] skills to become an industry leader. You www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/eee Emily Barnes MEng Electronic Engineering, 2015
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Senior Admissions Tutor: Dr Igor Golosnoy Start date: September 2017 Overview and group projects. You will tackle Typical offers require the following wide-ranging engineering challenges Entry requirements: 3 year BEng: Electrical engineering concerns and gain industrial experience through AAB in three A Levels (or equivalent anything that involves electrical power, vacation employment. In Year 4 you qualifications), including A in from the electromagnetism of will get the chance to do a group Mathematics and A in Physics superconducting systems to the project, either working with a real 4 year MEng: AAA in three A Levels principles of power generation and customer from industry or (or equivalent qualifications), including transmission, and the development transferring technology from the A in Mathematics and A in Physics of more efficient and sustainable University into industrial practice with Intake: 25 energy sources. a chance to exercise self and team Language requirements: At Southampton we will provide you management skills. The programme IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 with the analytical skills to design and can also be offered with Industrial in each competency develop the technology of tomorrow Studies. See page 39 for details. Selection process: UCAS application using our outstanding experimental Funding: Scholarships, industrial Core modules taken in Years 1 and 2 facilities, including our high-voltage placements and guaranteed –– Electromagnetic Fields and Applied laboratory. employment are available for students Electromagnetism selected for the Power Academy scheme. Scholarships and paid industrial Assessment –– Electric and Electronic Circuits placements are also available from the –– Analogues and Digital Electronics UK Electronics Skills Foundation Examination and coursework ensure rigorous assessments of theoretical –– Solid State Devices and Accreditation: The Institution of Microprocessors Engineering and Technology knowledge. Laboratories, design exercises and projects are used to test –– Electrical Materials The right balance between theory and practice. Our typical entry requirements may be subject to change. practical aspects. –– Programming At Southampton we strive to make a careful balance Before you apply, please visit –– Mechanics between theory and practice, enabling you to both ‘know www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq Programme structure and ‘do’ your subject. Our students get the opportunity to –– Mathematics try out the theory that they’re learning in lectures through a BEng Electrical Engineering –– Control mixture of lab work, design exercises, coursework and Career destinations projects – all designed to enthuse, teach and stretch. H620 | 3 years –– Engineering Design Our labs are regularly updated and revised, to give you the Our graduates go on to gain jobs This degree covers all topics related to –– Electrical Machines facilities to enable you to maximise your potential . in the electricity supply industry, electrical power, from fundamentals of –– Power Electronics and Drivers power generation and transmission, major electrical and power –– Power Systems Technology companies, government the control theory to the development –– High Voltage Engineering departments, transport industry of more efficient and sustainable and the security industry. Or you energy sources, and superconducting –– Exploitation of Electrical and may choose a career in research, electric cables. Core technical subjects Electronic Technology “Scholarships and paid industrial placements are covered in year one, followed by a international sales or Optional modules in Years 3 and 4 focus on specialised subjects in year management are available from the UK Electronics Skills two and the opportunity to tailor your We offer numerous optional modules studies according to your interests in that reflect the specialist areas of year three. Individual project work with electrical engineering and the key Foundation and the Institution of Engineering one of our research groups will allow technology areas that will be critical in you to work at the frontier of the future within the overall context of and Technology (including their Power knowledge. Electronics and Computer Science. For example, MEng students select up MEng Electrical Engineering to five modules from 40 technical Academy scheme)” Find out more H601 | 4 years options in Year 4. See page 40 for HH62 | 5 years with industrial studies further details. Toby Isaacs Find out more T: +44 (0)23 8059 2969 This four-year programme includes MEng Electrical Engineering, fourth year E: [email protected] more advanced engineering topics, www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/ee management studies, industrial law,
36 37 Key information Mechatronic Degrees with
Senior Admissions Tutor: Dr Igor Golosnoy Engineering Industrial Experience Start date: September 2017 Overview range of disciplines required for a Through its dedicated Careers Hub and strong relationships Typical offers require the following Courses with Industrial Studies – apply direct challenging career including, with employers, ECS provides enviable opportunities Mechatronic engineering meets the Entry requirements: 3 year BEng: management studies and law. In Year 4 for students to gain industrial experience, including –– MEng Electronic Engineering AAB in three A Levels (or equivalent increasing demand from industry for you will get the chance to do a group summer placements. –– MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering qualifications), including A in engineers with cross-disciplinary skills project, designing and constructing a –– MEng Electrical Engineering Mathematics and A in Physics in the fields of robotics, flexible product to meet a real world need. This Students on our main MEng and MComp programmes 4 year MEng: AAA in three A Levels manufacturing, electromechanical will build your confidence and your may also apply to take a year in industry with one of our –– MEng Mechatronic Engineering (or equivalent qualifications), including power systems and electrical power skills to deliver working prototypes. recognised partner companies and to graduate with an Applications for these programmes should be made A in Mathematics and A in Physics transmission and distribution systems. You will also gain industrial experience MEng or MComp degree with Industrial Studies. online through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Intake: 25 The degree is a mixture of mechanical through vacation employment. The A year in industry - sometimes known as a placement year, or Service (UCAS). Language requirements: systems engineering, electrical programme can also be offered sandwich year - is a great way to give you a competitive edge IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 engineering, computer science and with Industrial Studies. See page 39 in each competency among graduate recruiters by showing you can relate your Courses with Industrial Studies – apply on course control theory. for details. Selection process: UCAS application academic skills and knowledge to contemporary industrial You will investigate the problems of –– MEng Aerospace Electronic Engineering Funding: Scholarships and paid Core modules taken in Years 1 and 2 practice. It can help you to connect with future employers, combining electrical and mechanical –– MEng Biomedical Electronic Engineering industrial placements are available from –– Electromagnetic Fields add value to your CV or launch your career in a new-found components into mechatronic devices the UK Electronics Skills Foundation direction, as well enabling you to develop business and –– MEng Computer Science or systems such as micro-machines, –– Electromechanical Energy and the Institution of Engineering and team-working skills in your chosen industry. –– MComp in IT in Organisations Technology (including their ‘Power electric vehicles and powerful Conversion Academy’ scheme) industrial robots. –– Electric and Electronic Circuits The year in industry is taken after Year 2 or Year 3 and is –– MEng Software Engineering assessed by academics and industry experts. During the year Accreditation: The Institution of –– Analogues and Digital Electronics If you are interested in these programmes you should Engineering and Technology Assessment you will continue to have the support of the University with apply for the MEng or MComp as normal, and then apply to –– Electrical Materials Our typical entry requirements regular contact between you and the ECS team. There are transfer to the Industrial Studies pathway during the second You will be assessed by examinations, may be subject to change. –– Solid State Devices and reduced fees while you are on placement and you will or third year of your degree. Acceptance is based on coursework, essays and laboratory and Before you apply, please visit Microprocessors receive a salary from the company for that year. academic performance during your course and selection design projects. www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq –– Programming by a suitable employer. Programme structure –– Mechanics Career destinations –– Mathematics BEng Mechatronic Engineering –– Control Our graduates go on to gain jobs HH36 | 3 years in the electricity supply industry, –– Engineering Design major electrical companies, This three-year programme will ensure –– Electrical Machines you are versatile enough to deal with government departments, –– Power Systems Technology transport industry and the systems that have both mechanical and electrical elements. Your learning –– Robotics and Electromechanical security industry. Or you may “My work experience placement at will be supported by excellent Design choose a career in research, experimental facilities in our Electrical a wearable technology company in international sales or –– Exploitation of Electrical and and Electronics Teaching Laboratories Electronic Technology management London showed me the variety of ways and Control Laboratory. Project work Optional modules in Years 3 and 4 begins in the first year and continues that I can apply my technical, writing, with design and build tasks in every We offer numerous optional modules year of your degree. You will get the that reflect the specialist areas of communication, and entrepreneurial chance to exercise your creative talent, mechatronic engineering and the key skills. I also developed skills in networking, deploy your skills and exploit the technology areas that will be critical in knowledge gained to produce the future within the overall context of project management and faster working electromechanical devices. Electronics and Computer Science. For example, MEng students select up styles which helped my studies in working Find out more MEng Mechatronic Engineering to five modules from 40 technical smarter, efficiently and finding a good HHH6 | 4 years options in Year 4. See page 40 for Find out more H36H | 5 years with industrial studies further details. work / social balance.” T: +44 (0)23 8059 2969 This four-year programme includes E: [email protected] Olivia Ojuroye more advanced engineering topics and www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/me BEng Electronic Engineering with Artificial Intelligence, 2015 gives you the chance to learn the wide PhD in Flexible Circuits for Wearable E-Textiles, first year
38 39 Optional Modules
As well as your core modules you will also be able to choose from an extensive range of optional modules that reflect the specialist areas of your programme and the key technology areas that will be critical in the future within the overall expertise of ECS. Here are some of the subject areas available to you; full details for each programme can be found on our website:
Agent Based Computing Nanoelectronics Analogue and Digital Electronics Nanotechnology Artificial Intelligence Online Social Networks Biomedical Technology Optoelectronics Computational Finance Photonics Computer Vision Power Electronics PROMOTING WOMEN Critical Systems Power Transmission and Distribution Cryptography Principles and Practice of Computer Graphics IN SCIENCE AND Cyber Security Programming Languages Distributed Systems Quantum Devices and Technology E-Business Strategy Robotic Systems ENGINEERING Embedded Systems Secure Systems Games Design and Development Sensors High Voltage Systems Serious Games In ECS we are proud to have recently received the Athena In ECS we actively promote diversity across our courses. A Integrated Circuits Silicon Photonics SWAN Bronze Award recognising our work in tackling the Diversity Committee supports training and career coaching Intelligent Agents Simulation problem of gender inequality in science. for women, while ECS Women was started by our students to support women across all levels. The group takes an Intelligent Algorithms System on Chip This national achievement reflects our commitment to ensure women are encouraged into an area that has active part in conferences promoting females in science, Image Processing Web Science historically been dominated by men. engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects, and organises events to improve employability such as Machine Learning Web Technology In ECS our female academics and students are already self-confidence building, CV and interview workshops, and Metamaterials, Nanophonics and Plasmonics Wireless and Mobile Networks showing the success that women can have in the fields network meetings. Micro Electromechanical Machines Wireless and Optical Communications of Electronics and Computer science. ECS was also instrumental in instigating the formation of the Our female academics are world-renowned for their work University’s Theano networking group that aims to promote and research, including Professor Dame Wendy Hall, a the advancement of women in science, engineering and You can also choose from options offered elsewhere in the University such as Entrepreneurship, Law, pioneer of the Web, who is dedicated to raising the profile technology in higher education. It also regularly takes part in Management, Mathematics and Modern Languages. As part of its Flexible Learning Programme, the of women in Electronics and Computer Science. University has recently developed a range of interdisciplinary modules that also allow you to study outreach initiatives in schools and colleges such as Think IT Many of our female students are also accomplishing great subjects such as American Democracy, Gender and Society, Human Origins, The Living Earth, with IBM. things in the field; Dr Reena Pau is just one of our success Philosophy of Science, or Twentieth Century Music. stories. After her BSC in Information Technology in Organisations, she stayed on to do a PhD focusing on computer science experience and how get girls into computing, been Coordinator of women’s networking group Theano, a research fellow, and is now Outreach Find out more Coordinator for ECS, winning a Women in Science, www.southampton.ac.uk/ Engineering and Technology (WiSET) Award for increasing ecs/UGcourses the visibility of women in STEM. Find out more
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40 41 YOUR STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Our six campuses all offer a friendly, vibrant and diverse atmosphere for work and leisure.
You can socialise with friends in one of our bars or cafés on campus and in our halls of residence, as well as in the city of Southampton
03 04 Campuses Social life If you are a registered first-year As an ECS student all of your work and Run by students for students, the undergraduate student new to the lectures will be based at the main Students’ Union offers a wide range of University, starting a full-time course, Highfield Campus, in the north of services and opportunities for you to with no dependants, you will be Southampton. Set in green and get the most out of your free time. guaranteed an offer of halls accommodation as long as you fulfil pleasantly landscaped surroundings, it –– Experience Freshers’ – a full the full criteria of the guarantee, which is an easy walk from the city centre. programme of activities to help includes applying before 1 August. Here you will find new and refurbished you settle in student facilities such as the Students’ –– We’ve got over 350 student groups To uphold the guarantee, in years of Union, the Jubilee Sports Centre, the (sports clubs and societies) that you exceptional demand we may offer Hartley Library, a 330-seat Uniplex can join, from archery, quidditch accommodation in a twin shared room cinema and three leading arts venues: and performing arts to debating and at the start of the academic year for a the Nuffield theatre, the Turner Sims life drawing 05 short period of time. concert hall and the John Hansard –– Help local people: get involved Accommodation For more information on our gallery. There is also a range of cafés in community volunteering Get the best out of your student life; guarantee to you, visit and restaurants, a bookshop, a post projects and fundraising stay in one of our 6,800 student rooms www.southampton.ac.uk/guarantee office and four major banks. –– Socialise with friends in one of our in halls. You can choose from a range We have six other sites – our new bars or cafés on our campuses of room types that includes a new Southampton Boldrewood Innovation and in our halls of residences development of over 1,400 rooms Campus; Avenue Campus; –– See high-profile acts, from Jess in Southampton city centre. Southampton General Hospital; the Glynne to Sub Focus, or have a quiet Live in either self-catered halls of National Oceanography Centre, evening with friends; the Union has residence with well-equipped Southampton; Winchester School of something for everyone, all year communal kitchens, or part-catered Art; and our branch campus for round accommodation where you enjoy the 02 engineering in EduCity, Iskandar, in –– Catch a film in our 330-seat cinema benefits of breakfast and evening Malaysia. 01 Avenue Campus –– Dance the night away in our large 02 National Oceanography meals throughout the week, plus venue for big events and gigs Centre Southampton some other meals at the weekend. 03 Well-equipped kitchens –– Become a DJ or director at Surge 04 The Bridge Bar Radio and SUSUtv 05 Try Taekwondo –– Try out journalism for the Wessex Scene or The Edge magazines Find out more
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01 42 43 APPLYING AND FUNDING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
We realise that going to university is a significant investment, so we’ll ensure you have Join us and students from more than 135 different countries at Southampton. all the information you need to make an informed decision.
How and when to apply Your tuition fee may cover compulsory Fixed fees Living and studying in a different undergraduate students and explore take one of our approved Secure –– Applications should be submitted via course costs, such as field trips and International students commencing country has its own unique the University and the city, so that English Language Tests (SELTs). These UCAS (www.ucas.com) laboratory clothing; however a their programme of study in 2017, will challenges. We make student entry you know where to worship, relax currently include IELTS, TOEFL, –– Our institution code is S27 and contribution may be necessary towards pay the same fixed fee for each year of straightforward, offer attractive and shop. You will also meet current Pearson PTE (Academic), the our code name is SOTON certain elements. Please check with their programme, with the exception scholarships to eligible applicants, international students who will Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency help you settle into your new life be able to give you good advice. tests, and the Trinity College London –– Read our Admissions Policy on the Admissions team for more details. of programmes where a combination and advise you on all aspects of ISE test. our website Visit our website for the latest of clinical and non-clinical fees apply. In these instances, the non-clinical living in the UK. Meet and Greet –– The deadline for medicine is information on tuition fees before fixed fee will apply for years one and Our network of services and advisors We organise a free Meet and Greet Pre-sessional programmes 15 October you submit your UCAS form for entry in the 2017/18 academic year. Students two, and the clinical fixed fee will apply ensure that your studies and life at service for all new international and EU The University offers a wide range of –– The deadline for all other who have applied for a deferred for the remainder of the programme. Southampton is as productive and students in September each year. Our pre-sessional programmes for programmes for UK and EU place in 2016/17 will be eligible for stress-free as possible. representatives meet you at Heathrow international students who are applicants is 15 January the 2017/18 tuition fees and support. Scholarships and bursaries or Gatwick Airport and transport you planning to come to the UK for –– For international applicants, the International Office directly to your accommodation. You undergraduate or postgraduate study If you are a UK student you can apply We offer a variety of scholarships and deadline is 30 June, although we can register for both the Service and at the University of Southampton. for loans to help pay for both fees and progression awards to the most Staff from our International Office strongly advise you to apply as early the Welcome Programme from July on maintenance. For more details, visit talented students across our subject attend educational exhibitions around These programmes will help you as possible as some courses may our website. www.southampton.ac.uk/money areas. For full eligibility criteria and the world as well as making numerous develop the English language skills you no longer have vacancies after the up-to-date information, visit visits overseas and to colleges in will need to follow a degree course or Visas January deadline Channel Islands/ www.southampton.ac.uk/ the UK. If you are unable to visit us undertake research at a British Before you join us, find out about the –– UCAS will automatically forward Isle of Man student fees scholarships in Southampton, make sure you university. For more information, UK’s immigration procedures. Do this your application to us and we will let We also offer a range of bursaries book an appointment to meet us please visit www.southampton.ac. Fees are set by the islands’ well in advance of your arrival in the you know when we have received it. designed to help UK undergraduate at one of the exhibitions or join uk/presessional governments and UK universities are UK. Our website provides information For more information, visit students in the most financial need. us on a virtual open day. notified of the levels in the spring prior on student visas, police registration, www.southampton.ac.uk/apply For more details and up-to-date You will find a quick introduction to the to the academic session in which working in the UK and has links to students commence their programme information, visit University on our website, which is Tuition fees and funding other useful websites. of study. www.southampton.ac.uk/ available in other languages. You can The University will set fees for 2017/18 bursaries also view web pages with specific For more information, visit when the government establishes International student information for students from over www.southampton.ac.uk/visa limits for tuition fees. For 2016/17, fees for 2017 50 countries. the University set the tuition fee for UK International scholarships Tuition fees for all ECS programmes To join us on a virtual open day, visit students at £9,000 and we offer a large We offer a number of subject-specific (including Foundation Year) will be www.southampton.ac.uk/ number of generous fee waivers and scholarships and bursaries to £19,725 per year. virtualopenday bursaries for eligible students. international students. These are For UK students from lower income Welcome Programme based on academic merit and families, these financial packages In September each year, we arrange vary depending on the subject. will be based on household income the Welcome Programme, which helps English language requirements supplied to us by the Student you settle into life here. 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