CREATING YOUR FUTURE Electronics and Computer Science Undergraduate Courses 2016 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, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering and Electronic Engineering. CHOOSE SOUTHA MPTON
Contents 04 Choose Southampton 26 Course overview 28 Degrees with industrial experience 29 Course information 42 Your student experience 44 Fees, applying, scholarships and bursaries 45 International students 46 How to find us
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The Mountbatten complex, a £110m investment in UK science and CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: technology, is one of Europe’s leading multidisciplinary cleanroom facilities WORLD CLASS FACILITIES WORLD CLASS Electrical and RANKINGS Electronic Engineering University League Tables 2014/15 1st in the UK. The Guardian University In the top Guide 2016 1% of global universities. QS World Rankings 2014 /15 Computer Science and IT 6th in the UK. “At Southampton, Electronics and Times Good University Guide 2015 Computer Science are uniquely 100% combined, which means they can draw of BEng Electronic on features from both areas. It puts a Engineering graduates in different spin on the whole thing which professional or managerial 1st work or study within I was really impressed by and the facilities in the UK for Graduate six months of graduating. Prospects for Electrical Unistats 2015 are incredible. They surpass anything & Electronic Engineering I have seen elsewhere!” and 2nd for Computer Science. Complete University Ashley Robinson Guide for 2016 MEng Electronic Engineering with Artificial Intelligence Graduated 2014
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4 5 CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: Study abroad: the University has over 400 links with A GLOBAL UNIVERSITY 233 partners in 54 countries around the The city of Southampton has a history of innovation and world exploration. As a forward-thinking university, we uphold these values in our education and research; join us to forge a successful future. MIXED REALITY We are an SKI RACE Our students can study in 54 countries in Europe and across the world institution in Our 200,000 graduates are part of a network of professionals that A professional skier in Austria covers 180 countries the top battled simultaneously against 1% two online gamers in Greece and Our academics make a difference on every continent of global in Germany in the world’s first Our business, government and non-government organisation partners universities interactive mixed reality downhill span the globe ski race using technology We are part of the Worldwide Universities Network, a collaboration of pioneered by ECS researchers knowledge from around the world ECS staff members come from more than 40 different countries around the world
SOLAR CHALLENGE A team of ECS students and staff designed and built a solar- and electric- powered vessel to compete in and win the annual Solar Splash World Championships in the USA Student Robotics attract participants from across Europe We offer Electrical and Electronic Engineering A ROBOTIC at our Malaysia campus. CHALLENGE Students have the chance to gain a unique ‘Southampton’ A team of University students led by ECS education in Malaysia organise the annual Student Robotics combined with two LIFE ON MARS competition to encourage sixth-form and years in the UK. Electronic Engineering college students to design, build and test student Hector Hamilton fully autonomous robots was part of a Southampton bid to grow lettuce on the red planet; the only UK Find out more entry to reach the finals of the Mars One international www.southampton.ac.uk/ competition. global
6 7 CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: CHANGE THE WORLD
Exploring how the Web will shape our future The University of Southampton has played a significant role in the development of the Internet and Web for nearly 30 years including invention of the Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifier (EDFA) – the ‘booster engine’ of the Internet and the foundation of the innovative discipline of Web Science 10 years ago. The World Wide Web changed human life as we know it. Its impact and scale of adoption has gone beyond all expectations and expanded at an unparalleled rate. Web Science has an ambitious agenda to understand and explain the Web. The University has recently launched the Web Science Institute (WSI), bringing together world-leading multidisciplinary expertise to tackle the most pressing global challenges facing the World Wide Web and wider society today. It is necessarily interdisciplinary, as much about social and organisational behaviour, as about the underpinning technology. The WSI is home to the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Web Science, with over 70 fully funded PhD students. It also runs a number of MSc programmes, the first UK undergraduate programme in Web Science and is leading the way in online education with our Web Science MOOC. The Web and Internet Science research group (WAIS) within ECS is carrying out research to better understand the origin, evolution and growth of the World Wide Web and how it is transforming society. WAIS includes some of the most influential people in forming the Web as it is today – Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt and Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee – inventor of the World Wide Web 25 years ago. Members of WAIS are analysing the Web in order to track its development, understand its use as an organic human-driven entity, and engineer its future by developing new tools, languages and standards to ensure its continuing creative use. Educational programmes are available in Web Science at undergraduate level (see page 31), taught masters level and PhD.
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Fulfilling future energy demand Our researchers are partnering with industry to find savings in the monitoring and transmission of energy. From thumbnailsized generators powered by ambient vibration to massive, undersea electrical cables, discoveries at Southampton are helping provide power to the UK and the world in a more economical and environmentally sustainable manner. Professors Paul Lewin and Alun Vaughan in Electronics and Computer Science are working with major industrial organisations and the UK transmission system operator National Grid to address important problems related to the design and use of high-voltage cables to reduce operational costs, minimise risk of network failure and cut carbon emissions. They are developing sophisticated materials that would adequately insulate new, high-voltage cables, be less energy intensive in their production and be fully recyclable at the end of their life. Their 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, electromechanical 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 Nick Jennings, Head of ECS ROYAL RECOGNITION Southampton people have a passion Nick, Professor of Computer Science and a to change the world through their Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK research and collaborations with Government, has been appointed as the global partners first Regius Professor in Computer Science by HM The Queen in recognition of ââ Our lecturers push the boundaries exceptional high-quality teaching of knowledge and research at Southampton. ââ You are taught differently; our research informs your education Dr Rob Maunder ââ Studying with our world-leading academics gives you an edge ELECTRONICS ââ You are involved with important EXPERTISE research as it unfolds A former ECS student, Rob is now Associate ââ Join us and help shape the next Professor and Director of Electrical, generation of technology Electronic and Electromechanical Engineering undergraduate programmes at Southampton. His research interests include wireless communications and he is part of a £6.4m programme to develop lighter, safer, and more fuel efficient aircraft.
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 Over 160 Our annual on business start- CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: Get involved leading technology Engineering and ups and enterprise in community companies are Technology Careers opportunities volunteering affiliated to the ECS Fair attracted over 85 DESIGN YOUR OWN projects Careers Hub leading companies EDUCATION in 2015 Your courses are developed and taught by world experts 400 jobs and GET internships Your course offers you breadth as well as depth posted in 2014 ââ Be independent and shape your course AHEAD ââ As well as attending lectures and seminars, you can access FOR YOUR many lectures and learning resources on the move ââ We work with you to make programmes more flexible CAREER Companies like Google, Microsoft, and ââ Employers are actively involved in shaping your Take part in our ARM sponsor coding degree programme outreach programme to challenges and start-up â â Take advantage of the Southampton opportunity; get spread the word about weekends involved in many extra-curricular activities to enhance science, technology, your experience engineering, and maths. 24 HOUR 3 million books, journals Help and advice ACCESS TO and reports in from friendly our libraries £4m laboratory staff investment in VIRTUAL Interactive laboratories online LEARNING Become an discussions official ‘Life at 50,000 Southampton’ e-books blogger and tell the Courses with world about your Wi-Fi optional time at ECS Opportunity across all our industrial study to learn a campuses year language INNOVATIVE SOCIAL Our Enabling LEARNING Experience an Services provides internship support when you or work LIFE need it 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 of study Find out more assessment over 10 weekend-long with a dedicated hack events in the www.southampton.ac.uk/ personal tutorç past year. choice
14 15 CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: 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. The technical depth of our programmes is recognised by our specialist themed degrees including areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Computer Systems, Mobile and Secure Systems, Nanotechnology and Wireless Communications. A detailed list of topics can be found on page 40.
“I like the variety of areas that I get to study. By working across faculties I feel my skills are tried and tested, challenging me to be a better student.”
Rachel Whalley BSc Web Science Year 1
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16 17 Dedicated ECS Careers Hub CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: More than 160 ECS affiliated Annual companies Engineering and SHAPE YOUR FUTURE Jobs Technology Careers advertised on Careers Fair events A degree at Southampton opens doors for career opportunities the ECS Southampton fast-tracks your ambitions We can help you build your dream CV intranet ââ We prepare you for future challenges not ââ Take advantage of our commercial partnerships with yet imagined and jobs not yet thought of more than 160 ECS affiliated companies via work ââ We are among the top 20 UK universities targeted placements, internships and volunteering by the largest number of top 100 graduate recruiters.* ââ Network with top employers at our annual Engineering Advice from and Technology Careers fair, which attracted 85 leading BUILD YOUR ââ We are first in the UK for Graduate Prospects in companies in 2015 Work ECS Alumni Electrical & Electronic Engineering and second for DREAM CV Computer Science** ââ Keep up to date with the latest news of our ECS Careers placements, Hub, which includes a database of current opportunities ââ Over 300 companies a year offer jobs to students internships and ââ Get advice from ECS alumni about future careers through the ECS Careers Hub volunteering 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 Personal ââ Gather evidence of your achievements through our ââ We are one of the top 30 UK universities for starting development programme of personal development to complement programme salaries*** your academic study ââ Build your entrepreneurial skills by engaging with our Student Enterprise programme OUR GRADUATES LAND 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 Cisco Microsoft Cobham Technologies Netcraft Entrepreneur First Ocado Ericsson Television Samsung Facebook Sony FactSet STFC Technology Find out more
To learn how your Southampton Opportunity can get you ready for employment, visit *High Fliers Research www.southampton.ac.uk/ **Complete University Guide for 2016 ecs/careershub ***The Sunday Times University Guide 2012 18 19 To direct multi-million pound projects
Robin Johnson The programme’s Group Design Projects MEng Software Engineering, final year simulate a real-world environment where you develop products to fulfil a real need and meet “I really enjoy the creativity of my course. the requirements of a business client, from pitch, People may not associate computer sciences to design and prototyping. The project I worked with creativity but it really can be. You gain an on had the Institute of Sound and Vibration understanding of the world as it is developing. Research as a client. We built a prototype for a You look at how people behave and you can start remote hearing test that would allow people with to predict how technologies and social media potential hearing difficulties to test their hearing will change and how you can contribute to without the need to travel to a test centre.” that change.
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20 21 Course Structure Electrical and Electromechanical Engineering – these All of our courses give you the opportunity to complete a broad-based courses cover elements ranging from power COURSE year’s industrial placement and study a modern language. systems and electronics to computing. If you are interested Your lectures and tutorials will be backed up by experimental in systems engineering or robotics then electromechanical and project work in the laboratories. systems is for you. OVERVIEW Our courses are offered as: Electrical and Electronic Engineering – based on our long experience of teaching electrical engineering and electronic – BEng (Bachelor of Engineering), BSc (Bachelor of Science) Are you prepared to work at the top of your field? Our range of stimulating engineering, this course is available at both our Southampton – three year courses and cutting-edge ECS degree programmes will ensure you are a step campus and our campus in Malaysia. You will investigate a ahead in the global jobs market. – MEng (Master of Engineering) and MComp (Master of wide range of electrical and electronic engineering, from Computing) – four year courses giving you a higher the electronics and chip design behind smartphones to the technical and professional qualification Many programmes energy requirements of power transmission. Choose Southampton can also be offered with Industrial Studies. See page 39 –– We are first in the UK for Graduate Prospects in Electrical & Electronic Engineering for details. How will you learn? and second for Computer Science. Complete University Guide for 2016 You will be taught in a variety of ways including formal –– 100% of employed Electronics and Computer Science graduates are Engineering Foundation Year lectures and tutorials, coursework and practical laboratory in professional / managerial jobs six months after graduating (DLHE) Designed for students without traditional entry sessions. Throughout your programme you will develop –– World-renowned academics and excellent industry-standard facilities qualifications, a Foundation Year provides an entry route to skills for the workplace through group activities and large –– Academics with Fellowships from the Royal Academy of Engineering and the our computer science and engineering degrees. If you meet design projects. In your later years you will complete Royal Society are involved in teaching of undergraduate students the required grades in your foundation year you then industrially sponsored group design projects and learn to automatically progress onto your chosen degree –– Electrical and electronic engineering were ranked number one in 1987 engineer professionally within a strict budget and deadline. programme. To find out more visit (THES) and are still in the top three today – nearly 30 years later www.southampton.ac.uk/foundationyear Flexible learning –– First in the UK for the volume and quality of our research in Electrical and Our new Flexible Learning Programme lets you personalise Electronic Engineering and 100% of our Computer Science research impact Course areas in ECS is recognised as world-leading or internationally excellent (REF 2014) your learning by choosing interdisciplinary modules or Software Engineering, Computer Science – you will design existing modules from other programmes such as –– Theory backed up by practical experience and industrial placements software for demanding applications at the forefront of entrepreneurship, law, management, mathematics and –– More elite UKESF scholarships awarded to ECS than to any other university software development such as aspect-oriented modern languages. For example, our Information programming, computational finance, rich internet Technology in Organisations programme can be taken with applications, and secure and mobile systems. a range of business orientated modules. Information Technology in Organisations – ITO combines both the technical theory, practical and business skills for Professional accreditation and awards you to design and develop IT solutions for a range of Our work has been recognised nationally. The relevant 92% organisations. We aim to produce IT professionals who professional accreditation bodies for our degree understand the technology, organisational needs and the programmes are the British Computer Society and the MEng Computer Science way people work together to design effective IT solutions. Institution of Engineering and Technology. We are one of students are satisfied with the 100 Web Science – our unique interdisciplinary course will help only a handful of universities to receive the prestigious title % Regius Professor, an honour bestowed by The Queen, MEng Electrical and BEng quality of their course you investigate the Web as a social and technical Electronic Engineering Unistats 2014 phenomenon. You will explore the technical underpinnings marking our excellence in the field of Computer Science and reflecting our exceptionally high quality of teaching and students go on to professional / of the web, as well as how billions of people across the world use and depend on it for their business, politics research. We have also received the Athena SWAN Bronze managerial work or study and social networking. Award for our commitment to tackle the problem of gender Unistats 2014 Electrical and inequality in science. Electronic Engineering – electronic signals drive the world Electronic Engineering around us from consumer electronics, computer Find out more processors and artificial intelligence, to nanoscale materials and communication technology. Our electronic engineering University Residences 1st T: +44 (0)23 8059 2969 in the UK. graduates are in constant demand to make this happen. E: [email protected] The Guardian University www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs Guide 2016
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LAB INVESTMENT Electrical and Electronic 112 x benches with oscilloscope, logic Engineering Laboratory analyser, digital multimeter, arbitrary waveform generator, dual 27” QHD monitors and 3 x power supply units
16 x machine set benches for electrical engineering experiments
A multimillion pound investment into the University “Our new flexible facility will prepare students for industries of Southampton’s Electronics and Computer Science of the future. The three laboratories will significantly Project (ECS) laboratories in the summer of 2015 will ensure increase capacity and enhance capability. A further £1.5m will demonstrations future students will be using the latest technology be invested in advanced test, design, build and computing and interactive teaching and state-of-the-art facilities to support their degree equipment to support our broad range of degree programmes. programmes in Electronics and Computer Science.” Computing Laboratory The £4m investment, funded by the University and the Professor Nick Jennings Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), will Head of Electronics and Computer Science see three undergraduate laboratories for computing and for electrical and electronic engineering completely overhauled and equipped with state-of-the-art facilities.
Projects Laboratory
Specialist 14 x specialist coding corner benches for power, with 48 x 27” radio frequency portrait QHD and high voltage monitors electronics 44 x benches Maker space oscilloscope, logic with PCB pick analyser, digital 81 x spaces and place, 3-D multimeter, arbitrary featuring 4-core printers and waveform generator, CPUs, 6-core CPUs, 5K Teaching space laser cutter dual monitors iMacs and laptop stations and power supply with 27” QHD monitors, units 28” UltraHD monitors and 34” WQHD curved monitors
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24 25 Key information “The research environment at Southampton Computer Science is incredible with very high quality academics. Programme Director: This is reflected in their teaching. If you are Dr Nicholas M Gibbins Start date: October 2016 choosing Computer Science I wouldn’t know Duration: BSc 3 years - MEng 4 years a better place to study than Southampton.” Typical offers require the following At Southampton our Computer MEng Computer Science (G401) Davide Zilli Entry requirements: 3 year BSc: AAA Science graduates have a world- This four-year programme prepares BEng Software Engineering, 2010 in three A Levels, including Mathematics leading reputation for creative (or equivalent qualifications) you for the next generation of systems solutions based on cutting-edge PhD in the Institute for Complex Systems Simulation 4 year MEng: A*AA in three A Levels, and software by exploring hot research including Mathematics knowledge and state-of-the-art topics such as complexity theory, (or equivalent qualifications) technical skills. Globally computer social media technology, or biologically Intake: 110 science systems, networks and inspired robotics. In the fourth year Language requirements: applications affect our everyday lives you will take part in a group design IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in healthcare, business, entertainment project working with a real industry in each competency and communications. customer or solving challenging Selection process: UCAS application Our outstanding facilities and problems through imaginative Accreditation: renowned teaching staff prepare our application of technology. The British Computer Society students to work in a wide variety of programme can also be offered Our typical entry requirements areas and fields. We are proud they are with Industrial Studies. See page 39 may be subject to change. setting the agenda for tomorrow’s for details. Before you apply, please visit ever-changing digital world. www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq MEng Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence (G4GR) Assessment Taking specialist courses similar to Career destinations Practical skills are assessed through those for G401, you will begin to laboratories and project work (both understand the practical industrial Our graduates go on to gain jobs individual and group), while theoretical applications of artificial intelligence in a wide variety of companies skills and knowledge are assessed and undertake individual research including software development, through coursework and exams. projects. media and communications, MEng Computer Science with finance, energy, high-tech Programme structure Distributed Systems and Networks MEng Computer Science with Image Core modules taken in Years 1 and 2 Optional modules in Years 3 and 4 manufacturing, and security. (G4G5) BSc Computer Science (G400) and Multimedia Systems (G450) –– Programming We offer numerous optional modules Taking specialist courses similar to This three-year programme will give Taking specialist courses similar to that reflect the specialist areas of those for G401, you will begin to –– Algorithmics you the grounding to work in any area those for G401, you will broaden your Computer Science and the key understand the practical industrial –– Professional Development of the computing industry. During the interests in image and multimedia technology areas that will be critical in applications of distributed systems first two years you will develop the systems through practical industrial –– Computer Systems the future within the overall context of and networks, and undertake core and professional skills, knowledge applications, group work and individual –– Foundations of Computer Science Electronics and Computer Science. individual research projects. and understanding that underpin design projects. –– Data Management See page 40 for further details. computer science. In your third year MEng Computer Science with Mobile –– Software Modelling and Design you can tailor your programme to suit and Secure Systems (G421) –– Distributed Systems and Networks your interests and career aims. You will This course focuses on two of the also work on an individual project with most exciting areas of the emerging –– Intelligent Systems the potential to explore cutting edge technologies. Special features include –– Theory of Computing technologies and innovative dedicated additional laboratory –– Programming Language Concepts applications. modules to familiarise you with –– Interaction Design hand-held, low-power devices using group gaming exercises and other –– Software Engineering Group Project Find out more investigative scenarios. Find out more T: +44 (0)23 8059 2969 E: [email protected] To download brochure www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/cswww.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/itowww.ecs.soton.ac.uk/cs
26 27 Key information Information Technology Key information Software Engineering Programme Director: Dr Gary Wills in Organisations (ITO) Programme Director: Start date: October 201 Dr Nicholas M Gibbins Duration: BSc 3 years - MComp 4 years Start date: October 2016 Typical offers require the following Duration: BEng 3 years - MEng 4 years Typical offers require the following Entry requirements: 3 year BSc: Overview Core modules taken in Years 1 and 2 Overview MEng Software Engineering (G600) AAB in three A Levels or DDD in BTEC Entry requirements: 3 year –– Web Design This four-year programme gives you Level 3 Extended Diploma in IT The ITO programmes provide BEng: AAA in three A Levels, Engineering high quality, secure and the chance to learn how software (or equivalent qualifications) students with a good theoretical and –– Foundations of Computer Science including Mathematics (or equivalent reliable software systems has never engineering must adapt to deal with A good grade at GCSE Maths practical understanding of the –– Algorithmics qualifications) been so challenging. The modern (or equivalent) is required 4 year MEng: A*AA in three A Levels, new technologies and challenges. In application of computing technologies world is driven by an astonishing –– Programming (Java) including Mathematics the fourth year you will take part in a 4 year MComp: AAA in three A within an organisational setting. variety of interconnected software, Levels or DDD* in BTEC Level 3 (or equivalent qualifications) group design project working with a Although ITO’s primary focus is on the –– Business Information Systems from phone apps to systems that Extended Diploma in IT(or equivalent Intake: 15 real industry customer or solving technical perspective of ITO (including –– Computational Systems control critical utilities and qualifications) A good grade at GCSE Language requirements: challenging problems through the programing of these systems) the infrastructure. Maths (or equivalent) is required –– Systems and Platforms IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 imaginative application of technology. professional, commercial and Intake: 40 –– Groups, Teams and Leaders in each competency At Southampton we produce The programme can also be offered managerial aspect of IT systems are Language requirements: Selection process: UCAS application sought-after graduates who can create with Industrial Studies. See page 39 also covered. –– Databases and Application IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 Accreditation: the next generation of software for details. in each competency –– Application Scripting (ooPhP) British Computer Society systems and who go on to work with Core modules taken in Years 1 and 2: Selection process: UCAS application Assessment –– Networking in Organisations Our typical entry requirements some of the world’s biggest Accreditation: –– Programming Practical skills are assessed through –– Commercial Aspect of IT may be subject to change. technology companies. British Computer Society Before you apply, please visit laboratories and project work (both –– Algorithmics –– Human Factors in Design www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq Our typical entry requirements individual and group), while theoretical Assessment –– Professional Development may be subject to change. –– Integrative Project Before you apply, please visit skills and knowledge are assessed Practical skills are assessed through –– Computer Systems through coursework and exams. –– Mathematics for ITO www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq Career destinations laboratory and project work (both –– Foundations of Computer Science Optional modules in Years 3 and 4 individual and group), while theoretical –– Data Management Programme structure We offer numerous optional modules Our graduates go on to gain jobs skills and knowledge are assessed in a wide variety of industries –– Software Modelling and Design Career destinations BSc IT in Organisations (G560) that reflect the specialist areas of through coursework and exams. interest in Information Technology in including energy, high-tech –– Distributed Systems and Networks Our graduates go on to gain jobs This three-year programme gives you a Organisations. These optional manufacturing, and defence and Programme structure –– Intelligent Systems in a wide variety of industries and good grounding in the fundamental modules fit within the overall context communications. companies including IT issues (technical and business) of IT in of Electronics and Computer Science. BEng Software Engineering (G4G6) –– Theory of Computing consultancy, management and Organisations. You will look at the See page 40 for further details. This three-year programme allows you –– Programming Language Concepts the finance sector. growing trends in e-business and ITO with a Minor you to pursue a career in any area of –– Interaction Design e-commerce, the effects of IT on the software industry. During the first –– Software Engineering Group Project society, the security of IT systems, and Information Technology in two years you will develop the core and the technology that underpins these Organisations (ITO) offers students professional skills, knowledge and Optional modules in Years 3 and 4 the option to undertake a minor activities. understanding that underpin software We offer numerous optional modules alongside the major in ITO. A minor MComp IT in Organisations (G500) engineering. In your third year you can that reflect the specialist areas of allows you to broaden out your degree tailor your programme to suit your Software engineering and the key This four-year programme will give you by replacing your optional modules interests and career aims. You will also technology areas that will be critical in a more advanced understanding of IT over the first three years with a work on an individual project to take a the future within the overall context of in Organisations and allows you to dedicated set of modules for the piece of software from development Electronics and Computer Science. achieve Chartered IT Professional minors. Currently on offer from to implementation and evaluation. See page 40 for further details. status in the shortest time. It addresses ECS are minors in: the more advanced technical aspects of IT in organisations and you can –– Applied Economics focus on having a management, –– International Relations technical or balanced portfolio of –– Modern Languages Find out more modules to suit your interests and Find out more –– Psychology career aims . You will complete a group Find out more –– Sustainability Find out more T: +44 (0)23 8059 2969 design project, an individual research T: +44 (0)23 8059 2969 project and a compulsory e-business E: [email protected] E: [email protected] To download brochure strategy module. The programme can www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/ito www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/se www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/ito also be offered with Industrial Studies. See page 39 for details.
28 29 Key information Web Science
Programme Director: Dr Mark Weal Start date: October 2016 Duration: 3 years Overview BSc Web Science – Social Science Typical offers require the following (I200) We are pioneering the development of Entry requirements: 3 year BSc: You can choose this alternative Web Science, a new discipline that AAB in three A Levels, three-year pathway that offers aims to provide a thorough including Mathematics theoretical and methodological understanding of the Web as a social (or equivalent qualifications) expertise in the social scientific and technical phenomenon. This Intake: 20 understanding and analysis of the Web. Language requirements: multidisciplinary course explores the IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 impact of the Web on society and Core modules taken in Years 1 and 2 in each competency builds skills and expertise in the –– Information, Technology and Selection process: UCAS application technical underpinnings of the Web as Social Change Accreditation: well as the social processes that have –– Programming British Computer Society shaped its evolution. –– Web Design Our typical entry requirements You will be taught by researchers at the may be subject to change. forefront of Web Science who are –– Foundations in Social Theory Before you apply, please visit tackling some of the Web’s biggest –– Introduction to Quantitative www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq challenges and will benefit from our Methods excellent facilities, key partnerships –– Web Agents, Actors and Agency with major industries and world- –– Interdisciplinary Group Project Career destinations leading research base. –– Databases and Application Web Science will equip you with unique cross-cutting knowledge Assessment –– Interaction Design and skills, marketable to a broad Your theory will be assessed through –– Digital Literacies range of employers and examinations and coursework, while In Years 2 and 3 we offer employment sectors. We have your practical experience will be numerous optional modules visit strong relationships with assessed by laboratory work, design www.southampton.ac.uk/webscience employers, and our graduates are exercises and dissertations. to find out more. particularly in demand for their understanding of organisations Programme structure and their practical abilities in BSc Web Science – Computer Science the workplace. (I201) This three-year programme develops a “The interdisciplinary nature of Web critical understanding of the Web, its history and current trajectories of development. You will specialise in Science means I can take courses from all computational understanding and analysis of the Web and will take over the University experiencing a unique additional modules in programming and scripting, data management and the technical underpinnings of breadth in my course and allowing me to the Web. approach problems in a different way.”
Mark Cole Find out more BSc Web Science, Year 1 Find out more Mark was recently part of a winning team in a Cyber Security T: +44 (0)23 8059 2969 [email protected] Challenge UK competition; a realistic simulation to intercept and E: www.southampton.ac.uk/ prevent a global online terrorist attack. webscience
30 31 Key information “Group projects have Electronic Engineering allowed me to experience Programme Director: what it is like to work on a Dr Rob Maunder project in the real world and Start date: October 2016 Overview MEng Electronic Engineering (H603) Duration: BEng 3 years - MEng 4 years This four-year programme develops apply the knowledge I have Typical offers require the following Southampton has an unrivalled the management skills needed to reputation in Electronic Engineering gained from the course. It Entry requirements: 3 year BEng: become a leader in the electronics and our graduates are employed AAA in three A Levels (or equivalent industry. In the fourth year you will be has given me the chance to worldwide in highly prestigious qualifications), including Mathematics challenged to solve real problems for and Physics. Physics may be substituted positions. They use the skills and an industrial customer or to transfer actually be an engineer.” by Further Mathematics, Computer knowledge they developed in technology from the University to Science, or Electronics Southampton to engineer the Emily Barnes industrial practice. The programme 4 year MEng: A*AA in three A Levels electronic signals that pervade the MEng Electronic Engineering can also be offered with Industrial (or equivalent qualifications), including world around us. Year 4 Mathematics and Physics. Physics may Studies. See page 39 for details. From cutting-edge electronics, be substituted by Further Mathematics, MEng Electronic Engineering with computer processors and artificial Computer Science, or Electronics Artificial Intelligence (H6G7) Intake: 45 intelligence, to nanoscale materials This degree focuses on the design and Language requirements: and communication techniques – our IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 students have a hand in it all. implementation of state-of-the-art in each competency artificial intelligence techniques, with Selection process: UCAS application Assessment consideration of image processing and Funding: scholarships and paid computer vision, machine learning, industrial placements are available from Laboratories, design exercises and robotic systems, computational the UK Electronics Skills Foundation projects are used to assess the biology and finance, as well as and the Institution of Engineering and practical aspects, while coursework complexity. The programme includes Technology. and exams assess the theoretical core content from H603. www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/money elements. MEng Electronic Engineering with MEng Electronic Engineering with MEng Electronic Engineering with –– Advanced Programming Accreditation: The Institution of Computer Systems (H6G4) Engineering and Technology Programme structure Nanotechnology (H611) Wireless Communications (H641) –– Solid State Electronics Explore the design, synthesis, Our typical entry requirements Explore the underpinning physics of The advanced topics for this degree BEng Electronic Engineering (H610) fabrication and efficient programming –– Devices may be subject to change. state-of-the-art nanoscale electronic, cover the characteristics of of computer systems at a fundamental –– Electrical Materials and Fields Before you apply, please visit This three-year programme will enable photonic, fluidic, bio-electronic and electromagnetic wave propagation in architectural level. Specialist topics www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq you to work in any area of the electromechanical materials and radio channels. You will specialise in –– Electromagnetism for include real-time computing and electronics industry. During the first devices, as well as their design and the design and implementation of Communications embedded systems, advanced two years you will develop the skills, fabrication. Specialist topics on this signal processing techniques, circuits computer architecture, and system- –– Control and Communications Career destinations knowledge and understanding that degree include nanoelectronic and systems for efficiently and reliably on-chip design techniques. The –– Mathematics for Electrical and underpin electronic engineering. In devices, green electronics, and modulating information onto the Our graduates go on to gain jobs programme includes core content Electronic Engineering your third year you can tailor your bionanotechnology. The programme channel for the purpose of wireless in a wide variety of industries programme to suit your interests and from H603. Optional modules in Years 3 and 4 including communications, includes core content from H603. communication networking. The career aims. You will also work on an MEng Electronic Engineering with programme includes core content We offer numerous optional modules energy, transport, high-tech MEng Electronic Engineering with individual project to build a challenging Mobile and Secure Systems (H691) from H603. that reflect the specialist areas of manufacturing, and security. Photonics (H680) and unique electronic system. This degree focuses on the design and Electronic Engineering and the key This degree specialises in the design Core modules taken in Years 1 and 2 implementation of secure electronic technology areas that will be critical in and fabrication of optical fibres, as well –– Electronic Circuits systems that maintain the the future within the overall context of as semiconductor light sources and confidentiality, integrity and –– Electronic Systems Electronics and Computer Science. In detectors. You will study the design authenticity of information, while –– Advanced Electronic Systems addition to the individual project, and implementation of signal allowing mobility and interoperability students select up to five modules processing techniques, circuits and –– Electronic Design with external wireless networks. from around 25 technical options plus systems for efficiently modulating Advanced topics include cyber –– Digital Systems and numerous non-technical options in information onto the optical fibre for security, safety-critical systems, Microprocessors Year 3. In addition to the group project, Find out more the purpose of optical communication automated software verification, and –– Digital Systems and Signal MEng students select up to five and other applications of photonics. Find out more cryptography. The programme Processing modules from around 45 technical T: +44 (0)23 8059 2969 The programme includes core content includes core content from H603. –– Computer Engineering options in Year 4. See page 40 for E: [email protected] from H603. further details. www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/ele –– Programming
32 33 Key information Electrical and Programme Director: Electronic Engineering Dr Paolo Rapisarda Start date: October 2016 Overview engineering problem. You will further Duration: BEng 3 years - MEng 4 years develop your knowledge in electrical Typical offers require the following Many aspects of our modern life are and electronic engineering through influenced by electrical and electronic Entry requirements: 3 year BEng: the range of optional modules AAA in three A Levels (or equivalent engineering including energy, available across ECS. The programme qualifications), including Mathematics healthcare, entertainment, commerce, can also be offered with Industrial and Physics. In some cases, Physics may communications manufacturing and Studies. See page 39 for details. be substituted by Further Mathematics the environment. Core modules taken in Years 1 and 2 or Electronics This flexible programme combines our –– Electrical Materials and Fields 4 year MEng: A*AA in three A Levels extensive experience in teaching highly (or equivalent qualifications), including regarded Electrical Engineering and –– Electronic Circuits Mathematics and Physics. In some cases, Electronic Engineering degrees. You Physics may be substituted by Further –– Electronic Systems Mathematics or Electronics will gain a broad range of skills and have –– Solid State Devices Intake: 45 the flexibility to tailor your course to suit your interests in Electrical and –– Programming Language requirements: IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 Electronic Engineering. –– Digital Systems and in each competency Microprocessors Selection process: UCAS application Assessment –– Mathematics Funding: scholarships and paid Laboratories, design exercises and –– Power Electronics and Drives industrial placements are available from the UK Electronics Skills Foundation projects are used to assess the –– Electromagnetism for Electrical and the Institution of Engineering and practical aspects, while coursework and Electronic Engineering Technology (including their ‘Power and exams assess the theoretical –– Control and Communications Academy’ scheme) aspects. www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/money –– Digital Systems and Signal Accreditation: The Institution of Programme structure Processing Engineering and Technology –– Circuits and Transmission BEng Electrical and Electronic Our typical entry requirements –– Electrical and Electronic Engineering (H600) may be subject to change. Engineering Design Before you apply, please visit This three-year programme gives you Optional modules www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq the strong fundamental skills to become a good electrical and In Years 1 and 2, Electrical and electronic engineer. In the third year Electronic Engineering students also Career destinations you can tailor the course to suit your pick an optional module in their area of interests or career aims. You will also interest (for example Advanced Our graduates go on to gain jobs get involved in the design, simulation, Programming, Devices, Electrical in a wide variety of industries building and testing of an electrical Machines, Materials, Computer involved in power generation and and/or electronic system as part of Engineering, Mechanics or Advanced distribution, communications, your individual project in collaboration Electronic Systems). In Years 3 and 4 In a second year group design project, microelectronics, renewable with an academic who is also an active we offer numerous optional modules energy, transport or security. researcher. that reflect the specialist areas of interest in Electrical and Electronic students design and simulate their own MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the key technology Engineering (H602) areas that will be critical in the future, integrated circuit (or ‘chip’), seeing it This four-year programme will provide within the overall expertise of ECS. See you with the necessary management page 40 for further details. skills to become an industry leader. You through from specification to fabrication. Find out more will test and further develop your technical skills and learn and develop They must probe their silicon wafers to Find out more management skills by working in a T: +44 (0)23 8059 2969 project team to tackle a real E: [email protected] test and evaluate their designs. www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/eee
34 35 Key information Key information Electrical Engineering
Programme Director: Dr Gary Wills Programme Director: Start date: October 2015 Professor George Chen TheDuration: right 3balance years between theory and practice. Start date: October 2016 Overview industrial experience through vacation Fees: £xxx Duration: BEng 3 years - MEng 4 years At Southampton we strive to make a careful balance employment. In Year 4 you will get the Typical offers require the following Electrical engineering concerns betweenTypical theory offers andrequire practice, the following enabling you to both ‘know chance to do a group project, either anything that involves electrical power, andEntry ‘do’ requirements:your subject. Our 3 year students BSc: get the opportunity to Entry requirements: 3 year BEng: working with a real customer from from the electromagnetism of tryAAB out inthe three theory A Levels that they’reDDD in BTEC learning in lectures through a AAB in three A Levels (or equivalent industry or transferring technology qualifications), including A in superconducting systems to the mixtureLevel 3of Extended lab work, Diploma design inexercises, IT coursework and from the University into industrial Mathematics and A in Physics principles of power generation and projects(or equivalent – all designed qualifications) to enthuse, teach and stretch. practice with a chance to exercise self A good grade at GCSE Maths 4 year MEng: AAA in three A Levels transmission, and the development Our labs are regularly updated and revised, to give you the and team management skills. The (or equivalent) is required (or equivalent qualifications), including of more efficient and sustainable facilities to enable you to maximise your potential . programme can also be offered with 4 year MComp: AAA in three A in Mathematics and A in Physics energy sources. Industrial Studies. See page 39 for A Levels DDD* in BTEC Level 3 Intake: 25 At Southampton we will provide you details. Extended Diploma in IT Language requirements: (or equivalent qualifications) with the analytical skills to design and Core modules taken in Years 1 and 2 IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 develop the technology of tomorrow A good grade at GCSE Maths in each competency –– Electromagnetic Fields and Applied (or equivalent) is required using our outstanding experimental Selection process: UCAS application Electromagnetism Intake: 40 facilities, including our high-voltage scholarships, industrial Funding: laboratory. –– Electric and Electronic Circuits Language requirements: IELTS placements and guaranteed 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each employment are available for students –– Analogues and Digital Electronics competency selected for the Power Academy Assessment –– Solid State Devices and Selection process: UCAS application Accreditation: The Institution of Examination and coursework ensure Microprocessors Accreditation: British Computer Engineering and Technology Society rigorous assessments of theoretical –– Electrical Materials Our typical entry requirements knowledge. Laboratories, design Our typical entry requirements –– Programming may be subject to change. exercises and projects are used to test may be subject to change. Before you apply, please visit –– Mechanics Before you apply, please visit www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq practical aspects. www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq –– Mathematics Programmes –– Control Career destinations BEng Electrical Engineering (H620) –– Engineering Design Career destinations –– Electrical Machines Our graduates go on to gain jobs This degree covers all topics related to Our graduates go on to gain jobs in the electricity supply industry, electrical power, from fundamentals of –– Power Electronics and Drivers in a wide variety of industries and major electrical and power power generation and transmission, –– Power Systems Technology companies including IT the control theory to the development companies, government –– High Voltage Engineering consultancy, management and departments, transport industry of more efficient and sustainable –– Exploitation of Electrical and the finance sector and the security industry. Or you energy sources, and superconducting electric cables. Core technical subjects Electronic Technology may choose a career in research, are covered in year one, followed by a international sales or Optional modules in Years 3 and 4 focus on specialised subjects in year “The rover project was invaluable to management We offer numerous optional modules two and the opportunity to tailor your that reflect the specialist areas of understand the several stages of product studies according to your interests in electrical engineering and the key year three. Individual project work with technology areas that will be critical in one of our research groups will allow the future within the overall context of development such as designing, fundraising, you to work at the frontier of Electronics and Computer Science. knowledge. For example, MEng students select up building and testing. It was a great team project MEng Electrical Engineering (H601) to five modules from 40 technical This four-year programme includes options in Year 4. See page 40 for more advanced engineering topics, further details. where I got to apply theory to a real problem. I Find out more management studies, law, and group projects. You will tackle wide-ranging Find out more engineering challenges and gain always talk about it in job interviews!” T: +44 (0)23 8059 2969 E: [email protected] Pedro Amaro www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/ee BEng Electrical Engineering, currently studying for PhD in Electronics and Electrical Engineering
36 37 Key information Electromechanical Degrees with
Programme Director: Professor George Chen Engineering Industrial Experience Start date: October 2016 Overview management studies and law. In Year 4 Through its dedicated Careers Hub and strong relationships Duration: BEng 3 years - MEng 4 years Courses with Industrial Studies you will get the chance to do a group with employers, ECS provides enviable opportunities Typical offers require the following Electromechanical engineering meets project, designing and constructing a –– MEng Computer Science the increasing demand from industry for students to gain industrial experience, including Entry requirements: 3 year BEng: product to meet a real world need. This summer placements. –– MComp in IT in Organisations AAB in three A Levels (or equivalent for engineers with cross-disciplinary will build your confidence and your –– MEng Software Engineering qualifications), including A in skills in the fields of robotics, flexible skills to deliver working prototypes. Students on our main MEng and MComp programmes Mathematics and A in Physics manufacturing, electromechanical You will also gain industrial experience may also apply to take a year in industry with one of our –– MEng Electronic Engineering 4 year MEng: AAA in three A Levels power systems and electrical power through vacation employment. The recognised partner companies and to graduate with an –– MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering (or equivalent qualifications), including transmission and distribution systems. programme can also be offered MEng or MComp degree with Industrial Studies. A in Mathematics and A in Physics It combines a mixture of mechanical –– MEng Electrical Engineering with Industrial Studies. See page 39 A year in industry - sometimes known as a placement year, or Intake: 25 and electrical engineering. –– MEng Electromechanical Engineering for details. sandwich year - is a great way to give you a competitive edge Language requirements: You will investigate the problems of Core modules taken in Years 1 and 2 among graduate recruiters by showing you can relate your IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 combining electrical and mechanical in each competency –– Electromagnetic Fields academic skills and knowledge to contemporary industrial components into electromechanical Selection process: UCAS application practice. It can help you to connect with future employers, devices or systems such as micro- –– Electromechanical Energy scholarships, industrial add value to your CV or launch your career in a new-found Funding: machines, electric vehicles and Conversion placements and guaranteed direction, as well enabling you to develop business and powerful industrial robots. employment are available for students –– Electric and Electronic Circuits team-working skills in your chosen industry. selected for the Power Academy –– Analogues and Digital Electronics Assessment The year in industry is taken after Year 2 or Year 3 and is Accreditation: The Institution of –– Electrical Materials Engineering and Technology assessed by academics and industry experts. During the year You will be assessed by examinations, –– Solid State Devices and you will continue to have the support of the University with Our typical entry requirements coursework, essays and laboratory and Microprocessors regular contact between you and the ECS team. may be subject to change. design projects. Before you apply, please visit –– Programming If you are interested in this route you should apply for an www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/entryreq Programmes –– Mechanics MEng or MComp as normal, and then apply to transfer to the –– Mathematics Industrial Studies pathway during the second or third year of BEng Electromechanical Engineering your degree. Acceptance is based on academic performance –– Control Career destinations (HH36) during your course and selection by a suitable employer. –– Engineering Design Our graduates go on to gain jobs This three-year programme will ensure There are reduced fees while you are on placement and in the electricity supply industry, you are versatile enough to deal with –– Electrical Machines you will receive a salary from the company for that year. major electrical companies, systems that have both mechanical –– Power Systems Technology and electrical elements. Your learning government departments, –– Robotics and Electromechanical will be supported by excellent transport industry and the Design security industry. Or you may experimental facilities in our Electrical and Electronics Teaching Laboratories –– Exploitation of Electrical and choose a career in research, and Control Laboratory. Project work Electronic Technology international sales or begins in the first year and continues Optional modules in Years 3 and 4 management 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 “I am so glad I accepted this chance to exercise your creative talent, electromechanical engineering and placement. I learned so much about deploy your skills and exploit the the key technology areas that will be knowledge gained to produce critical in the future within the overall presenting, communicating – many electromechanical devices. context of Electronics and Computer things you don’t necessarily learn MEng Electromechanical Engineering Science. For example, MEng students (HHH6) select up to five modules from 40 at university – and the amount of This four-year programme includes technical options in Year 4. See page contacts I made was amazing.” Find out more more advanced engineering topics and 40 for further details. gives you the chance to learn the wide Raj Shah Find out more range of disciplines required for a T: +44 (0)23 8059 2969 BEng Electromechanical Engineering challenging career including, E: [email protected] Industrial placement with IBM www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs/eme
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:
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 High Voltage Systems Sensors Hypertext 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. Syrian-born Ghaithaa Manla is just one of Philosophy of Science, or Twentieth Century Music. our success stories. She came over to the UK to study her MSc in Electronic Engineering and enjoyed her time at Southampton so much she has stayed. Since then she has completed her PhD, helped other international students settle into Southampton, been Coordinator of women’s Find out more networking group Theano and is now a research fellow www.southampton.ac.uk/ in ECS. ecs/UGcoursefinder Find out more
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40 41 YOUR STUDENT EXPERIENCE
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03 04 Campuses Social life Live in either self-catered halls of As an ECS student all of your work and Run by students for students, SUSU, residence with well-equipped lectures will be based at the main the University of Southampton communal kitchens, or part-catered Highfield Campus, in the north of Students’ Union, offers a wide range of accommodation where you enjoy the Southampton. Set in green and services and opportunities for you to benefits of breakfast and evening pleasantly landscaped surroundings, it get the most out of your free time. meals throughout the week, plus some other meals at the weekend. is an easy walk from the city centre. –– Experience Your Freshers’ – a week Here you will find new and refurbished full of activities to help you settle in If you are a registered first-year undergraduate student new to the student facilities such as the Students’ –– Discover a new talent: try Union, the Jubilee Sports Centre, the some of our 92 sports clubs University, starting a full-time course, Hartley Library, a 330-seat Uniplex from archery to Taekwondo with no dependents, you will be cinema and three leading arts venues: guaranteed an offer of halls –– Join one of our 218 societies the Nuffield theatre, the Turner Sims 05 accommodation as long as you fulfil from performing arts to politics concert hall and the John Hansard JumpStart the full criteria of the guarantee, which –– Help local people: get involved gallery. There is also a range of cafés The JumpStart programme is a includes applying before 1 August. and restaurants, a bookshop, a post in community volunteering projects and fundraising week-long induction event that aims to To uphold the guarantee, in years of office and four major banks. ensure you settle into ECS, the exceptional demand we may offer –– Socialise with friends in one of our We have six other sites – our new £116 University and the City of accommodation in a twin shared room bars or cafés on our campuses million Boldrewood Campus; Avenue at the start of the academic year for a and in our halls of residences Southampton as quickly as possible. Campus; Southampton General short, temporary period of time. Hospital; the National Oceanography –– See high-profile acts, such as It involves team challenges, social Pixie Lott and Greg James For more information on our Centre, Southampton; Winchester events, tours of the laboratories, guarantee to you, visit School of Art; and our branch campus –– Catch a film in our 330-seat cinema meetings with your tutor group and www.southampton.ac.uk/guarantee for engineering in EduCity, Iskandar, in –– Dance the night away in our large key staff, and provides everything to Malaysia. venue for big events and gigs 02 help you adapt easily into your new –– Become a DJ or director at Surge 01 Avenue Campus student life. 02 National Oceanography Radio and SUSUtv Centre Southampton Accommodation –– Try out journalism for the Wessex 03 Well-equipped kitchens Scene or The Edge magazines 04 The Bridge Bar Get the best out of your student life; 05 Try Taekwondo stay in one of our 6,500 student rooms in halls. You can choose from a range Find out more
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01 42 43 APPLYING AND FUNDING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
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General entry requirements Tuition fees and funding Channel Islands/ Living and studying in a different Welcome Programme International scholarships To apply for undergraduate study The University will set fees for 2016/17 Isle of Man student fees country has its own unique In September each year, we arrange We offer a number of subject-specific you must satisfy our general entry when the government establishes Fees are set by the islands’ challenges. We make student entry Welcome Programme, which helps scholarships and bursaries to requirements and any specific limits for tuition fees. For 2015/16, governments and UK universities are straightforward, offer attractive you settle into life here. The week international students. These are requirements of your chosen the University set the tuition fee for UK notified of the levels in the spring prior scholarships to eligible applicants, includes general events to introduce based on international merit and programme. Typical entry students at £9,000 and we offer a large to the academic session in which help you settle into your new life you to our facilities, subject-specific vary depending on the subject. requirements for applicants with number of generous fee waivers and students commence their programme and advise you on all aspects of events to begin your academic GCE A-levels can be found online. bursaries for eligible students. of study. living in the UK. induction and a range of social and English language requirements For UK students from lower income Our network of services and advisors cultural activities. If English is not your first language, How to apply families, these financial packages International student ensure that your studies and life at During the week, you will meet other you will need to demonstrate that Apply online at www.ucas.com the will be based on household income fees for 2016 Southampton is as productive and undergraduate students and explore you have reached a satisfactory website for the Universities and supplied to us by the Student Tuition fees for all ECS programmes stress-free as possible. the University and the city, so that standard in an approved English Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). Loans Company. (including Foundation Year) will be you know where to worship, relax language test. For the majority of International Office Our UCAS code name is SOTON and Your tuition fee may cover compulsory £18,010 per year. and shop. You will also meet current our courses we require an IELTS level Staff from our International Office our number is S27. All students should course costs, such as field trips and international students who will of 6.5 or equivalent, achieved in the attend educational exhibitions around apply between 1 September 2015 laboratory clothing; however a Scholarships and bursaries be able to give you good advice. past two years. If you need to improve the world as well as making numerous and 15 January 2016. If you are an contribution may be necessary towards We offer a variety of scholarships and your English language skills, you can visits overseas and to colleges in international student from outside certain elements. Please check with progression awards to the most Meet and Greet apply to our pre-sessional English the UK. If you are unable to visit us the UK or EU, we may consider your the Admissions team for more details. talented students and a generous The Meet and Greet Service from language courses. 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