Challenge & lead. Postgraduate Open Day

Your Open Day programme 23 November 2016 Welcome

Welcome to our Postgraduate Open Day Today is your chance to discover more about our vibrant postgraduate community and study opportunities open to you. Talk to our internationally renowned academics and students who will be on hand to answer your questions and discover how can offer you the expertise and support to inspire success in your future career. We look forward to welcoming you and hope you have an informative and enjoyable day. Get involved on Twitter Hashtag #UoSOpenDay and share your experiences of the day.

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Welcome desk & registration Visit us at the welcome desk to register and pick up a postgraduate prospectus and programme of the day. ââHighfield Campus, Garden Court (Building 38/40), 13.30 until 18.00

Postgraduate Study at Southampton Talk by Professor James Vickers and Professor Pauline Leonard

Find out why you should consider further study and what Southampton has to offer postgraduate students. Learn about our postgraduate community and world-leading research. ââHighfield Campus, Garden Court (Building 38/40), 14.00 to 15.00 and 18.00 to 19.00

PhD unwrapped - what it is like to be a PhD student at Southampton

A panel information session where our current PhD students share their experiences. Listen to students’ stories and ask them about their time at Southampton. ââHighfield Campus, Building 67, Room 1007, 15.00 to 16.00 and 17.00 to 18.00

Subject Information Fair

Speak to our academic and admissions staff about the varied postgraduate courses and research areas available to you. All of our subject areas will be represented: Business, Law and Art Engineering and the Environment Health Sciences Humanities Medicine Natural and Environmental Sciences Physical Sciences and Engineering Social, Human and Mathematical Sciences

ââGarden Court (Building 38/40), 15.00 to 18.00

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Departing from Welcome Desk in Building Event Time(s) Location National Oceanography Centre, 15.00 38, Highfield Campus, to travel to National Archaeology, Staff meet and greet, Avenue Campus, Building 65A, Sarah Campus tour and talk 15.30-16.30 Oceanography Centre PGR poster display Champion Room Optoelectronics Research Centre, Highfield Campus, ORC coffee room, Archaeology, Tour of the labs (upon Departing from Avenue Campus, Building Introduction to studying photonics 16.00-16.20 15.30-16.30 Building 46, Room 4050 request) 65A, Sarah Champion Room at the ORC Avenue Campus tour (upon Departing from Avenue Campus, Building Optoelectronics Research Centre, Highfield Campus, ORC coffee room, 16.00-18.00 16.20-16.40 request) 65, Room 1143 PhD funding and application process Building 46, Room 4050 Highfield Campus, Building 2 foyer, Optoelectronics Research Centre, Highfield Campus, ORC coffee room, Business School, Drop-in session 15.00-17.00 16.40-17.00 Business School entrance Questions and answers session Building 46, Room 4050 Physics and Astronomy, Economics, Subject presentation 15.00-15.45 Highfield Campus, Building 58, Room 1023 15.00-16.00 Highfield Campus, Building 46 Introduction to Master's courses Electronics and Computer Science, Physics and Astronomy, Meet the PG 15.00-15.15 Highfield Campus, Building 53, Room 4025 Introduction to PG study in ECS admissions tutors from Astronomy 15.00-16.00 Highfield Campus, Building 46, Room 5067 Research Group Electronics and Computer Science, 15.15-16.30 Highfield Campus, Building 53, Room 4025 Overview of research groups Physics and Astronomy, Meet the PG admissions tutors from Quantum 15.00-16.00 Highfield Campus, Building 46, Room 5027 Electronics and Computer Science, Highfield Campus, Building 53, Technology Centre Refreshments and informal 16.30-17.30 Mountbatten coffee room, Room 3028 discussions Physics and Astronomy, Meet the PG admissions tutors from 15.00-16.00 Highfield Campus, Building 46, Room 5043 Engineering and Environment, Southampton High Energy Physics Centre for Doctoral Training in 16.00-17.00 Highfield Campus, Building 6, Room 1083 Research Group Next Generation Computational Highfield Campus, Building 44, Room 2103 Modelling, Talk and tour of facilities Psychology, Drop-in session 15.00-16.30 and 1041 Gerontology, Drop-in session 15.00-17.00 Highfield Campus, Building 58, Room 2041 Sociology, Social Policy and 16.00-17.00 Highfield Campus, Building 58, Room 1039 Criminology, Subject presentation Humanities, Drop-in session 16.00-18.00 Avenue Campus, Building 65, Room 1143 Southampton Education School, Initial teacher training drop-in 15.00-16.00 and 17.00-18.00 Highfield Campus, Building 34, Room 2019 Law, Drop-in session 15.00-17.00 Highfield Campus, Building 4, Room 1035 session School of Art, Library, Avenue Campus, open to 13.30 Winchester School of Art, Café 14.00-18.00 Avenue Campus, Building 65 Registration visitors Winchester School of Art, Welcome Winchester School of Art, Library, Hartley Library, open to 14.00-15.00 14.00-18.00 Highfield Campus, Building 12 Talk Lecture Theatre B visitors Winchester School of Art, Campus Library, Special Collections and 15.00-17.00 Winchester School of Art, Rotunda 15.00-16.00 Highfield Campus, Building 12, Level 4 tours Archives drop-in session Winchester School of Art, Mathematical Sciences, Drop-in 15.00-17.00 Winchester School of Art, Rotunda 14.30-16.00 Highfield Campus, Building 54, Room 4001 Programmes drop-in session session Winchester School of Art Library Music, Tour of rehearsal and Departing from Highfield Campus, 15.00-17.00 Winchester School of Art, Winchester 15.30-16.30 open to visitors performance rooms (upon request) Building 2 (Music End)

Tours of Highfield Campus available throughout the day. Departure from the Welcome Desk.

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Our main campus caters for most of our academic courses. Information Fair Incorporating state-of-the-art research and teaching facilities, it boasts new and refurbished student facilities such as the Students’ Highfield Campus, Garden Court (Building 38/40) Union and the Jubilee Sports Centre.

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