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APPLY NOW APPLY yourself and challenge goals your Achieve at the University Southampton. of at the * Ranked 8th in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) Research Intensity Rankings, 2014 Intensity Framework (REF) Research Excellence Research 8th in the latest * Ranked 4 World-class facilitiesWorld-class Enterprise A global university 14 Our people community international Your 24 life student Your campuses Your Accommodation city Your Arts and culture CollegeThe Doctoral Training of Doctoral Centres 37 career your Advance 36 study options Your 38 Expect the unexpected researchInterdisciplinary environmentLearning 6 8 disease in Preventing portpolluted cities 10 Choose SouthamptonChoose Choose Southampton CONTENTS EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED THE EXPECT Benjamin Pritchard (LLM Maritime Law, 2014) is making waves as a Para-rower for British Rowing – but this wasn’t the career he was expecting when he graduated from Southampton.
After studying for his master’s, Benjamin “I enjoyed my time at Southampton. I think the worked in London as an account executive one thing that stood out for me was how with a Lloyd’s broking house (RKH diverse my course was. Studying within such Specialty), within their marine division. It an international peer group brings so many was while he was there that his path took a different perspectives to the lectures, and I very different turn. feel that this added a real strength to my education,” he says. In 201 , I suffered a life changing in ury while competing in a cycling race, which left me “I would advise anyone looking to join paralysed from the ribcage down – and that’s Southampton with a clear career path or where my journey to a career with British ambition to stay open to opportunities Rowing began,” says Benjamin. outside of this plan – you might not know where it could take you!” He undertook rehabilitation at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, which was the birthplace Benjamin hopes that this new path of his will of the Paralympic Games: “It was here that I propel him to the top of the podium at future was found by British Rowing and, as they say, Paralympic Games: a goal he set himself at the the rest is history.” start of his rowing career.
Since then, Benjamin has decided to put his “The biggest thing I’ve learned is that life can career in insurance on hold to give himself change in an instant. Post-injury, I try to live in the best opportunity to reach his goal of the present and enjoy any opportunity that competing at the Paralympic Games. presents itself. Never shut that door, because you don’t know the path it may take you down. Throughout all of this, his experience at Southampton has stayed with him; not “I am Ben Pritchard, and I am Able.” least because he was a recipient of the James Atherton Scholarship for sports, and was involved in triathlon and cycling student societies. In fact, it prepared him for being ready for unplanned, but exciting, opportunities.
“The biggest thing I learned while studying at Southampton was that there are far greater opportunities than you first might think.” Benjamin Pritchard LLM Maritime Law, 2014; Para-rower for British Rowing
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6 7 INTERDISCIPLINARY “These last four years in the RESEARCH Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) have been inspirational Our collaborative approach enables us to push the and full of experiences that have boundaries of knowledge and change the world.
driven me to develop skills, which RESEARCH INTERDISCIPLINARY I will use in my future career In order to solve the world’s greatest any of our institutes are the first of challenges, make a difference to their kind in the UK, providing novel and beyond. A PhD is not only a people’s lives and impact industry, we environments for the very best degree; it is a lifetime opportunity break down boundaries between research, collaboration and innovation. disciplines and subjects. to learn about yourself, your In 2017, the University was awarded a Working together in this way Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher capabilities and your limits.” combines different e pertise, and Further Education, recognising Angeles Camacho Rosales perspectives and experiences to decades of innovation and cutting-edge PhD Optoelectronics, fourth year; focus on some of the biggest global research from our Optoelectronics Named by Forbes as one of the 100 Most issues, achieve groundbreaking Research Centre (ORC). Powerful Women in Mexico, 2018 and 2019 results, and open up even more Our research groups bring together opportunity for breakthroughs. researchers from the same specialist Southampton is home to many area to focus on a particular issue or cutting-edge research centres, topic. Each research group is groups and institutes, creating encouraged to work with other groups connections between disciplines to make the most of the knowledge to make this possible. and skills available to come up with innovative solutions. Sharing ideas and knowledge in this way also means that our courses Research groups span our departments benefit directly from the latest work, to cover areas such as sustainable “Attaining water and food security enabling you to learn from the source energy, maritime law, acoustics, of the research and giving you and your modern and contemporary writing, in developing regions is a complex, education the edge. cancer research and pure mathematics. intertwined challenge that requires research across a range Research institutes and groups Research partners Our research institutes are Our collaborative work with research of disciplines. We are working multidisciplinary centres of expertise, partners also allows us to push within the BRECcIA project with research and teaching that enable our boundaries even further, through researchers to work closely together sharing equipment, data, knowledge and researchers and practitioners at with colleagues exploring the same expertise. By working with other Southampton from the physical problem from a different perspective. universities around the world, and and social sciences, with a range Our many institutes include the building partnerships with charities, Institute for Life Sciences (IfLS), the government bodies and businesses, we of expertise including: satellite Southampton Marine and Maritime can produce results that benefit industry monitoring, hydrological Institute (SMMI), and the Web Science and society, and really in uence change. Institute (WSI). forecasting, environmental anthropology, policy engagement and capacity development.”
Justin Sheffield Professor of Hydrology and Remote Sensing; Project lead for BRECcIA (Building Research Capacity for sustainable water and food security in sub-Saharan Africa) Find out more: www.southampton.ac.uk/pgp/ institutes
8 9 COURSELEARNING TITLE ENVIRONMENT 11 work for group spaces Communal theatres Modern lecture Study in the Hartley Library labs One of our teaching Our main library, the Hartley Library, the Hartley Library, Our main library, Campus and on ighfield located is all subject from houses collections specialist These include diverse areas. such as the Broadlands collections of of the Duke the papers Archives, data sets and social Wellington, outputs. research sciences include the Our specialist libraries Library National Oceanographic – of collection most extensive the UK’s and one of literature oceanographic in libraries marine science the largest for art as libraries – as well and Europe design and health services support to study. of these areas With online access to our resources, our resources, to With online access all our across and wifi access your learning can fit campuses, you the life. Using your around VirtualSouthampton Environment files, all your to access have S you email and the your popular software, when working network University campus. away from campuses in your Investing updating our continuously are We staff and to campuses and listening student feedback about our can that we ensure to resources support study and collaborative your most effectively. work we are about how find out more o developing our campuses, see page 77. Flexible study time 01 02 03 04 05 School of Art Design studios at Winchester ange of face-to-face and online ange of face-to-face LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Research facilities Research millions of pounds in the invest We facilities to development of our research need you the tools have that you ensure and knowledge research your take to labs and state-of-the-art From further. our ight simulator to clean rooms, anechoic Boeing – and large funded by with will be working you chamber, industry-standard facilities. about our facilities more Read on page 14. Libraries are together, that, libraries five have We in the libraries among the leading research UK. Each library houses books, journals delve to and other media that will help you deeper and further Our knowledge. your national of include archives collections importance.and international to provide on hand Specialist staff are r a research. your services facilitate to We understand how the best learning environments can the best learning environments how understand We improving continuously are and we best work, in the result achieve this. help you to resources our campuses and spaces Learning our across Our learning spaces in the work to campuses enable you study Communal way that suits you. among collaboration facilitate areas of peers, while other network your focus for solo or to you allow areas quiet study sessions. Our lecture and seminar rooms theatres, available are workstations computer our campuses. use across to and learning Our newest teaching on ighfield Campus, the centre opened in 2019, Building, Centenary 80-seat an Harvard and features pod study private theatre, lecture and bookable seminar rooms, spaces, as stunning viewsas well the across campus and our city. 05 01
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FACILITIES WORLDCLASS ENTERPRISE 17 the University At any one time works with over 1,000 externalorganisations your enterprising mindset, skills and enterprising your ideas. your and advance knowledge, students and graduates International can apply for a Home of the University endorsement for a Start upO ce startVisa, to business in up their own graduation. the UK after partEnactus Southampton, of the nactus global not for profit team was first U ever the organisation, in 2015. Cup win the Enactus World to able to members are Enactus team worldwide, while a difference make businessdeveloping socially responsible ourskills. This is just one example of how to empowered students can become enterprise. change through drive Find out more: out Find www.southampton.ac.uk/ pgp/enterprise industry are worth Our contracts with £50m The University of Southampton Science Park Science of Southampton The University Student entrepreneurs opportunities support provide to We and all students in their enterprise development, entrepreneurship passionate become enabling them to At business leaders of the future. in can get involved you Southampton, activity through entrepreneurial societies, businessworkshops, such as the challenge competitions Catalyst Challenge, one-to-one startupguidance, funding modules and course competitions, develop These all help to programmes. ICURe Programme ICURe Commercialisation to The Innovation programme Research of University researchers university offers ICURe their ideas in the validate to the chance Southampton by Led marketplace. the by is piloted ICURe 2014, since Partnership and Innovate SETsquared the DepartmentUK, and funded by for and Industrial Business, Energy (BEIS). Strategy 15, SETsquared has been has been 15, SETsquared 20 PhD Electronics and Electrical PhD Electronics fourth year; Engineering, innovators, let alone being let alone being innovators, pressure, real companies, real pressure, a test of performance under a test Catalyst The answers. Consultant at Actica Consulting Consultant next generation of business real challenges,real no right glimpse into the life of an glimpse into like this are critical for the critical this are like leaders, and startups entrepreneur. Competitions Competitions entrepreneur. Aaron Page Challenge is an inspiring CV gold dust.” University of Southampton of Southampton University Park Science is one of the largest Park Our Science parks and science university in the UK, with an centres innovation at impact estimated annual economic our ighfield close to 0m. ocated is a hub for Park Campus, the Science businesses, offering entrepreneurial support, and space facilities, work opportunities,networking a fostering between approach true collaborative and industry. the University business incubator SETsquared a founding member of are We an enterprise SETsquared, with Bath, Bristol, collaboration universities. and Surrey Exeter Since ranked by UBI Global as the world’s UBI Global as the world’s by ranked business university incubator. top SETsquared Park, Based at our Science for new an ideal structure provides is startups, ensuring that our research the real out of the lab and into taken to accessible it becomes where world has supported SETsquared industry. helping them companies, 4,000 over in £1.5bn over develop and raise to as contributing as well investment, the UK economy. to £8.6bn over “An incredible opportunity; opportunity; incredible “An Engaged in 700 partners overseas overseas research with over translate research ideas research translate products commercial into or services outs and startups contracts and and contracts propertyintellectual agreements licensing world-leading equipment world-leading and facilities identifying partners help to advising on creation of spin advising on creation negotiating research negotiating research making the best use of
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Future Worlds: our startup Worlds: Future on ighfield Campus accelerator Enterprise units Enterprise of enterprise Our wide range Future Worlds Future Our on-campus startup accelerator, helps aspiring student Worlds, Future change and academic entrepreneurs with their ideas. Future the world startup hosts talks, skills Worlds pitching and investor workshops newopportunities. It accelerates support one-to-one through ventures of seasoned founders and its network Since entrepreneurs. and millionaire have 200 entrepreneurs 2015, over been supported, the launch leading to of new in locations from companies by backed Tanzania, to Valley Silicon millions of pounds of investment. units offer e pertise the across biomedicine and spectrum, from web to sciences environmental development and surface engineering. staff ach unit has e perienced supporting to dedicated our business and industry partners.
16 Research powers everything powers do: we Research methods teaching our innovative from portfolio of spin-out our growing to tradition a strong have We companies. to of enabling staff and students through research their commercialise and spin outs. licensing enterprise, UK university as the top ranked are We and have income, for consultancy than 28 spin-out more created of three 2000, since companies on the stock been oated which have record track Our impressive market. and collaboration for international partnerships commercial strong and research teaching that our ensures the needs of and valuable to is relevant industry. today’s businesses, bring together We public of entrepreneurs, communities research bodies and our world-leading to deliver staff and students research, excellent internationally and solve expand our knowledge, problems. real-world We turn research and ideas into reality. Working with industry, governments, governments, with industry, Working reality. and ideas into research turn We global impact a make we institutions, and research student entrepreneurs better. for the the world and change ENTERPRISE Our research is having a life-changing impact across the globe. By A GLOBAL choosing Southampton, you will have the opportunity to make a real UNIVERSITY difference and tackle today’s most pressing global issues. A GLOBAL UNIVERSITY A GLOBAL
STUDY WITH US IN MALAYSIA Our campus in Malaysia offers both undergraduate Our network of over programmes and PhD 2 3 research opportunities 245,000 in engineering alumni spans 190 countries 5 Over 7,500 1 international students from more than 4 130 countries are currently studying with us
Part of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), a collaboration of knowledge from Investigating evolution COVID-19: supporting Celebrating digital Helping farmers Reducing climate around the world 1 in the Galápagos 2 young people 3 art and culture 4 in Zambia 5 change impacts Students on our MRes Evolution: Professor Mary Barker is leading a Through the Archaeologies of Research to deploy sensor networks Professor Steve Darby has a From the Galápagos to the 21st study to investigate the impact of Media and Technology (AMT) in Zambia, led by Professor Jeremy long history of work in Century programme go to the COVID-19 restrictions on young Research Group, Winchester Frey from Chemistry, is helping Cambodia and on the Mekong Galápagos at the start of their people. Her team is identifying School of Art has been an o cial farmers make decisions around crop Delta in Vietnam. His research is master’s degree; this forms the ways to support young people’s partner with Berlin’s transmediale planting and harvesting to maximise looking into how climate basis for the rest of the year health and wellbeing, and minimise festival – one of the world’s most yield and increase food supply, in change impacts can be studying evolution in a the long term effects of the significant contemporary festivals collaboration with Syngenta and the mitigated in the area, to benefit multidisciplinary setting. pandemic on their lives. of digital culture and art – for over University of Aberystwyth. the local population. eight years.
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18 19 Andrea Russell OUR PEOPLE Professor of Physical Electrochemistry “One of the best aspects of my career is sharing my love of electrochemistry and spectroscopy with research students. Throughout your postgraduate career at Southampton, you will work with passionate By combining these approaches we
academics who are changing the world for the better and tackling global challenges through contribute to the development of PEOPLE OUR their research, drawing from real-world industry experience and expertise. advanced materials for batteries, fuel cells and water electrolysers, making greener energy production possible.”
Sabu S Padmadas Professor of Demography and Global Health; Associate Dean of Faculty (International), Social Sciences
“What excites me is our research- informed postgraduate training in demography, global health and social statistics that exposes Richard Cartwright and challenges our students to Principal Teaching Fellow at Southampton Business School the real-world problems, equips them with transferable analytical “I have had the opportunity to work with and communication skills, and some fantastic people and organisations makes them employable in by undertaking voluntary work. I delight the global job market.” in bringing these experiences into an academic environment to add context to my students’ studies. I encourage students to engage in some of the excellent extra- and co-curricular activities we have on campus to help them thrive in their time here.” Dr Yuanyuan Yin Associate Professor of Design Management
“I am passionate about design management as it not only encourages designers to maximise the economic value of design by integrating design thinking with business thinking, it also emphasises the social value of design, which aims to create a harmony between business, people and environment. I am committed to developing our students into future leaders for the design industry across the world.”
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Dr Nicola Englyst Dr Nicola to provide learning a high-quality to potential, to researching tiny researching to potential, working with our MSc programmes our MSc programmes working with mentoring scheme enabling staff mentoring cells microvesicles from released aspects of my work life, from my work life, from aspects of of Medicine and leading the Faculty fulfil their and PhD students to and their involvement in disease.” Associate Professor in Medicine;Associate Professor experience for health professionals, Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes Taught of Postgraduate Director “I am passionate about all three all three about “I am passionate Lecturer in English Lecturer help us ask questions about the world-making help us ask questions about the world-making literatures and cultures with our postgraduates: with our postgraduates: cultures and literatures Dr Ranka Primorac in addition to topics related to decolonisation to related topics in addition to informs our understandings of modernity.” power of literary form, and about how literature form, and about howpower literature of literary and difference, African texts and contexts and contexts and difference, African texts comes from Africa. I lovecomes from discussing African “Some of the world’s most exciting literary writing literary “Some of the world’s most exciting
Professor of Sustainable EnergyProfessor Professor in Remote Sensing Remote in Professor Sensing Students programme. get the opportunity them efficiently without impacting the environment, and provide the to learn about recent developments in satellite about recent learn developments in satellite to Space with European and be involved technology framework for their efficient utilisation. postgraduate teaching programme.” teaching postgraduate renewable energy systems. My team team My renewable energy systems. areas underpins our undergraduate and underpinsareas our undergraduate and I work to understand the natural and I work to energy flows, investigate how to capture capture howenergy to flows, investigate AbuBakr Bahaj All the research we undertake in these we undertake All the research Agencytheir dissertations.” through projects Jadu Jadu Dash 22
“Globally, we need to transition to to transition we need to “Globally, “I teach on the MSc Applied GIS and Remote and Remote GIS MSc Applied on the “I teach YOUR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY YOUR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY Join students from over 130 countries; become a valued member of our vibrant and diverse
international student community. International Foods store in Portswood iving and studying in a different ou can find up to date information There will be opportunities to meet country is a big step, and can be on the International O ce web pages, people and make new friends. You will challenging. We support you from including over 80 country specific meet other postgraduate students and the point of first making contact information pages with international explore the University and the city, so with the University until graduation qualification equivalences. that you know where you can eat, and beyond, via our active global worship, relax and shop. You will also alumni network. For more information, visit talk to current international students www.southampton.ac.uk/pgp/ who will be able to share their We will help you settle into your new life international e periences and offer some e pert and support you to master all aspects advice on student life at Southampton. of living in the UK. Our services and ighfield Campus advisors ensure that your studies and Meet and Greet life at Southampton are as productive We know there is a lot to think about Accommodation when you move to another country to and stress free as possible. We also Learn more about accommodation International opportunities “Words cannot describe offer funding to eligible applicants see study, so we work to make your arrival options and how to apply for halls Visas page 176 for more information). as easy as possible. on page 30. As a truly global university, we have my affection for the Before you join us, you will need many opportunities for postgraduate University and the All full-time programmes and courses Your warm welcome to Southampton to find out about the U s students to develop intercultural skills are available to international applicants will start as soon as you arrive in the Pre-Master’s immigration procedures well in through our clubs and societies, numerous times that unless otherwise specified. UK. Our free Meet and Greet service Our Pre-Master’s programme is advance of your arrival in the UK. academic projects and summer academics have helped will get you to the University in time designed to give you the academic and schools. Enriching your time with us Our website provides for the Welcome Programme. English language skills you will need to through international experiences can me grow and achieve information on student visas, International Office This service is available on certain get the most from a taught master’s help you stand out and prepare you for police registration and working in my goals. I cherish every Our staff from the International O ce dates from London Heathrow and degree. For more information about a global career. We also offer the UK and has links to other second spent on the are always happy to help you, and can Gatwick airports. We will meet you this programme, see page 43. opportunities for collaboration and answer your questions about living and when you arrive in the UK, and a useful websites. study at institutions across Europe and beautiful green campus learning here in Southampton. We special coach service will take you in Australia, India, Japan and Taiwan. and take advantage of regularly attend education fairs and from the airport straight to your English language hold information sessions, both online university accommodation. requirements Tier 4 visa pilot scheme The University is part of the Worldwide as many opportunities and in-person, where possible. You can For more information on English The University of Southampton is Universities Network (WUN) and we as possible.” also speak to us via our website or language requirements, our pre- proud to be one of a group of encourage postgraduate research social media channels. Welcome Programme sessional programme to help you students to participate in WUN’s broad Ivan Ivanov universities selected by the Home MSc International Management, 2019; At the start of the academic year, we prepare for study here at O ce to oin its ier visa pilot and innovative portfolio of activities, For details of upcoming events, please organise a free Welcome Programme including opportunities for graduate PhD in Business Studies and Management, Southampton, and how to apply, see scheme. International students first year visit www.southampton.ac.uk/ for international students, to help you page 175, or visit our website. who are applying to study student exchanges. WUN international pgp/meetus settle into life here. This includes postgraduate taught partners span the globe, with general events to introduce you to our programmes at pilot institutions universities on five continents. Our Postgraduate Open Day is the facilities, sub ect specific events to can benefit from this in a number ideal time to find out what begin your academic induction, and a of ways. Find out more at Southampton has to offer. For more range of social and cultural activities. www.southampton.ac.uk/ information, please see our website. pgp/visa
Fees and funding For information on scholarships, fees, and funding for international students, please see page 176. Find out more: www.southampton.ac.uk/pgp/ international 24 25 YOUR STUDENT LIFE
Postgraduate study at Southampton is about more than your LIFE STUDENT YOUR course and research; your work-life balance is important too.
Take your place in a diverse and exciting student community, with plenty of opportunities to pursue your passions and try something new.
The Students’ Union Find out more about what the Run for students by students, the Students Union has to offer at Students’ Union aims to unlock www.susu.org the potential and enrich the life of every student. It also offers Sport representation and support on Our sporting facilities are among the matters to do with your course, best of any UK university. We have finance and accommodation fostered Olympic and Paralympic through its Advice Centre. competitors as well as British Universities and Colleges Sports The Union has over 330 clubs and (BUCS) champions. societies ranging from archery and performing arts to debating and Our sports comple offers facilities Zumba. Volunteer your time and give including a six-lane, 25-metre 01 back to the community with RAG swimming pool, over 1 0 fitness (Raise and Give), become a DJ or stations, 20 grass and synthetic station manager at Surge Radio and pitches, two sports halls, a martial arts SUSUtv, or write for the Union’s studio and an indoor climbing wall. award-winning magazines, Wessex Scene or The Edge. You can also make the most of our coastal location by experiencing ou can en oy a coffee with friends, a wide range of watersports and dance the night away in the Union’s on-water activities, including venues, or watch a film in the Students kitesurfing and sailing. Join one of over Union’s cinema. Enjoy food from a Michelin-trained chef at student prices Our facilities are located across the 330 in The Bridge, try delicious vegan and city, and a range of membership Students’ Union sports vegetarian food in the Plant Pot, or types, including pay-as-you-go clubs and societies socialise with friends in The Stag’s options, allow you to keep fit at a sports bar. time and location that suits you and your budget. 04 You can even run for one of the full-time or part-time positions in the Students’ Union’s elections and become the voice of students across the University, taking the lead on 01 Dine at the ridge on ighfield Campus 02 Get involved in Surge Radio subjects that matter to you. 03 Sail to the Isle of Wight with our University Sailing Club 04 Join a sports team and compete at national level Watch the latest 05 Celebrate diverse cultural festivals films in our student-run cinema Find out more: for as little as £3 www.southampton.ac.uk/pgp/unilife 26 27
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We have five campuses in Southampton, one in Winchester and an engineering campus in Malaysia. Each of our campuses has its own community and personality, world-leading
facilities, and specialisms, and will quickly become an ideal base for your research and studies. YOUR CAMPUSES
Boldrewood Innovation Campus
Highfield Campus National Oceanography Centre University of Southampton Our main campus, ighfield, is the Southampton (NOCS) Malaysia largest of our campuses, and the heart Our unique waterfront campus, based Our campus in alaysia offers hD of the University. It is home to many of at NOCS, is one of the world’s leading research opportunities as well as our state-of-the-art research and research centres for the study of undergraduate courses and an teaching facilities, and combines a ocean and Earth science, with facilities Engineering Foundation Year. Set lively and exciting atmosphere with including the Coral Reef Laboratory, within the EduCity development in calm, green surroundings. a multi-use research aquarium, our Iskandar Puteri, Johor, we are in the 19.75m catamaran, purpose built for heart of Malaysia’s economic zone. University Hospital Southampton teaching and coastal research, and the NHS Foundation Trust National Oceanographic Library, one For more information about our National Oceanography Centre campus in Malaysia, visit Southampton (NOCS) One of the UK’s leading teaching of the largest marine science libraries www.southampton.ac.uk/pgp/ hospital trusts, University Hospital in Europe. my/postgrad Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is With 200m of access to the waterfront, the main site for the study of medicine the campus is also the operational base and healthcare. It hosts a purpose-built for the Natural Environment Research research hub for our health sciences Council s RC U eet of deep sea clinical academics. It is also home to the research vessels, and gives our PhD University’s dedicated Centre for students unique access to research Cancer Immunology the first of its cruises all over the world. kind in the UK. We have Avenue Campus Boldrewood Innovation Campus invested £2.8m University of Southampton Malaysia ust a few minutes walk from ighfield, in our Archaeology building Our newest campus is the base for Avenue Campus is the base for the on Avenue Campus engineering studies and research. study of our humanities subjects. The Facilities include laboratories for campus has its own research, studying unmanned aerial vehicles education, catering and sports facilities, UA s , uid dynamics and high and is just a short walk from performance sports, a driving Southampton Common. It is also home simulator, design studios, a 138m to the Centre for Language Study, which towing tank and our £48m National offers a wide range of language courses. There are Infrastructure Laboratory (NIL). The I houses five new engineering University Hospital Southampton Winchester School of Art (WSA) over 150 NHS Foundation Trust laboratories, including a 30m x 15m specialist facilities at Founded in 1870, WSA is based 12 miles large structures testing laboratory our waterfront campus 06 and a cutting-edge geotechnical (20km) north of Southampton in the centrifuge. historic city of Winchester. The specialist arts campus is home to a vibrant community of over 1,300 undergraduate and postgraduate students. With creative ambition at its core, WSA hosts resources including Find out more and explore Our centrifuge spins scale art studios, photography suites, laser Our campus in Malaysia models to accelerations of up to cutting, 3D printing, and industrial is around a our campuses: 130 times sewing and knitting machines. 40-minute drive www.southampton.ac.uk/pgp/ Earth’s gravity from Singapore campuses
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Winchester School of Art (WSA) ACCOMMODATION
Your new home from home will provide you with a place to relax after a day of hard work, to meet new people and to continue your studies in your own space. ACCOMMODATION
We have around 1,200 rooms dedicated to postgraduate Halls of residence Couples and families accommodation All of our accommodation sites offer We have a small selection of one- an excellent study and living bedroom ats suitable for couples, or environment in which to experience two bedroom ats for parents with life as a postgraduate. Living in halls one child. There are also a number of 01 can be a great way to meet fellow University-owned properties close to 02 03 04 students and be part of a community the main ighfield Campus that are of like-minded people. suitable for families. Accommodation for couples and families is not isit our website to find out more guaranteed and is in high demand. about our halls, including fees. The benefits of halls The deadline for applications for University accommodation is All utility charges, including 1 August 2021. contents insurance, wired and wireless internet, and a Unilink bus UK postgraduate students pass* are included in your If you are a UK student, we will allocate accommodation fees you a place in halls subject to 24-hour support and advice from availability. If we are unable to offer Residential Services and the 06 you a place in halls, we can give you Student Life team Private rented accommodation help and advice on securing private 01 ay ower halls Facilities in halls include common rented accommodation. If you wish to assess other 02 Riverside Way halls, Winchester rooms, music rooms, gyms, study accommodation options or find 03 City Gateway halls 04 Chamberlain halls EU postgraduate students areas, barbecue areas and alternatives to halls, we can help you to computer rooms 0 ay ower halls For up-to-date information on find private rented accommodation. 0 ay ower halls accommodation allocation for EU 24-hour security and CCTV We are a core partner in the students, please visit our website. on all sites * Unilink bus passes are provided to all students Southampton Accreditation Scheme International living at halls in Southampton. They allow for Student Housing (SASSH), in unlimited travel between all halls sites and postgraduate students partnership with Southampton City campuses within the city Council. SASSH advertises properties We offer accommodation to on a student-only website (www.sassh. all full-time registered international co.uk where the landlord confirms postgraduate students coming their property complies with SASSH 05 unaccompanied to the University safety and quality standards. SASSH during their first year also hosts a message board to help you of study, providing certain find people to live with. criteria are met. The Students’ Union also has a letting agency to help you find For more information, please private rented accommodation in see our accommodation Southampton or Winchester. guarantee online at Find out more: www.southampton.ac.uk/pgp/ For more information, please visit accommodation/guarantee www.southampton.ac.uk/pgp/ www.southampton.ac.uk/pgp/ privateaccommodation accommodation
30 31 Top 10 YOUR CITY safest city to live in the UK** Southampton is the city that evolves with you.
With a growing cosmopolitan city centre, vibrant cultural Shopping at Westquay
community and international connections, Southampton CITY YOUR offers opportunity and exciting experiences, and is the perfect place for you to reach your potential.
Southampton is one of the most vibrant and lively cities in the south of England and home to around 250,000 Top 10 people. Just a short bus ride or cycle friendliest city Cinema at ‘Seaside in the Square’ away from our ighfield Campus, the in the UK* with City Eye, Cultural Quarter Ageas Bowl city centre has everything you need, Image credit: Go! Southampton Image credit: agent b including an impressive range of independent food and drink outlets, Mettricks in the Cultural Quarter Hollywood Bowl popular shopping centres, arts venues, Southampton is also one of the UK’s and sports and leisure facilities. greenest cities with several large parks situated in its centre, and is close to We are proud of our rich culture. Watch beautiful natural spaces such as the the latest West End shows at the New Forest National Park and beaches ay ower the third largest theatre at nearby Bournemouth and Poole. outside London. The city has hosted international live acts such as The Our city is well known for its energetic Rolling Stones and Little Mix, and sporting scene. St Mary’s Stadium is supports independent artists and local home to Southampton’s Premier music venues. The Cultural Quarter, League Football Club, and the nearby including the University’s John Hansard Ageas Bowl hosts national and Gallery at Studio 1 , offers a modern international cricket. An annual space for visual artists and creatives marathon runs through the city centre, Enjoying a meal with friends in Southampton alike. There is a feast of arts and heritage and our proximity to the sea makes us the ideal location for water sports. to be explored at Southampton City Art Winchester Gallery, Sea City Museum, Solent Cowes Week, one of the UK’s oldest Showcase Gallery and more. sporting events, takes place just over Just 12 miles (20km) north of the water on the Isle of Wight. Southampton, the ancient city of Everyone is welcome at the many Winchester offers a wide variety of events hosted by our diverse, What’s more, we have two mainline pubs and restaurants, museums, multicultural communities throughout train stations connecting us with the theatres and galleries. The city is home the year, including the Southampton rest of the UK, and links with Europe to Jane Austen’s legacy, an impressive Mela, international food festivals and through our own airport. 11th century cathedral and the our annual Pride event. mysterious Round Table of King Arthur. Spectacular architecture lives beside bustling, fashionable shopping streets, making Winchester the ideal home for the University’s Winchester The ancient city of Winchester @uni_southampton School of Art. Follow us on Instagram to find out more about life in Southampton
*The 50 friendliest cities in the UK, Big 7 Travel, 2019 3rd Find out more and take our **Provident Personal Credit Unbroken Britain online city tour: community survey, November 2019 best place ***Good Growth for Cities Index, 2020, to live and work www.southampton.ac.uk/pgp/ DEMOS-PwC in the UK*** city
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Southampton is your gateway to a new way of thinking, with creativity and culture at your fingertips on campus and across the city. ARTS AND CULTURE AND ARTS
Our creative campuses With over 50 student groups across the John Hansard Gallery is joined in Studio Our campuses are hubs of culture and creative industries and performing arts, 1 by City ye, a film and media home to nationally renowned arts on-site sculptures from international organisation who support the whole organisations, venues and artworks. artists including Dame Barbara community to achieve their film making urner Sims can be found on ighfield epworth, and student ticket offers and digital ambitions. Their programme Campus, and the Winchester Gallery alongside outreach and community includes screenings, projects, is a public venue at Winchester School projects, there is always something to production work and the annual festival of Art (WSA). explore and discover. Southampton Film Week.
Turner Sims is one of the UK’s leading Connecting with the city Studio 144 is part of Southampton’s e citing Cultural Quarter find out more music venues, hosting performances Southampton’s creative experience about the city centre on page 32. from New York jazz to African gospel reaches into the city centre, with a choirs, virtuoso classical artists to folk range of galleries, museums, venues music, and offering discounted student and a year-round programme of Join in admission for most events. public festivals and activities on offer. Whether you want to watch from the audience, make your stage debut, Our Arts and Humanities faculty The University’s John Hansard Gallery, undertake a creative internship or regularly presents public events, located in Studio 144, is one of Britain’s become a student Arts Ambassador, including the English department’s leading contemporary art galleries, there are plenty of opportunities to get Writers in Conversation series, as well as presenting international exhibitions, involved with arts and culture at free lunchtime concerts organised by creative events and engagement University of Southampton. the Music department. opportunities for the whole community.
John Hansard Turner Sims Arts Council England Gallery hosts over celebrated awarded £7.2m 70 concerts funding towards 40 years of art every year with in 2019 Studio 144 national and international artists
Find out more: www.southampton.ac.uk/pgp/ artsandculture John Hansard Gallery at Studio 144 with exterior artwork by Larry Achiampong, Pan African Flag For The Relic Travellers’ Alliance (Motion), 2020 Photo: Reece Straw 34 35 Join our community of 3,000 doctoral researchers THE DOCTORAL COLLEGE | CENTRES OF DOCTORAL TRAINING DOCTORAL OF | CENTRES COLLEGE DOCTORAL THE
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Completing your doctoral The Doctoral College at Southampton “I’ve just reached the end of my Centres of Doctoral Training Southampton hosts a wide range of research will be challenging, leads and directs the support and PhD and looking back I can (CDTs) and Doctoral Training Centres of Doctoral Training and training for doctoral researchers at the and requires dedication appreciate all the different Partnerships, covering subjects in University. Working with academic Partnerships (DTPs) are engineering, arts and humanities, and to hard work; but with the disciplines and the Professional parts of the University that funded by the UK’s research mathematical, physical, social, right networks, support Services, the College oversees and came together to support councils to give you the environmental and medical sciences, and tools, you will join the facilitates opportunities and me throughout this journey. focus, learning environment as well as the interfaces between them. next generation of research experiences to help you develop as a I would like to thank the and skills you need to leaders and global experts. researcher in your chosen field. ost of our Centres offer a four year Doctoral College for the address some of society’s postgraduate programme in a From providing dedicated training in endless amount of support biggest challenges, including supportive, cohort-based training research skills and professional offered, especially when things climate change, energy, environment. These doctoral development, to supporting you with got tough and they found me our ageing population programmes are often mentoring and supervision from an amazing way out. They also and high-tech crime. multidisciplinary, and include formal leading experts, the College aims to courses and project work tailored to maximise your potential and create an provide a diverse range of your background and research inspiring environment where you can training opportunities, which interests, leading on to challenging and 07 achieve success, enhancing your taught me so much, about not original research at PhD level. postgraduate research experience. only research, but also my 01 One of our labs Surrounding yourself with a network personality.” 02 Solo study at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton Find out more: of ambitious and passionate Aneesha Sethi 03 Group study in the Hartley Library colleagues at Southampton will enable PhD Computer Science, 2019 www.southampton.ac.uk/pgp/ Find out more: 04 One of our labs doctoralcollege you to think creatively, focus and work 05 Open study spaces to your full potential. www.southampton.ac.uk/pgp/ 06 Studying at Boldrewood Innovation Campus @UoSDocCollege doctoraltraining 07 One of our labs
36 37 “My internship as a graphic designer ADVANCE YOUR CAREER has allowed me to apply the knowledge I have gained from my studies to a work environment. As a visual professional, my course has At Southampton, we focus on and amplify your talent and ambition to help you become a enabled me to practise research and leader in your chosen field. writing skills, as well as organise my ADVANCE YOUR CAREER Our networks, industry connections These experiences provide exceptional Develop professionally time better so that I can focus on my and specialist support teams will opportunities to engage with a wide If you are looking to make a career studies, but also on my mental health enhance your degree and help you to range of employers, all wanting to change, or to stand out in an existing achieve your career goals. meet you. You will be able to gain role, we have a wide range of courses and wellbeing.” invaluable insight into their companies to help you develop professionally We encourage our postgraduate Daniela Del Valle Figueroa and participate in a variety of while in the world of work. students to open their minds to a MA Global Advertising and Branding, 2019; networking events, as well as apply for Graphic Design Intern, Alchemy Worldwide world of career opportunities and work experience and graduate roles. We offer e ible, specialist pathways, and provide advice and These activities are designed to professional development courses, guidance to facilitate success. challenge and inspire you when you’re including specialist training courses, planning your next steps. degrees and continuing professional Placements and internships development programmes, as well as Real-world industry experience can lifelong learning opportunities. Find Some of the graduate give you the edge, and we provide out more online at employers who have partnered many opportunities to make this as www.southampton.ac.uk/pgp/ with the University to recruit easy as possible for you. cpd our students include: Our taught courses offer BAE Systems Enterprise opportunities such as placements, British Airways For those looking to develop their field trips and e changes alongside British Army enterprising mindset and skills, start academic excellence. Deloitte their own business or commercialise Work experience opportunities Fugro their research, we have a year-long programme of activities, support, through the UoS Internships and IBM the Student Innovation Projects mentoring, workshops and funding Lloyd’s Register are open to all students and opportunities available to help with provide valuable insights into Marwell Wildlife this next step in your career. See page 1 to find out more about our culture employment opportunities. NHS of enterprise. Rolls-Royce Previous internships have covered a broad range of industries and Finding your path Advice and guidance have included employers such as Whether you are working to define Ordnance Survey, GE Aviation, We can help you to find or follow your your own career goals, or already on aris Smith, ay ower heatre and chosen career path and support you your way to achieving them, the Zurich Insurance. on your journey. The Careers and combination of a postgraduate degree mployability Service offers students from Southampton and the support You can also access volunteering skills workshops to help them stand and expertise we provide will give you opportunities to enhance your out from the crowd at each stage of everything you need to succeed. transferable skill set, expand your the recruitment process, access to network and create a social impact. one-to-one guidance appointments with a career practitioner and a daily Careers and employer events drop-in service. Our Careers and Employability Service is passionate about helping you realise Our Career Mentoring Programme and reach your potential. allows you to connect with a mentor who can advise you on how to increase A range of online employer events, your employability skills and give you along with our new virtual careers an insight into a specific industry. Find out more: fairs, will be running regularly www.southampton.ac.uk/pgp/ throughout the year. careers
38 39 YOUR STUDY OPTIONS 41 Doctorate in Clinical Doctorate (DClinPsych) Psychology combines DClinPsych The three-year with academicsupervised research provide learning to input and placement For training. professional accredited information, see page 165.more in Educational Doctorate (DEdPsych) Psychology DEdPsych The three-year with supervisedcombines research academic input and placement accredited provide learning to more For training. professional information, see page 166. of Medicine (DM) Doctor The DM is designed for students with a who hold a medical clinical background by the UK recognised qualification (GMC). Medical Council General will undertake a part-time You while employed project research in local hospitals and other the will receive institutions. You as PhD students same provision supervision, to training with regard more For monitoring. and progress information, see page 141.
Professional doctorates Professional in Business Doctorate (DBA) Administration aThis is academically equivalent to in particular focusing on the PhD, and theoretical between interaction applied aspects of management. The For DBA is a part-time programme. information, see page 68. more Master of Philosophy (MPhil)Master apply for an MPhil It is also possible to in which we areas in all the research from the The MPhil differs offer a PhD. of study of the scope PhD in terms of the original and the extent required knowledge. to personal contribution study for an The minimum period of but most students MPhil is one year, The MPhil is a years. for two enrol right but if your in its own degree may, there is suitable project be an opportunity to exceptionally, level. doctoral to upgrade (MRes) of Research Master designed are programmes Our MRes an effective become to enable you to chosen field. in your researcher an MSc in that from differs An MRes it focuses lesstaught modules on project, on the research and more about two-thirds takes which generally are programmes MRes of the year. one year. full time over usually taken
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Master in Business Master (MBA) Administration the Association of by Accredited MBAs for leadership and focuses on developing insight skills, while gaining a deeper business theories and key into information, more For processes. see Pre-Master’s Pre-Master’s an is Pre-Master’s The Southampton programme academically rigorous equip international designed to students with the academic and English language skills they will need a taught master’s get the most from to can be taken A Pre-Master’s degree. Subject to semesters. one or two over satisfactory performance, participants of on a range a place guaranteed are at the programmes master’s See page 43 for more University. details. Postgraduate Diploma Postgraduate (PG Dip) and Postgraduate Cert) (PG Certificate six months orA PG Dip typically lasts for the equivalent in part-time study (120 at least A PG Cert comprises credits). months or the equivalent in three Dependingpart-time (60 credits). study canon needs and performance, you via degree a master’s to usually progress credits. accruing a PG Dip or PG Cert by sed taught ’s to enhance your career career your enhance to ’s
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