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You’ll be learning from NEW WORLD person you want to be. people who are working on trailblazing research programmes; from developing smart fabrics for At Southampton we share your passion to learn clothing that powers your tech, through to using and encourage your desire to explore and evolve in molecular modelling to change the way we a friendly and vibrant community. OPEN DAYS Top 100 study disease. global Our academics and diverse student community will university* inspire, challenge and support you. Together we You’ll also be working in brand new teaching For the latest Open Day dates and can help you make your mark on the world. laboratories – which are some of the best in the UK information, please go to: – providing you with everything you need to have an www.southampton.ac.uk/sb/openday outstanding university experience. Updates on other ways to visit us can be found at: www.southampton.ac.uk/sb/visitus CONTENTS 06 A global university Top 20 12 Course overview UK university** 16 Your courses 28 Making an impact with research 32 Your student life 34 Our international community 36 Accommodation 40 Applying and funding CHOOSE 42 How to find us SOUTHAMPTON TAKE A TOUR Can’t wait for an Open Day? Experience Southampton through a virtual tour. Find out more and explore: www.southampton.ac.uk/sb/virtualopenday *QS World University Rankings, 2020 **Complete University Guide, 2020 2 3 WELCOME TO CHEMISTRY I am pleased to welcome you to Chemistry at Southampton and delighted that you are taking the time to find out more about us. You’ve got an important decision to make about where you want to study and I hope that through this brochure we can share some of the things that make Southampton special. We want to see you excel and take our You’ll be taught by the people working teaching as seriously as we do our on these programmes and even be able research. For example, we have a to get involved with research – plus, research group which is dedicated to sustainability is a central focus of the 95% advancing and improving chemistry modules we teach. of Chemistry students education. Also a large number of our were satisfied or very lecturers have become Senior Fellows We believe that your university of the Higher Education Academy, experience should be about more than satisfied with the which means they’ve completed a very the chemistry. Throughout your time overall quality of their in-depth training and research here, we’ll support you to develop the course* programme about teaching and skills, knowledge and mind-set that will student experience. help you to grow as a person and prepare for your future career. You’ll Your practical sessions will be held in be able to define your own path some of the best chemistry teaching through university, whether that’s laboratories in the UK. The through the modules you choose, % laboratories are brand new and you’ll making the most of placement and 99 be able to use equipment such as NMR study abroad opportunities, or getting of Chemistry students and IR spectrometers, and X-Ray involved with one of our hundreds of agreed that staff are diffraction facilities. You’ll receive an student societies. excellent training in practical good at explaining chemistry, plus if you go on to work in Perhaps the most important thing to things* the chemical industry you’ll already be know about Chemistry at familiar with the types of facilities you Southampton is that you’ll be joining a might be using in your career. very supportive community. The heart of our building is the Chemistry Our ethos is a focus on sustainability Common room, where both staff and and making the world and society a students meet every day for a chat better place. We’re working on over a coffee and biscuit! 99% incredible research programmes, from of Chemistry students converting carbon emissions into I hope to welcome you here soon! useful materials, through to using agreed that the course molecular modelling to find new Professor Gill Reid is intellectually treatments for diseases. Head of Chemistry stimulating* *National Student Survey, 2020 4 5 Southampton is your gateway to the world. We are part of the A GLOBAL Worldwide Universities Explore new cultures through study abroad opportunities and international Network: a collaboration student societies, get advice from our global alumni community, and of knowledge from make friends with people from a multitude of backgrounds. around the world UNIVERSITY Our inspiring academics make a difference on every continent, and our business, government and non-government organisation partners span the globe. A GLOBAL UNIVERSITY 2 CONNECTING 3 UNIVERSITIES We have strong partnerships with Our network of over other highly ranked universities across 245,000 the world, including The alumni spans over Chinese University of Hong Kong, Nanyang 1 190 countries Technological University and UC San Diego STUDYING ABROAD Around Experience life abroad by 4 7,450 undertaking a chemistry international students placement at a university from over or within industry overseas. 5 Previous student placement 130 countries locations include the choose to study University of Sydney, Hong with us Kong Polytechnic University, Humboldt University of Berlin and AkzoNobel (Netherlands) Helping Zambian Investigating real Using modelling to A placement at Cape Applying chemistry 1 farmers 2 industry challenges 3 combat disease 4 Town University 5 to food and drink in in Luxembourg New Zealand Chemistry researchers have Professor Syma Khalid is using Student Katie Holloway deployed sensor networks in David Beharry, MChem computer modelling to understand travelled to Cape Town Peter Tunbridge completed a Zambia that are helping farmers with Six-month Placement* a protein which is found within the University to complete her six-month placement at the make decisions about crop planting student undertook his coronavirus. The models will be six-month research project, University of Auckland, New and harvesting. It helps farmers industrial placement at used by the University of California investigating the synthesis of Zealand. He used electrochemical decide on the best time to plant and DuPont in Luxembourg. San Diego to build an all-atom silver nanoparticles. methods to study red wines, harvest, taking into account model of the virus, to help *Now Chemistry with learning about how chemistry can external factors such as weather External Placement researchers design new drugs be applied to food and drink. and soil condition. and vaccines. @unisouthampton Follow us for the latest news, research and events at the University 6 7 OUR PEOPLE Dr Lynda Brown Associate Professor; Chair of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team Alongside her research in the field of synthetic organic chemistry, Lynda leads Chemistry’s work Our world-leading academics will Ò Become part of a research-intensive community where on equality, diversity and inclusion. Creating a OUR culture of openness and inclusivity is at the heart our discoveries are having global impact. inspire, challenge and support you of all we do and our students and staff genuinely PEOPLE throughout your studies. While you Ò Our world-leading academics will inspire and challenge feel a sense of community and belonging. Our are with us, you will be taught by you throughout your studies. silver Athena SWAN award demonstrates our experts with industry experience and Ò Our graduate mentors can help you develop your skills. continuing commitment to building a positive lecturers with innovative approaches Ò Feel welcome in your new home among a diverse mix environment for everyone in Chemistry. of people and cultures. to education. Dr Geoff Hyett Sam Perry Admissions Tutor; MChem Chemistry, 2012; PhD in Associate Professor electrochemistry, 2016; Research Fellow in Inorganic Chemistry Sam really enjoyed studying electrochemistry as As Admissions Tutor, Geoff most enjoys part of his undergraduate degree and decided to meeting applicants and their families at Open study a PhD. He loves that chemistry covers such a Days. He finds it very rewarding to then teach wide scope; as part of the relatively small umbrella these students about his research interests - of electrochemistry, he has worked on fuel cells, solid state and sustainable chemistry - as they microelectrode probes, enzyme biosensors, move through the course, and show how luminescence sensors, steel corrosion and CO2 chemistry can be used to help provide clean reduction! He’s now working on a novel green energy for the future. technology which will convert carbon dioxide into useful chemicals. Sam recently presented his work to Members of the Houses of Parliament. Professor David Read Molly Wilson Professorial Fellow in Chemical MChem Chemistry with Industry Experience* Education 2019; PhD in Chemistry, first year David is using learning technology to make Molly’s six-month placement was with CooperVision, chemistry more accessible to students. Since one of the world’s leading contact lens manufacturers, pioneering the use of lecture recording in 2009, where she was able to solve a problem that the he has developed a range of novel self- company had faced for 20 years.