Chemistry
The School of Chemistry offers a dynamic learning community alongside a long-standing reputation for world-class research.
Researchers in Engineering and Physical Sciences are defining and developing substantial areas of research that impact on the fast-changing world in which we live.
Our research rankings place us at the forefront of the UK's research-intensive Russell Group Universities for our subjects, and our degree programmes are highly regarded by leading global employers and companies requiring the skills needed to develop theories and technologies that will enhance our understanding and shape our future world.
Over 5,600 UG, PGT and PGR students
Annual research income of around £60m
Top in the UK for General Engineering (REF 2014)
17 RAEng Fellows and 12 Fellows of the Royal Society
Schools, Research Institutes and Future Worlds
We continue to make new discoveries, find new perspectives and change people's lives through our research and our education. Our Faculty's web pages will help you find out more about our story, our people and the future we are building.
Electronics and Computer Science
World-leading education in a research environment of electronics and electrical engineering as well as computer and web sciences.
Engineering
The School of Engineering represents the largest and most diverse engineering group in the UK.
Physics and Astronomy
A dynamic environment with research in the fields of astronomy, quantum, light and matter, and theoretical particle physics.
Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute
A community of academics with world-class, authoritative, independent expertise, spanning the marine and maritime sectors.
Web Science Institute
Bringing together multidisciplinary expertise to tackle pressing global challenges facing the World Wide Web and wider society today.
Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics
A world-leading research organisation with roots going back to the invention of the optical fibre in the 1960s.
Future Worlds
An on-campus startup accelerator helping entrepreneurial researchers and students change the world with their ideas.
Message from the Dean
“We have much to be proud of as we move into the new Faculty - as evidenced by impressive national and global rankings in the academic discipline league tables, high-performing students and dedicated staff. Together we will build on our strengths, expand them into the future and capitalise on the opportunities ahead.”
Professor Bashir Al-Hashimi CBE FREng FIEEE
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Students and Education
Our international reputation attracts students from around the world to study and research on innovative programmes that provide access to renowned academics, unique and cutting-edge facilities, and a community that is exciting, ambitious, and dynamic. The Faculty's academic staff are highly qualified and many are nationally and internationally acknowledged for their contribution to engineering, science and technology.
- High quality courses and programmes
- Student numbers: around 4,000 undergraduates, 600 taught postgraduates, and 1,000 PhDs
- Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Physics & Astronomy and Computer Science feature in the UK top 10 subject rankings in the Guardian University Guide 2019.
Research
Our thriving research community is highly valued by our many industrial collaborators. National and global recognition of our achievements includes those with significant Fellowships, honours and awards from various sources including the European Research Council (ERC), the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC), The Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering.
- The Faculty is one of the most successful of its type in the world. Our academic and research staff regularly win prestigious and highly competitive externally funded research fellowships
- In 2013, the Faculty was awarded the UK’s only Regius Professorship of Computer Science, an honour bestowed by The Queen to institutions of exceptionally high quality teaching and research. The prestigious title was created in recognition of our contribution to software engineering in areas such as agent technologies and open data
- The Faculty's average annual research income from research funding and industry is around £60m
Facilities
The Faculty is home to several advanced research facilities. Our Zepler Institute Cleanrooms have the UK’s best photonics fabrication and nanoelectronics capabilities. We are also home to the UK’s National X-ray Crystallography Service and the R.J. Mitchell Wind Tunnel, which is used extensively by industries such as motorsport, automotive, aerospace, marine, maritime and performance sport. Our High Voltage Laboratory is a world-class centre for research into dielectric materials, insulation systems and high voltage phenomena.
Enterprise/Impact
- The Future Worlds startup accelerator, founded in 2015, supports entrepreneurs with their startup and spinout ideas
- ECS Partners is a professional consultancy company engaged in short-term enterprise projects
- Our researchers have filed over 160 patents in the past three years
- Physics and Astronomy is engaging thousands of pupils and teachers every year with high impact outreach and public engagement activities
- Electronics and Computer Science hosts several residential summer schools and taster courses every summer that are inspiring future generations of scientists
- Our School of Engineering’s Enterprise Units offer a range of commercial services, including wind tunnels for hire and sound and vibration consulting.
Fellowships, Honours and Awards
National and global recognition of our achievements includes those with significant Fellowships, honours and awards:
Royal Society
- Professor Phil Bartlett, FRS, FRSC
- Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee FREng, FRS *
- Professor Dame Wendy Hall FREng, FRS
- Professor David Hanna FRS **
- Professor Tim Leighton FRS FREng, FMedSci
- Professor Malcolm Levitt
- Professor Sir David Payne FREng, FRS
- Professor David Richardson FREng, FRS
- Professor Douglas Ross FRS **
- Professor Chris Sachrajda FRS **
- Professor Sir Christopher Snowden, FREng, FRS, FIEEE **
- Professor Nikolay Zheludev FRS
* Visiting Professors
** Emeritus Professor
Royal Academy of Engineering
- Professor Bashir Al-Hashimi CBE, FREng, FIEEE
- Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee FREng, FRS *
- Professor Sheng Chen FREng, FIEEE
- Professor Stephen Elliott FREng
- Professor Dame Wendy Hall FREng, FRS
- Professor Lajos Hanzo FREng, FIEEE
- Professor Nick Jennings FREng *
- Professor Andy Keane FREng
- Professor Tim Leighton FRS FREng, FMedSci
- Professor Philip Nelson CBE FREng
- Professor Sir David Payne FREng, FRS
- Professor William Powrie FREng FICE
- Professor Graham Reed FREng
- Professor David Richardson FREng, FRS
- Professor Harvey Rutt FREng **
- Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt FREng *
- Professor Sir Christopher Snowden, FREng, FRS, FIEEE **
- Professor David White FREng
- Professor Robert Wood FREng
* Visiting Professors
** Emeritus Professor
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Professor Philip Nelson CBE FREng