University of Southampton

The University of Southampton is an exceptional place whose people achieve remarkable things. We are a world-leading, research-intensive university, with a strong educational offering, renowned for our innovation and enterprise. This is a great platform from which to sharpen our focus with our new strategy.

It’s a very simple strategy. It’s about our aspirations. It’s about building our reputation. It’s about being simply better than our competitors at what we do.

• The University of Southampton is among top 1% of gobal universities, QS World University Rankings, 2016/17
• The University of Southampton is one of the founding members of the prestigious Russell Group; a group which is committed to maintaining the very best research and teaching standards
• Over 6,500 international students from more than 135 countries choose to study at the University of Southampton each year
• University is placed 14th overall and 9th amongst the UK’s 24 leading, research-intensive universities that form the Russell Group in the Times Higher Education Table of Tables 2016
• University of Southampton is ranked 102nd in the world , and 18th amongst UK universities listed by QS World University Rankings 2018
• Ranked 121st in the world and 16th amongst UK universities listed by Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2016/17