#77 University of Southampton
Basic Infomation:
World Position: No. 77
Nature of University: Public
Research Findings: Very High
Number of students: 21,752
Number of Teachers: 2,468
Number of international students: 8,417
University of Southampton is a world-class university located on the southwest coast of England. It is also the Royal University of the United Kingdom, with the title of Soton, a founding member of the Russell University Group, a member of the World University Alliance, the Southern Union of Science and Engineering, the International University Climate Alliance, the World Port City University Alliance, and RENKEI.
The school’s predecessor can be traced back to Hartley College, founded in 1862. The main campus is located in Southampton, Hampshire, England, where the Titanic sailed.
In May 2013, the University of Southampton, together with Oxford University, Cambridge University, Imperial College London, and University College London jointly initiated and established the Southern Alliance for Science and Engineering, which is one of the world's leading research centers. The school is also the founding partner of SETsquared, the world's number one university business incubator by UBI Global.
The University of Southampton is the only university in the UK that has received a five-star research rating from every department of science and technology in the professional ratings of universities in the UK. The university merged with the top art academies in the UK-Winchester College of Art in 1996. The University of Southampton Business School is an elite business school that has obtained the dual international accreditation of AACSB and AMBA.
"Father of the Internet" Tim Berners Lee, Nobel Prize winner Christopher Pisarides, and Quantitative Easing proponent Rechard Werner all teach here. The current President of University College London, Michael Arthur, obtained his undergraduate and doctoral degree in clinical medicine from 1977 to 1986.
The University of Southampton is one of the top ten research universities in the UK. It ranks 8th in the UK in terms of research strength and 11th in research strength in the official REF 2014 UK University Rankings. 2022QS World University Rankings 77th; 2022U.S. News World University Rankings 11th in the UK, 97th in the world; 2020 Times Higher Education "Golden Era" universities ranked 2nd in the UK and 11th in the world.
About Undergraduate：
The University of Southampton offers a mix of three and four years bachelor’s degrees, such as:
Accounting and finance
Sociology with anthropology
Software engineering
Politics and economics
Electrical engineering
English
About Postgraduate：
The University of Southampton offers taught and research postgraduate degrees, including:
Business and heritage management
Transportation planning and engineering
Water resource management
Games design and art
Language acquisition research
Biomedical engineering
