Back Universiteit van Southampton Afrikaans جامعة ساوثهامبتون Arabic جامعة ساوثهامبتون ARZ Sausempton Universiteti Azerbaijani ساوتهمپتون بیلیمیوردو AZB Саўтгемптанскі ўніверсітэт Byelorussian সাউদাম্পটন বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় Bengali/Bangla Universitat de Southampton Catalan Univerzita v Southamptonu Czech Prifysgol Southampton Welsh
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| Latin: Universitas Hantoniensis | |
| Motto | Latin: Strenuis Ardua Cedunt |
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Motto in English | The Heights Yield to Endeavour[1] |
| Type | Public research university |
| Established | 1862 – Hartley Institution 1902 – Hartley University College 1913 – Southampton University College 1952 – gained university status by royal charter |
| Endowment | £11.9 million (2023)[2] |
| Budget | £722.4 million (2022/23)[2] |
| Chancellor | Ruby Wax |
| Vice-Chancellor | Mark E. Smith |
| Visitor | Penny Mordaunt (as Lord President of the Council ex officio) |
Academic staff | 2,600 (2021/22)[3] |
Administrative staff | 3,380 (2021/22)[3] |
| Students | 23,795 (2021/22)[4] |
| Undergraduates | 15,110 (2021/22)[4] |
| Postgraduates | 8,685 (2021/22)[4] |
| Location | Southampton, Hampshire, England |
| Campus | City Campus |
| Colours | Marine Blue |
| Affiliations | |
| Website | southampton |
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The University of Southampton (abbreviated as Soton in post-nominal letters[5]) is a public research university in Southampton, England. Southampton is a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities in the United Kingdom.
The university has seven campuses. The main campus is located in the Highfield area of Southampton and is supplemented by four other campuses within the city: Avenue Campus housing the School of Humanities, the National Oceanography Centre housing courses in Ocean and Earth Sciences, Southampton General Hospital offering courses in Medicine and Health Sciences, and Boldrewood Campus housing an engineering and maritime technology campus and Lloyd's Register. In addition, the university operates a School of Art based in nearby Winchester and an international branch in Malaysia offering courses in Engineering. Each campus is equipped with its own library facilities. The annual income of the institution for 2022–23 was £722.4 million of which £122.1 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £631.3 million.[2]
The University of Southampton currently has 14,705 undergraduate and 7,960 postgraduate students, making it the largest university by higher education students in the South East region. The University of Southampton Students' Union, provides support, representation and social activities for the students ranging from involvement in the Union's four media outlets, to any of the 200 affiliated societies and 80 sports.[6] The university owns and operates a sports ground for use by students and also operates a sports centre on the main campus.[7]
- ^ "University of Southampton Calendar 2013/14 – Preface". University of Southampton. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ a b c "Financial Statements 2022–2023" (PDF). University of Southampton. p. 30.
- ^ a b "Who's working in HE?". www.hesa.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Where do HE students study? | HESA". hesa.ac.uk.
- ^ None (20 June 2013). Independent Schools Yearbook 2012–2013. ISBN 9781408181188.
- ^ "Opportunities". SUSU. University of Southampton Students' Union. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Facilities". Sport and Wellbeing. University of Southampton. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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