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In university-wide rankings, it is a long time leader in all technical areas. Traditionally ranked first in electronic engineering, it is among the leading universities in information technology and engineering, management, economics, law, environmental studies.
The Center for the Study of Electron Optics made large scientific discoveries in the field of laser technology and fiber optics. Faculty of Management is among the leading British departments in this specialty, and part of the faculty is independent Institute of Entrepreneurship- actively explores all aspects of small business, innovation and business risks. The Faculty of Law is the UK's largest center for the study, teaching and advice of maritime law. National Center Oceanography, part of the university, is one of the world's leading centers for the study and teaching of oceanology and geosciences.
The university is in the top ten UK universities by competition among applicants. The university has students from more than 100 countries. The University of Southampton has 7 campuses and 20 student residences to accommodate all international students. International scientific connections provide opportunities for foreign internships. There is a preparatory department for individual specialties and English language. The starting salary for graduates is high - about £19,000 per year.
Southampton is a modern, vibrant city with a rich maritime history. It is located an hour's drive from London on the south coast of England. With a population of 221,000, Southampton combines the attractiveness of large city with environmental cleanliness and safety of a small town.
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Admission to the University of Southampton
Foundation Year at the University of Southampton
Foundation Year Preparatory Program
For students who need additional training in English and selected subjects for further study. Separate programs for engineering, natural sciences, humanities and business specialties. Admission requirements: a certificate with an average score of at least 4.5, knowledge of English at the IELTS level of 5.5.
Entry to the University of Southampton Foundation Program is through UCAS admissions committee). Duration of training - 1 academic year.
Bachelor's degree program
To enroll in a bachelor's program, you must have high score certificate and successfully complete a one-year preparatory course at the University of Southampton. In this case, admission does not require registration with UCAS. If an applicant enters the first year of university with a 12-year education (A-Level, IB certificate, completed one or two courses at a Russian university, a preparatory course at another British college or university), then he is required to register with UCAS. Upon completion, a bachelor's degree is awarded ( BSc or B.A.). Duration of training - 3 academic years.
Graduate Program
Graduates of Russian higher educational institutions with a bachelor's degree are accepted into standard postgraduate programs (Taught Programs) with a predominance of lectures and theoretical classes. Upon completion of the program, a master's degree is awarded ( MSc or M.A.). Alumni of reputable Russian universities with a specialist diploma or master's degree, having a high GPA(4.5-5.0), can enroll in both standard postgraduate programs and programs that combine lectures with research work, after which, based on the results of scientific work, a degree is awarded MRes or MPhil. The duration of the programs is 12 months.
If, after receiving the MRes degree, the researcher continues scientific work within 2-3 years, then after its completion and defense of the dissertation, the degree of Doctor of Philosophy is awarded ( PhD).
For graduates with at least three years of management experience planning career growth, the program is offered MBA(Master of Business Administration - Master of Business Administration). Duration of training - 12 months.
For middle and senior managers with at least five years of experience there is special program Executive MBA, most often having a modular structure.
Documents required for admission to postgraduate programs:
- Completed University of Southampton registration form
- Notarized translation of a copy of the diploma with grades
- Certificate of passing the language exam (IELTS, TOEFL) with the required number of points
- Two letters of recommendation
- For the research program (MRes and PhD) - formulate the topic and main stages of the future scientific research;
- For a standard program - prepare a motivation letter or provide a resume.
Applications for Master's and Doctor of Philosophy degrees must be submitted directly to the University.
It is possible to submit applications and enter the University before graduating from the educational institution in which the student is currently studying, or before passing the English language test. Such admission is called conditional and turns into unconditional after the student has fulfilled all the relevant conditions for admission.
Entry requirements for English language
To enter most specialties, you must pass an international test in English and receive a certificate: this can be either IELTS test(6.5 points), or TOEFL (600 points for a standard exam or 250 points for computer testing). English language requirements for legal and linguistics degrees are usually even higher. Additional language training can be completed in intensive English courses during the academic year (duration - 1, 2 or 3 terms depending on knowledge of English, minimum level- IELTS 4.5) and for summer preparatory courses(duration 5, 6, 9 and 15 weeks, minimum level – IELTS 5.0).
Help for students
At the beginning of each academic year, the University has a student reception service that organizes a meeting of students at London Heathrow Airport and ensures that all students adapt to life at the University as quickly and as well as possible. Throughout the academic year, the student can additionally study English. The University constantly provides consultations for foreign students on issues of study and life.
Accommodation
All international students are provided with single rooms in student accommodation for their entire course of study at the University of Southampton (subject to application deadlines). necessary documents). Twenty university residences with 5,200 beds are located next to the university campus, they are calm and safe. All rooms have a telephone and the buildings are connected to the Internet. The university also offers accommodation in other categories, with or without service, with or without meals, with all amenities in the room or on the floor.
The residences are connected by a university bus service, which is included in the room rental price, to the campus, the city center and other residences. Buses run 7 times per hour. Bicycles are very popular on campus; all conditions have been created for their use, for which the university (the only one of all) received an award from the National Bicycle Society.
Leisure
The University has more than 150 clubs and societies, covering almost all possible areas of interest, including culture, sports, religion, and politics. The Students' Union has its own cinema, night club, cafe, two bars. The sports centre, which cost the university £8.4 million to build, includes superb sports fields, gym with 8 courts and a 25-meter swimming pool.
Tuition fees 2017/18 (in pounds sterling, £):
The MBA program is accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA): out of more than 100 UK programs, only 38 are accredited.
Cost of living
The average cost of living (including food, transport, textbooks, student fees) is £7000-9000 per person academic year. According to the Royal Bank of Scotland's Living Index study, Southampton is the best city in England for students in terms of cost of living.
Faculty of Management
The School of Management, University of Southampton is one of the UK's leading management faculties, as recognized by QAA and RAE reports. British universities. Both teaching and research potential received the highest ratings.
The teaching staff of the faculty consists of 50 people. Most teachers are simultaneously engaged in research work, so students are always aware of modern views and achievements.
The faculty's research units are internationally renowned: the Center for Risk Research, the Center for Research in Accounting, Accountability and Governance (CRAAG), the Center for Narrative Studies and The Center for Operational Research, Management Science & Information Systems (CORMSIS), one of the most significant and prestigious centers of this specialization in the UK.
New intensively developing divisions have been created: Institute of Entrepreneurship and the Center for Higher Education Management and Policy at Southampton (CHEMPaS).
Institute for Entrepreneurship
The Institute of Entrepreneurship is a new division of the Faculty of Management.
Its main task is the theoretical and practical training of consultants in the field of entrepreneurship, small business, innovation, development of business abilities and competence. Accepts for training people both with experience in small business and beginners who are just dreaming of starting their own business. The Enterprise Institute works closely with the business community and industry. Provides students with the opportunity to try their hand at real work while still studying.
Training includes lectures, seminars, working on projects in a group, studying modern business based on examples from real companies.
At the Faculty of Management you can get bachelor degree(BSc) in the following specialties:
- Accounting and Finance
- Management
- Management Sciences
- Management Sciences and Accounting
- Management with Entrepreneurship.
Admission requirements: a certificate of secondary (complete) education with an average score of at least 4.7; knowledge of English at IELTS level 6.5 (at least 6.0 points for each section of the test); age 18 years; for those who graduated from school at 17 years old - a one-year university preparatory Foundation program.
Master's degree(MSc) is offered in a wider range of specialties:
- Accounting and Finance
- Accounting and Management
- Corporate Risk and Security Management
- Human Resource Strategies
- International Banking and Financial Studies
- International Financial Markets
- Information Systems
- Management
- Management Sciences
- Management Science and Finance
- Marketing Analytics
- Risk Management
- Strategic Entrepreneurship
- Full-Time MBA*
- Executive MBA*
* The MBA program is accredited by the Association of MBA Programs (AMBA): of more than 100 UK MBA programs, only 38 are accredited.
Admission requirements: a higher education diploma with a grade point average of at least 4.5; knowledge of English at IELTS level 6.5 (at least 6.0 points for each section of the test); two characteristics; motivation letter.
Business related subjects, students can also study at other departments and faculties of the University of Southampton.
At the Institute of Entrepreneurship(see below):
- Business Venturing (MBV, Social Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Education),
- Strategic Entrepreneurship,
- Entrepreneurship.
At the Faculty of Social Sciences:
At the Department of Economics:
- Economics,
- Economics and Econometrics
- Development Economics
- Economic Policy Analysis
- Finance and Economics.
At the Department of Politics and International Relations
- Citizenship and Democracy
- Global Politics
- Global Security.
At the Department of Sociology and Social Policy
- Social Policy
- Sociology
In 1862, Henry Robertson Hartley founded the institute that bears his name. Forty years later, in 1902, it was transformed into a University College, and on April 29, 1952, the university received a Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth II, becoming the first to acquire such status by her order after she ascended the throne.
Today he is a member of a group called "Russell", which includes research educational institutions and is part of a specialized World Wide Web. Over 17 thousand students, as well as 7 thousand graduate students, receive education there. This institution focuses on the research of scientists and, among similar organizations in Britain, has one of the largest percentages of earnings from the activities of researchers. Regularly, according to various surveys, it is included in the top twenty leading universities in Foggy Albion. The rating of the popular publication from 2009 includes it in the list of the hundred most significant educational institutions on the planet.
Achievements
Achieved a leadership position in all areas with a technical character. Traditionally a leader in the field of electronics, as well as in computer science, engineering, management, and law.
By working with electron optics, researchers are making significant discoveries in the field of fiber optics and lasers. The Department of Management is one of the main departments of the island in this industry. At the Department of Entrepreneurship, which grew out of a part of the department conducting research into aspects inherent in small-scale businesses, innovative issues and possible risks. The Law Department is an impressive UK center for the study, teaching and advice of maritime law.
According to such an indicator as the applicant competition, the organization has firmly taken a place in the top ten in England. The number of countries from which students come has long exceeded one hundred. Thanks to foreign connections, opportunities for internships abroad arise. There is a training department for various specialists and a separate English language department. The average starting salary for graduates of the University of Southampton is 19 thousand pounds sterling annually.
Infrastructure
Southampton, where the campus is located, is known as a progressive and dynamic city with a very rich history. It is just an hour's drive from London. It is inhabited by 221 thousand people, which means that the attractiveness inherent in a large metropolis is diluted by environmental friendliness and high level security.
The University of Southampton includes more than one hundred and fifty institutions and societies for almost all areas of interest, including sports, culture, politics and religion. The Students' Union has its own cinema, as well as two bars, a cafe and even a nightclub. In the sports center you can find sports grounds, a hall with 8 courts, and a 25-meter long swimming pool.
Peculiarities
You can apply to get here before you graduate from your current educational institution, or before you pass the English language proficiency test. This admission has conditional status and becomes unconditional when the student has completed all entrance tests.
Conditions
Each student from abroad is provided with a private room in a university dormitory. It is assigned to the student for the entire time that he studies here. There are 5,200 places in 20 residences that were built next to the educational campus. Each room is equipped with a telephone and has access to the World Wide Web. It is possible to choose housing of a different category, with or without service, meals, a bathroom on the floor, or directly in the room.
An institution of higher education has existed in Southampton since 1862. It was called the Hartley Institute, which was renamed the college in 1919. The right to once again train specialists with higher education The educational institution received only after the Second World War. In 1952, the University of Southampton was granted a Royal Charter confirming its new status.
The university proudly bears the title of one of the flagships of British research work. Also (according to surveys of students and graduates) the educational institution is one of 20 best universities countries. The University of Southampton has academic staff from different countries world and numerous foreign students study.
The location of the University of Southampton is most convenient. London can be reached in just an hour, and Southampton itself has an airport, railway and bus station with an extensive network of routes.
Since the city is located on the coast, there is a port, beaches, and favorable conditions for activities aquatic species sports
IN educational institution There are eight faculties.
At the Faculty of Business and Law they study:
- foundations of law;
- basics of management.
At the Faculty of Engineering they study:
- sound engineering;
- shipbuilding;
- engineering in the field of electronics.
At the Faculty of Health they study:
- basics of midwifery and nursing;
- therapy for rehabilitation;
- orthopedics and physiotherapy.
On Faculty of Humanities study:
- archaeological disciplines;
- English language;
- history of cinema;
- modern languages;
- music;
- philosophical movements.
At the Faculty of Engineering and Physics they study:
- electronic and computer sciences;
- physics and astronomy.
At the Faculty social sciences and human sciences are studied:
- educational sciences;
- basics of geography;
- mathematical disciplines;
- basics of psychology.
Also among the faculties of the University of Southampton are medical department and Faculty of Science and Environment.
How to become a student at the University of Southampton?
Bachelor's programs
If you foreign student, who graduated from school in his homeland:
- Study for a year in the Foundation Program (the grades on your certificate must be at least 4.5).
If you graduated from a British school:
- Provide data for exams such as IB, A-Levels and APs.
In addition, many university faculties conduct their own entrance exams.
Apply via the UCAS website a few months in advance. The sooner the application is submitted, the better.
- Provide a bachelor's degree.
- Apply through the university website.
- Make sure you have IELTS or TOEFL certificates with high scores.
- Provide letters of recommendation from scientific supervisors and teachers.
- Prepare short description scientific research you plan to do.
A diploma from this university helped the careers of politician Justin Greening, musician Brian Eno, and international judge Adrian Fulford.
What expenses should you prepare for?
Students on theoretical-heavy programs will have to pay £13,000 per year of study. If you choose a program with laboratory placement or clinical placement, the cost will be £16,000 - £30,000. Students pay for their own housing. The minimum cost of annual apartment rental is 7,000 pounds.
Thanks to active work The Student Union at the university constantly hosts interesting and varied events. You can perfectly prepare for classes in one of the six libraries located on campus. Having a fun time on campus is easy. It has its own theater, concert hall, art gallery and other strongholds of culture.
The University of Southampton provides over 5,000 student accommodation places every year. There are rooms with different levels of comfort. As for food, there are two options: use the shared kitchen, equipped with everything you need, or order lunch in the university canteen.
