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We're ranked 15th in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021, with 1st place for Physiotherapy and 14 more subjects in the top 10.
Learn moreWe're in the top 100 in the QS World University Rankings 2021, based on indicators such as research excellence and employability.
Learn moreWe've been awarded Silver in the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) for our quality teaching and learning.
Learn moreDiscover how we have built up our reputation and continue to strive for excellence in all our activities.
Our latest rankings in the three main UK university league tables are:
We are measured and ranked as a university on a range of criteria, including: entry standards, student satisfaction, staff to student ratio, expenditure on facilities and resources, research quality, and reputation among employers and academics from other institutions.
The annual National Student Survey (NSS) gathers honest feedback from mainly final-year undergraduates about their time in UK higher education institutions.
The new survey, published in July 2020, reveals that we have made a number of improvements across the board with the following specific highlights:
Southampton is one of the first universities in the UK to be named an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Education (ACE-CSE). The Gold Award complements the University's existing status as a Centre of Excellence for Cyber Security Research, which it first obtained in 2012.
Coming to Southampton really appealed to me because of the reputation for high-quality education and facilities here. I wasn’t disappointed - they are cutting-edge. There’s really nothing more I could ask for.
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*The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021
**The University is a founding partner of SETSquared, ranked the number one university-based business incubator in the world by UBI Global
***Research Excellence Framework 2014
****QS World University Rankings 2021