Power Academy
University of Southampton is a member of the IET Power Academy with opportunities for generous scholarships.
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Electronic Design
A project where the Micro Arcana boards are particularly useful is the system design exercise which our students complete near the end of their second year.
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Year 1 Electronic Labs
Our students enhance their practical skills building and using our Micro Arcana family of processing boards: Il Matto (8-bit Atmel microcontroller), Il Bagatto (Altera CPLD), La Papessa (Xilinx FPGA), L'Imperatrice (Freescale ARM9 applications processor).
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First in the UK (and top ten position since 2010) for Electrical and Electronic Engineering - Guardian University Guide 2021
Ranked in the top 100 universities for Electrical & Electronic Engineering and top 10 in the UK - 2021 QS World Rankings
Top-ranked university for Telecommunications in Europe - ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2021
First in the UK for the volume and quality of our research in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 100% of our Computer Science research impact is recognised as world-leading or internationally excellent - Latest REF 2014
150 affiliated companies provide work placements and internships to our Computer Science and Software Engineering students
First for elite scholarships from the UK Electronics Skills Foundation - Awarded more elite scholarships from the UK Electronics Skills Foundation than any other university.
2nd in the UK for graduate prospects for Electrical and Electronic Engineering - Guardian University Guide 2021
One of only a handful of universities to gain recognition as a Centre of Excellence for both Cyber Security Education (ACE-CSE) and Research by the UK government.
Southampton is a University Partner of The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence
We hold an Athena SWAN Bronze Award for our work in tackling gender inequality in science and engineering
