Situated in a warm and green City, close to Europe’s second largest maritime port on the south coast of England and just over an hour away from London, the University of Southampton offers students a cosmopolitan and culturally diverse environment in which to study and live. Southampton is a UK top 10 research led University and is ranked 87th by the QS World Rankings 2016 for our strengths in Engineering, Electronics, Science, Medicine, Law, Management, Education, Art, Humanities and Social Sciences. The University is internationally renowned for its pioneering research, first class facilities and teaching.