Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) is the leading university department of its kind in the UK, with an international reputation for world-leading research across computer science, electronics and electrical engineering.
ECS is unique in the UK through our integration of electronics and computer science, our distinguished record of research success and the scale of its research activities. We have a thriving Graduate School, with a strong emphasis on providing you with the best possible research training and future opportunities.
Head of ECS: Professor Harvey Rutt
Academic and research staff: 250
Postgraduate research students: 280
Postgraduate taught students: 300
RAE rating: Computer science: second in UK; electronics and electrical engineering: sixth in UK (2008)
Location: Highfield Campus
Internal links: Institute of Sound and Vibration Research; Optoelectronics Research Centre; Biological Sciences; Chemistry; Faculty of Engineering and the Environment; Faculty of Medicine; Physics and Astronomy
External links: Leading commercial companies/agencies and research centres worldwide
Resources: £100 million state-of-the-art clean room and associated labs in Mountbatten Building; Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory (one of the best in Europe); project labs; technical workshops; industrial and business units; bioelectronics and biometrics labs; the latest computing and multimedia facilities
Centres: We host around 20 centres and institutes, including: ALADDIN BAE Systems/EPSRC Strategic Partnership in Distributed Data and Information Networks; Institute for Complex Systems Simulations; IT Innovation; Mobile Virtual Centre of Excellence; OMII-UK; Pervasive Systems Centre; Southampton Nanofabrication Centre; Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI)
PhD Admissions Office: Tracey Cantlie
Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 2882
Email: fpas-phdapply@soton.ac.uk
MSc admissions: See individual programmes for Admissions Tutors
Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 2630
Email: fpas-mscapply@soton.ac.uk
www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/admissions/pg
Clare Owens (26) is an EngD student, with IBM as her industrial sponsor
“Working on my doctorate in ECS continues to be a fantastic experience. It’s a wonderful opportunity to be surrounded by so many bright minds, to have the focused attention of my supervisor and the opportunity to get to know – and collaborate with – the other researchers in ECS. There’s a real sense of community, which makes it a pleasure to be here.”
Find out more: www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs