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Faculty of Social Sciences

The Faculty of Social Sciences is home to Southampton Law School, Southampton Business School, Southampton Education School, the School of Mathematical Sciences and the School of Economic, Social and Political Sciences.

Our research facilities include the Institute of Maritime Law (IML), the Centre for Operational Research, Management Sciences and Information Systems (CORMSIS), the Statistical Sciences Research Institute (S3RI) and a number of specialist research centres such as Southampton Theory Astrophysics and Gravity Research Centre (STAG), the ESRC Centre for Population Change (CPC), the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) and the Centre for Inclusion in Education (CRI).Our schools address issues that matter to people and society, and our success is built on quality research.

Research Excellence Framework 2021

Social Work and Social Policy ranked in the top 10% nationally (4th).
Maths (12th) and Business and Management Studies (26th) ranked in the top 25% nationally.
99% of outputs were ranked as 4* or 3* (world-leading or internationally excellent) in Maths, 93% in Economics and Social Work and Social Policy, 82% in Education, 81% in Law, and 78% in Politics and International Studies.
45% of outputs in Law, 43% in Social Work and Social Policy and 40% in Maths were ranked as 4* (world-leading).
96% of the overall profile of Economics and Econometrics was ranked as 4* or 3*.
Social Work and Social Policy ranked 5th nationally for impact, Economics ranked 12th and Business and Management Studies ranked 14th.

Selected Items of Success in Education

Southampton Business School Top 10 in the UK for Marketing (Complete University Guide, 2021)
Politics and International Relations: 17th in The Times Good University Guide 2021
90% of Education students were satisfied or very satisfied with the overall quality of their course (National Student Survey, 2020)
Criminology: Top 10 in the UK (9th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2020)
11th in the UK for Maths (Guardian University Guide 2021)
Over 130 students have been funded by the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission to study on the MSc Gerontology (Distance Learning) and the MSc Global Ageing and Policy (Distance Learning), with students coming from Commonwealth countries across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia including Kenya, Ghana, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zambia

Visit our school sites below to find out more about our subject specialisms and facilities.