
Contact the team
Interested in working with the Student Enterprise team at the University of Southampton? Email us now.
The Student Enterprise Team provide current students and recent graduates with the support they need to either set up their own business, lead a social enterprise, become freelance/self-employed, launch a scalable startup or develop essential enterprise skills.
We offer inspirational events, challenging competitions, skill development workshops, specialist mentoring, generous funding opportunities, plus advice and guidance through our 1:1 appointments and online resources. You can stay up to date with Student Enterprise opportunities by signing up to our monthly mailer.
Register for our monthly mailer!Interested in working with the Student Enterprise team at the University of Southampton? Email us now.
If you're a University of Southampton student then visit our new SharePoint site to stay up-to-date with our opportunities!
Book a 1:1 appointment to speak with a member of the Student Enterprise Team about your business idea or an opportunity. Available year round.
Looking to launch a business? Have a proven concept and looking to get started? The Speed Launch is for you! Semester 2.
Equip yourself with the skills and knowlege you need to become a freelancer.
Do you have a simple innovative design solution to a real everyday problem? Enter to win a grand prize worth £10,000!
Spend the summer working on your business with support from our generous funding package and network of experts! Summer 2023.
Find out what happened at the 2022 Student Founder Showcase! Featuring our Foundership Cohort, and the winners announcements for our 100 Big Ideas Competition!
The Student Startup Challenge equipeped students with the knowledge, skills, and experience to make any business idea a success! November 2022.
Held in partnership with the University of Winchester, this Round Table discussed the barriers facing enterprising women. November 2022
The Student Enterprise Fund gives students the chance to win up to £2000 in equity-free funding for your business! December 2022 and May 2023.
Take a look at some of the businesses we've supported in the past.
Check them out now!Future Worlds is the University of Southampton on-campus startup accelerator offering staff and students the chance to accelerate the growth of their startup.
The Social Impact Lab focuses on social enterprise and can help you start your own social venture.
The South of England’s innovation hub. Offering guidance to startups and leading technology businesses.
The University's Business School offers a host of opportunities for students studying business.
SETsquared provides a wide range of highly acclaimed support programmes to help turn ideas into thriving businesses.
Students work in small groups to solve a real-life business challenge; researching the issue and providing recommendations to the problem.
E-mentoring Southampton is the destination for connecting students and alumni from anywhere in the world.
VentureFest South stimulates the south's business ecosystem through a year round programme of events and an annual Festival of Innovation.
The home for entrepreneurs at the University of Southampton! A diverse group of founders, leaders, and enthusiasts.
A community of students committed to using the power of entrepreneurial action to transform lives and shape a better, more sustainable world.
SotonWIB aims to encourage greater representation of women within typically male dominated industries.
Student Enterprise and Opportunities Manager
Student Enterprise Lead
Student Enterprise Specialist Practitioner
Student Enterprise Specialist Practitioner
Student Enterprise Coordinator
There are plenty of opportunities to work with the Enterprise team through the year. Get in touch to find out more!
The Student Enterprise team have been absolutely brilliant. The advice, support and funding that they offer has been instrumental in helping myself and Sina Medical Technology, and they continue to help us on our journey today!