Our world-class facilities provide the foundations for our research, education and enterprise activities and are key to the success of both engineering and environmental science at Southampton.
There are over 100 specialist teaching and research laboratories and testing facilities dedicated to engineering and environmental science across the University.
Working at the cutting edge, we continuously invest in our facilities to ensure that our researchers, staff and students have access to the equipment that will to allow them to develop and test their pioneering ideas.
In 2015, HRH The Princess Royal opened our new Boldrewood Innovation Campus which combines the expertise of the University and of Lloyd's Register. The campus is home to state-of-the-art facilities and is a centre for education, research and enterprise.
Our key facilities include:
Human Factors Research Unit Laboratory
The Rayleigh Laboratories – acoustic test facilities
Wolfson Unit for Marine Technology & Industrial Aerodynamics
Testing and Structures Research Laboratory (TSRL)
National Centre of Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS)
Engineering Development and Manufacturing Centre (EDMC) which provides a professional engineering design service for students, staff and industry
Autonomous Vehicle Control Systems Laboratory
Science and Engineering Electron Microscopy Centre
Other facilities include:
- facilities for advanced paediatric and adult hearing and balance assessment
- six design studios containing specialist equipment, including computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacture (CAM)
- bioengineering laboratory (cell culture, tissue characterisation, microscopy and fabrication of lab-on-chip devices)