The University of Southampton is one of the UK’s top research universities, ranking 11th for the volume of its high quality research in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework. The REF rated 84 per cent of Southampton’s overall research activity as world-leading and internationally excellent.
Psychology has performed well in specific Units of Assessment in the REF with 100% of our activity rated as internationally excellent or of world-leading quality for both the impact of our research and the research environment that we offer.
Psychology at Southampton has a tradition of world-class research. Our academics work at the forefront of their fields, committed to the highest-quality scientific investigation on a range of social, educational and health-related issues that together make a real impact. Below we feature examples of ways in which our research is changing the world for the better and impacting on the lives of people in the UK and around the globe.