Starting university is a time of great change and might bring you challenges. Our student support and wellbeing services are there to help you, whatever your need.
Explore the many types of advice and support that we offer. If you can’t find what you’re looking for contact the Student Hub team, studenthub@soton.ac.uk
Our Student Life teams are available day and night, every day, to support your wellbeing in our halls of residence.
Explore the 24/7 support we offer
From mindfulness classes, to professional counselling and drop-in sessions we’ll help you manage your mental health to get the most from university life.
When you join us you’ll be given a personal academic tutor. They will give you one-to-one support throughout your time at university, to help you achieve your academic goals.
Find out how the personal tutor system works
This resource hub and our dedicated subject librarians are there to help you improve your study and research skills.
Our Doctoral College offers specialist support and development opportunities to all our PhD researchers. Through the college you’ll be able to connect with a wide range of fellow researchers across the University.
We offer free classes in English for academic purposes to all international students. These include academic writing, critical thinking, presentation and seminar skills.
Whether you’re a parent, a carer, a mature student, a student without any family support, or a care leaver we offer specialist support, advice and networking opportunities.
Find out about the extra support we offer
We’ll meet you at the airport and help you settle into halls. Our Welcome Week will let you meet other students and we’ll help you with the practicalities like finding health services.
Learn more about our international support
If you're a student with a disability and you need extra support our Student Disability and Inclusion team can help you.
Our student financial support team can help you with money issues throughout your time at university. The team can give you advice on getting funding, on budgeting and can help you sort out money worries.
