Make global trade and ocean exploration possible by designing, building and testing ships and offshore structures for extreme conditions. Develop the skills that you need to become a naval architect and marine engineer.
Build your technical, creative and analytical skills while using our engineering labs, wind tunnels, 138 metre towing tank and professional manufacturing facilities. Get inspired and challenged by engineers at the forefront of their field at a leading UK university for maritime engineering. You'll enter a global marketplace with a passion for creating ways of working in oceans and waterways that are better for the planet.
100%
of students employed or in further study 15 months after graduating.
Studying the design of marine craft and structures represents university’s toughest and most exciting engineering challenge. It makes you highly prized in the marketplace.
Practical design teaching takes you on a journey where you apply the theoretical knowledge taught in lectures to realistic design tasks and projects.
Student stories
Course reputation helped me break into the marine industry
Two years after graduating, Umberto Varbaro is preparing for Chartered Engineer status. Southampton was vital to his career success, he tells us.
