The University of Southampton is a public research university in Southampton, England. Southampton is a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities in the United Kingdom, and ranked in the top 100 universities in the world.

The university has seven campuses.

The main campus is located in the Highfield area of Southampton and is supplemented by four other campuses within the city: Avenue Campus housing the School of Humanities, the National Oceanography Centre housing courses in Ocean and Earth Sciences, Southampton General Hospital offering courses in Medicine and Health Sciences, and Boldrewood Campus housing an engineering and maritime technology campus and Lloyd's Register. In addition, the university operates a School of Art based in nearby Winchester and an international branch in Malaysia offering courses in Engineering. Each campus is equipped with its own library facilities.

• 16th overall and 2nd for Counselling & Occupational Therapy with 14 subject areas in the top 10 in The Complete University Guide 2024

• 16th in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023

• 16th overall and 1st for Electronic and Electrical Engineering, and Physiotherapy - with a total of 13 of subject areas in the top 10 in The Guardian University Guide 2023

• 77th in the QS World University Rankings (2022)

• Three subjects in the global top 50, according to QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021: Nursing (9); Statistics & Operational Research (33); Geology (50)

• 108th in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023 and 12th among UK universities listed. Explore the full World University Rankings and UK Best Universities