Student review [#14396] for Computer Science
at University of Southampton

The University of Southampton is definitely an institution that values students that are active and enthusiastic. There is a virtually infinite amount of activities and opportunities that you can take advantage of, both in the form of on-campus events, sports clubs and societies, business and entrepreneurship opportunities, an active academic body, especially in engineering fields, and great industry connections, as well as other projects.
The campus is also a great place with a ton of different places to study, meet, and organize events (including a few brand new buildings), as well as being very green.
While it’s definitely a world-class institution, sometimes it lacks in teaching quality and organization/communication between professors on lecturing and coursework. This varies drastically between years and degrees, however, and is ultimately down to the individual lecturers.
The university itself is in a nice location, not downtown but close enough to most places that students go to. Southampton is very much a student city, and you will definitely get the proper “uni experience” here, which can be good or bad, depending on what you’re looking for (it’s definitely not as nice to just live in).
Lastly, if you’re doing an engineering or computer science degree, or a similar technical field, or you are interested in business, startups, and technology, Southampton is a great fit for you because it has a lot of opportunities (as mentioned before), including a startup accelerator on-campus and dedicated student enterprise and careers teams, as well as having the Southampton Tech Park nearby and not to mention amazing industry connections to many tech companies.