2. The gateway to the world
Global students and graduates
• 22,500 students from over 140 countries
• 5,000 graduates each year
• 250 degree programs covering 75+ subjects
World leading faculty and staff
• Among the top 75 universities in the world
• 200+ research groups
• £100 million – research annually
3. Turning research into GDP
• £billion to local economy
• UK’s largest university-business collaboration
• Lloyd’s Register
• £120m
• 500+ engineers and scientists
• Top UK university in collaborating with SMEs
• Top 3 in the world for creating spin-out companies
• Floated 4 companies with a combined value of £180m
4. Research strengths Instrumental in making aircraft
engines quieter and more
efficient
Web Sciences: at the forefront
of developing
the World Wide Web
Optoelectronics Research
Centre: Invented the optical
The Wolfson Unit is a UK amplifier enabling high speed
Sport Innovation partner for global communications
the Olympics
Institute of Working across the
Developmental globe on climate change
Sciences: world leader in
linking diet & lifestyle to
the health of children into
adulthood
5. Southampton’s legacy of aerospace
• 60 years University heritage in aeronautics and
astronautics
• Manpowered flight – first successful
• Spitfire – developed and manufactured
• Seaplanes – development and early centre
• Southampton Airport – 100 years continuous operation
6. Aerospace at Southampton
• Aeronautics and computational engineering
• Aircraft noise
• Airports, ATM and operations
• Cyber security
• Space situational awareness
• Space structures and engineering
• Human factors
• Electrical power systems and electronics
• Equipment health management and prognostics
• Advanced materials and surface engineering
• Remote sensing and Earth observation
• Computing Science and software applications
7. Delivering success
• Attracting major industrial partnerships
• Innovative manufacturing processes and materials
• Wide application of Southampton IP
• Strong entrepreneurial track record
9. Accessing our knowledge and expertise
• Research Collaborations
• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
• Laboratories and Test Facilities
• Consultancy
• Enterprise Units
11. Aerospace Southampton
• Our graduates are your current & future employees
• Our aerospace focus makes collaboration easy
• Our multi-discipline culture ensures innovative
solutions to your problems
• Civil & defence aerospace, astronautics, electronics
and cyber security blanket the sector
• We are your neutral partner
• We are facilitating the growth of the global aerospace
eco-system
12. Talk to us
Our track record of industrial
research collaboration makes us the
ideal research and innovation partner
for the aerospace sector.
www.southampton.ac.uk/aerospace
