📸 At a Glance
🌍 Southampton, Hampshire, England
🎓 Russell Group ✅
⚖️ Race Equality Charter ✅ Bronze Award
💰 Scholarships Available ✅
🏅 Ranking: 17 (Complete University Guide 2026)
🔎 Overview
The University of Southampton is a public research university with its main campus at Highfield in Southampton, alongside additional campuses across the city, plus Winchester School of Art in nearby Winchester. It offers degrees across subjects including engineering, computer science, medicine and health sciences, natural sciences, ocean and earth sciences, business, humanities, and art, fashion, and design.
📊 Ethnicity Breakdown
- Black: 5%
- Mixed race: 7%
- White: 68%
- Asian: 16%
- Other: 1%
- Not known: 2%
💷 Scholarships & Funding
- Black Futures Scholarships – This scholarship offers talented Black and Mixed-Black heritage UK students full tuition fees, a £20,780 annual stipend, and a £1,200 training and support grant to pursue a PhD at Southampton.
- Cowrie Foundation Scholarship – The University of Southampton and the Cowrie Scholarship Foundation offer a scholarship for UK-resident students of Black African or Caribbean heritage from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, commencing undergraduate study in 2026/27.
- Nigeria Excellence Scholarship – Nigeria Excellence Scholarships offer £4,000 off tuition fees for new international postgraduate students from Nigeria applying for an in-person master’s programme at the University of Southampton.
- GREAT Scholarships (Nigeria) – In partnership with the British Council and the GREAT Britain Campaign, this scholarship offers students from Nigeria a £10,000 tuition fee reduction for any one-year in-person master’s at the University of Southampton.
- GREAT Scholarships (Ghana) – In partnership with the British Council and the GREAT Britain Campaign, this scholarship offers students from Ghana a £10,000 tuition fee reduction for any one-year in-person MSc at the University of Southampton.
- Chevening Scholarships – Chevening Scholarships provide full funding for a one-year postgraduate master’s in the UK, open to ambitious individuals with leadership qualities and a strong academic background. Southampton also offers a dedicated Chevening-Southampton Scholarship for eligible students who choose Southampton as their first choice institution.
👨🏾🎓👩🏿🎓 Student Life & Support
- African & Caribbean Society
- Black Women’s Project – a society supporting the personal, academic, and professional growth of Black women in higher education.
- University of Southampton Black Law Students Network
- Somali Society
- Sudanese Society
- Non university group – Southampton Black Students’ Network
*The university also points students to its full clubs and societies directory under cultural/national societies, which may include additional or more up-to-date groups not listed here.
📣 Things Uni To Know
Student Inclusion Team: the main university team supporting underrepresented student groups, including BAME students, with guidance, opportunities, and signposting.
Black Fresher’s Guide: a guide created by Black students to help Black and minoritised ethnic students navigate the university.
Awarding Gap Project: a student-led project focused on reducing awarding gaps affecting Black and minoritised minority students.
Report + Support: a route to report harassment, discrimination, or hate and get support from an advisor.
Faith and Reflection Centre: pastoral care and space for prayer, meditation, and reflection.
