Bachelor of Science in Business Management

at University of Southampton - Highfield Campus United Kingdom

Discover how to use computers to help model and optimise aeronautic and astronautic designs. MEng Aeronautics and Astronautics / Computational Engineering and Design with teach you how to research and solve new aerospace challenges, with a focus on computational methods.

Aeronautics and Astronautics looks at the science, engineering and manufacture of aircraft and spacecraft. You'll learn how they operate within our atmosphere and in space preparing you to design future aircraft, UAVs, race cars, jet engines, satellites and rockets.

You'll focus on computational engineering, which will provide you with the skills to solve new and emerging aerospace design challenges using advanced computational methods.

You’ll get hands-on experience in extensive facilities, which include:

• Dedicated student design studios and workshops
• The largest wind tunnel in any UK university
• Jet laboratory with supersonic ramjet, turbojet and rocket engine
• Boeing flight simulator
• Professional manufacturing centre

As part of this course you can:

• Showcase your work in our annual Engineering Design Show
• Learn workshop skills
• Take a week long flight testing workshop
• Join the University Formula Student team or the University Air Squadron

You can take this course with an additional year-long, paid placement. Apply with UCAS code H4H1 for the Industrial Placement Year option.

Learn to take an engineering project from concept to completion. On this course, you'll study core mechanical engineering skills, but also more technical topics associated with mechanical engineering management. You'll specialise in managing people, processes and finances. This 4-year integrated Masters degree will prepare you for an exciting, rewarding and well-paid engineering career.

This specialist course combines topics in mechanical engineering and management to give you a well-rounded experience. The first 2 years follow the same content to our degree in mechanical engineering. In the third and fourth years, you'll develop the technical skills to understand, design and manufacture new products. You'll then specialise in management skills, and learn to:

• Assess and manage risk
• Apply industrial law
• Manage resources and people
• Work on time and to a budget

As part of this course you can:

• Use our design workshops and studios
• Take a work placement to boost your academic performance and prepare for your career
• Showcase your work in our annual Engineering Design Show
• Complete both an individual project and a final-year, group design project
• Go on site visits to experience engineering in practice

You can take this course with an additional, year-long, paid placement. Apply with UCAS code HH31 for the Industrial Placement Year option.

We're a designated university for the Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS).

This UK master’s degree in digital strategy and information systems will teach you methods to process business knowledge and use information systems. These skills are in demand to help organisations improve their business and reach their operational goals. MSc Digital Strategy and Information Systems explores recent trends and topics, taught by leaders in the field.

To be competitive in today's digital economy, businesses need to develop a digital strategy. A digital strategy can help organisations manage a range of information systems, organisational resources and analytics capabilities to:

• Tap into new sources of data, such as ‘big data’
• Produce new insights about their customers or business processes
• Design processes and platforms that allow them to share this knowledge among employees

Information systems are the technology-based processes organisations use to create, gather, process, store, use and share management information and organisational knowledge.

This Digital Strategy and Information Systems MSc will give you in-depth knowledge of the effective development, use and management of information systems in businesses and social organisations.

You’ll learn about the theory and practice of digital strategy and information systems, and examine the technological, managerial and social aspects of the subject.

You’ll learn from academics who underpin their teaching with specialist research and industry knowledge. You’ll be encouraged to explore key theories in practical tasks to improve your analysis, design and information systems skills. These are vital in a competitive job market.

On this BEng Software Engineering degree you'll combine hands-on software development with a core knowledge of software engineering.

Specialist modules will let you explore new developments in areas such as:

• Robotics systems
• Cyber security
• Cloud application development

You’ll also develop crucial skills for software engineering projects, including:

• Communication
• Teamwork
• Project management

Our main computer lab has over 100 high-spec computer workstations and acts as the department’s social hub. You'll have access to our dedicated facilities, including:

• Software projects laboratory
• David Barron computing laboratory
• Cyber security laboratory
• Centre for hybrid biodevices

Join the next generation of digital health technology engineers and design the health and wellbeing devices of the future on this biomedical electronic engineering degree. You’ll study key aspects of electronic engineering such as digital systems, solid state devices and computer engineering, and combine this with life sciences.

Life sciences modules introduce you to cell biology, the body’s essential systems, and neuroscience. The 2 disciplines come together in specialist biomedical electronic engineering modules.

On this course you’ll learn to design, build and test new health and wellbeing devices and systems. This includes wearable monitors to intelligent medical diagnostic tools.

Our biomedical electronics engineering programme will equip you for a career in a thriving sector, where your innovations could, one day, change the world.

As part of your degree course you can:

• Combine electronic engineering training biomedicine studies, giving you the skills to create sensors, apps and digital systems
• Use our outstanding research facilities including a modern electronics lab, a specialist biodevice lab and clean room
• Develop your enterprise skills with support from our on-campus startup platform
• Benefit from our strong relationships with ground-breaking organisations in this emerging industry

This degree is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of:

• Fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer
• Partly meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer

Explore the evolving Earth system through the lens of sustainable environmental management. This environmental geoscience MSci combines geology, geography, oceanography and environmental science, giving you the freedom to specialise in subjects ranging from environmental law to marine pollution.

As an environmental geoscientist, you'll be able to assess the impact of human activity on the planet and society whilst working to mitigate this impact and find solutions for our future. You'll graduate with practical and transferable skills that are sought after across environmental science industries and other sectors.

This 4-year course will develop and enhance your knowledge beyond the BSc, and provide a greater emphasis on individual research skills and project work.

You'll study at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOCS), one of the world's largest centres for research and technology development in ocean and Earth science. Here, you'll have the unique opportunity to work on research projects with NOCS scientists, whilst also having access to specialist facilities.

You'll develop your practical and professional skills by:

• Participating in marine and terrestrial field trips and residential field courses
• Boosting your career prospects with our industry links in geological and marine companies
• Building your data collection, interpretation and digital skill set, including through the use of geographic information systems (GIS)
• Accessing our range of facilities, including over 150 laboratories and the National Oceanographic Library

On this integrated master's degree in Environmental Geoscience, you’ll study topics like:

• Terrestrial and marine pollution and environmental impact
• Environmental law and science policy
• Earth resource management
• Natural hazards

This programme will also allow you to specialise in terrestrial, or marine sciences, giving you the freedom to explore the elements of the programme that interest you most.

Our MSc Mobile Communications and Smart Networking master's programme prepares you to become a capable wireless engineer. We'll help you build core areas of expertise, from understanding the fundamentals of wireless transmission, coding and signal processing, to building wireless transceivers and designing intelligent wireless networks.

Wireless communication has had an enormous social impact on our civilisation, and the need for wireless engineers with advanced skills will continue to grow as our world becomes more connected. Future wireless networks will have to intelligently manage a massive number of 'Internet of Things (IoT)' devices in a highly complex environment and in real-time.

This programme will prepare you to become a proficient wireless engineer with in-depth knowledge and the ability to apply it. You'll gain an advanced understanding of areas such as:

• Transmission and coding
• Signal processing
• Transceiver design
• Network design

You'll also have access to outstanding experimental research facilities, including our world-class high-voltage lab and a £110m interdisciplinary clean room.

The key strength of this programme is that we place an emphasis on fundamental concepts and how they relate to recent advances in wireless system and network design. We use real-world examples to emphasise the relevance and importance of these concepts.

Our MSc Water Resources Management master’s degree develops the professional skills required for a rewarding career as a water focused environmental scientist. The importance of accurately assessing potential and existing impacts on the water environment from industrial practices, abstraction and agriculture sits at the heart of this course.

Highly skilled water scientists and engineers are vital for the conservation and enhancement of our aquatic environment, both locally and globally. This programme will give you the ability to accurately assess the potential and existing impacts on the water environment from industrial practices, abstraction, and agriculture.

On completing this master's in water management, you should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

•  The importance of environmental concepts, terms, principles and methods
• The value of using techniques and ideas in different subject disciplines
• The socio-economic context of environmental issues and the legal framework for environmental regulation
• The contribution of science, engineering or communication to the identification and resolution of environmental issues
• The human causes and consequences of environmental impacts
• General environmental concerns, including biodiversity, environmental limits to economic or population growth

You’ll explore the scientific and engineering management of our aquatic resources and gain an in-depth understanding of freshwater ecosystems, visit river restoration sites and examine the state of fisheries.

Help develop the next generation of world-changing technology - from mobile phone and entertainment systems, to medical devices and artificial intelligence. Electronic Engineering is both a technical and creative subject that combines theory and practice. You’ll learn to solve problems by designing, building and testing new electronic systems. You'll gain all the knowledge and skills for a career as an incorporated electronic engineer.

Electronics is the study of the physical components, software and systems that bring electronic devices to life.

This 3-year course will help you develop the skills to solve real-world challenges, from sustainable energy production to cyber security. You’ll explore the components within electronic devices and how they work together, for example, to analyse data or display information on a screen.

Our outstanding facilities, huge range of optional modules and strong industry links make Southampton one of the best places in the UK to study Electronic Engineering.

As part of this course you can:

• use our research facilities, including a high-voltage laboratory and our £110m interdisciplinary clean room
• develop your enterprise skills with help from our startup supporter, Future Worlds
• build your own unique electronic systems
• learn from leading researchers in quantum technology, nanotechnology and photonics
• study engineering management and law to develop your career skills

This BEng Electronic Engineering degree is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of:

• fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer
• partly meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer

The MSci Geophysics master's degree at Southampton is a wide-ranging degree, which combines many of the sciences. We have strong links with industry, excellent facilities and offer many fieldwork opportunities. You'll graduate with the knowledge and skills needed to pursue a career in anything from oil and gas exploration to offshore surveys.

Geophysics is the science of applying physical principles to help us understand our world. You’ll work across Maths, Physics, and Geology, with the opportunity to take modules in astronomy, geography, and archaeology.

At Southampton, you'll learn about current geophysics and gain a range of geophysical, geological and mathematical skills. These include practical field skills and computer programming.

This broad course is one of only a few in the UK that combines terrestrial and marine geophysics, and offers great flexibility.

You can shape the course to your personal interests or career plans by choosing options that explore subjects like:

• current and past climate change
• tides and waves
• hydrocarbon exploration
• our unique seafloor surveying module

Depending on your grades, you can apply to study abroad at one of our partner universities. There you'll take specialist modules and projects that are not available in the UK.

As part of this course you'll:

• study at our pioneering research institution and waterfront campus, the National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOCS)
• use our modern, industry-standard, labs and teaching equipment, including the National Oceanographic Library
• take field courses in the UK and abroad, where you'll design and carrying out your own surveys
• benefit from our many links to geophysics and geology companies

Accreditation by The Geological Society of London means that our teaching is of the highest quality and has been approved by an independent body of academics and industrialists.