Bachelor of Science in Marketing with Placement

at University of Southampton - Highfield Campus United Kingdom

Spend your third year in Germany, studying maths at one of our partner universities. This degree is a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in German, while developing your mathematical problem-solving skills. You’ll study pure and applied mathematics, statistics and operational research. You’ll graduate with sought after skills in mathematics as well as experience of working and studying in another language.

This BSc Maths with German degree is varied and covers the foundations of algebra, calculus and statistics. You’ll investigate the applications of mathematics in a variety of contexts and use mathematical and statistical models.

As part of this course you’ll:

• Be able to specialise in actuarial and financial mathematics, operational research or statistics
• Become proficient in German, understanding subtleties and conversing easily in the language, both formally and informally
• Spend your third year at one of our Erasmus partner institutions in Hamburg or Trier
• Use our student centre, a dedicated learning and social space for maths students
• Use mathematical and computational packages such as Python and the statistics package 'R'

You’ll be taught through a combination of lectures and workshops, by leading researchers in fields, such as group theory, the mathematics of nature and experimental design.

Develop specialist knowledge and practical skills on this MSc International Financial Markets. You’ll study topics such as financial risk management, portfolio management and stock market analysis. Prepare for a successful career as a trader or financial manager anywhere in the world.

On this UK master’s degree you’ll gain an in-depth understanding of the workings of global financial markets and how they are affected by political and economic events.

You’ll learn the most effective strategies for managing portfolios of assets such as:

• Equity
• Bonds
• Foreign exchange
• Derivatives

You’ll enhance your professional skills through practical exercises such as portfolio management assignments and a trading floor simulation workshops.

This will let you put theory into practice and make decisions on market prices in response to economic data and contemporary market trends.

Our expert academics who are active in research and have a wealth of experience in the sector. This means that your studies will benefit directly from the latest findings in the sector.

Your learning will be brought to life with real-world case studies, and you’ll benefit from industry guest speakers. This will also add to your network of contacts in the sector.

This BSc Occupational Therapy degree will give you the knowledge and skills to treat people with psychological, physical or social disabilities. You’ll learn how to work effectively with patients, their families and carers, as well as with other healthcare professionals.

You’ll develop a strong professional identity as an occupational therapist and gain a clear understanding of how the role contributes to multi-disciplinary teams.

Occupational therapy combines a range of areas including human anatomy and physiology, psychology, sociology, pathology, learning disabilities and mental health. You’ll explore the impact of health conditions and life events on people’s sense of self, relationships and occupations.

The course uses creative, experiential and reflective learning approaches supported by practice placements. Learning is reinforced by internationally recognised researchers into occupational therapy.

Our purpose-built facilities include a multisensory environment, a biomechanics laboratory and an adapted flat. You’ll complete 1,000 hours on placements in the community, social care and hospitals.

This UK master’s in project management explores key concepts and techniques that can be applied across a range of sectors.

MSc Project Management offers a modern perspective on the subject and uses current theories and practices to prepare you for a career in this growing profession.

On this master’s degree in project management, you’ll learn management skills and apply key techniques. It will prepare you for a career in any organisation across a range of sectors. 

MSc Project Management is a flexible course, you’ll choose modules that are relevant to your interests and career aims. This MSc includes a decision making module, where you’ll study material not taught on other UK based project management degrees.   

This master’s encourages you to analyse key concepts and consider different perspectives on managing projects in a supportive environment. We focus on strategic value and relevance when exploring practices in the field.

The programme will develop your critical and analytical skills and strengthen your collaborative team working skills. These are essential in starting a career as a project manager. As part of your learning you’ll plan a real-life project, giving you vital hands-on experience.

You’ll be a part of Southampton’s Business School, taught by leading academics including Professor Chris Chapman, an expert in project risk management. 

Develop the advanced knowledge and skills needed to tackle present and future environmental issues. On our innovative and rewarding 4-year master's in Environmental Science you'll have more options for fieldwork and will produce an advanced research project. You'll also take a work placement with professional environmental practitioners.

The Environmental Science master's degree provides an interdisciplinary approach to solving our environmental challenges. It combines subjects, such as geography, ecology, law and oceanography and consists of theory with practical and project work.

At the start of the course, you'll choose one of 4 specialist pathways. This will give you control over your degree and career route. You can change your pathway at the end of the first year.

You can choose to specialise in:

• Aquatic Environments and Resources
• Environmental Change
• Biodiversity and Conservation
• Sustainable Environmental Management

Our wide range of fieldwork will give you the skills to collect and analyse data. Previous field trips have used drones for remote sensing and studied salt marsh vegetation.

As part of this course you can:

• use computer-based geographical information systems
• use specialist facilities including a purpose-built teaching lab and remote sensing equipment
• learn to apply quantitative analysis and field research techniques
• undertake advanced research projects
• boost your skills and employability with a work-based learning module
• join our award-winning Enactus society
• choose to spend a year in employment

This degree is accredited by the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES).

Learn how to make the world sound better, with a specialist knowledge of acoustics, vibration and how they affect us. This acoustical engineering degree specialises in sound and our response to it. You'll study at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, a leading centre for Acoustical Engineering.

This acoustical engineering course looks at how acoustics - the science of sound and vibration - is applied in technology. It has many applications, including:

• Design of cars
• 3D-audio systems
• Designing concert halls
• Reducing aircraft noise
• Using ultrasound to fight antimicrobial resistance

This UK acoustic engineering degree includes practical work throughout, including lab work. Our projects will allow you to design, build and test components and systems with enhanced acoustic properties. You'll gain the confidence to creatively solve engineering problems.

You'll have access to our world-class acoustic and engineering facilities, which include:

• Dedicated design studios and workshops
• Anechoic and reverberation chambers
• An aeroacoustic wind tunnel
• A listening room
• A virtual acoustics laboratory
• A professional manufacturing centre

The industrial placement year will further develop your vital professional skills and knowledge, and help you become a professional acoustical engineer after you graduate.

This flexible, integrated master's course looks at life at all levels, from molecules and cells, to whole organisms. It also covers species, communities and entire ecosystems. You'll develop your research skills and work closely with our researchers as they address major global issues.

This degree will help develop your practical skills and experience. You'll have many opportunities for field trips and laboratory work.

Each year you'll improve your skills and knowledge and use our wide range of expertise in biological science. This includes:

• Ecology
• Microbiology
• Neuroscience

Southampton is a research university. We're home to the UK's first Cancer Immunology Research Centre, and we're a lead university of the Biofilms Institute. Our research feeds directly into what you'll learn on our advanced biology courses.

On this master's in biology you can:

• Choose from a range of modules and specialise in an area of biology that best suits your interests and career plans
• Carry out fieldwork in the New Forest, Exmoor, Spain and Belize
• Work alongside our active research staff on 2 independent research projects
• Spend a semester studying at a university in Europe or Australasia.
• Take a year out to work in industry
• Develop transferable skills that employers look for

Improve your understanding of cyber security on this master’s degree at the University of Southampton. This course is one of only 25 MSc Cyber Security programmes in the UK to be awarded a full certification against the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Certified Master’s standard.

We’re recognised as an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research by the UK government, and our academics have helped establish a European Data Science Academy.

Cyber security is critically important to commercial and academic organisations, as well as to governments and the public. There is currently a global shortage of experts in this field, and demand for their skills is growing significantly.

Our master's in cyber security offers a multi-disciplinary approach, covering both technical and non-technical subjects, to give you a well-rounded collection of skills that will make you attractive to future employers. Our researchers draw on their own research to offer modules on topics such as:

• Network and web-based security
• Software security
• Cryptography
• Criminology
• Risk management
• Machine learning

We’ll give you access to specialist project labs, computer workstations, and online tools to support your learning in an ideal environment. Our researchers will equip you to handle new and unique challenges in a variety of cyber security fields. At the end of the course, you’ll be able to design, build, analyse and problem-solve in many areas relating to cyber security.

Explore cutting-edge research techniques and advanced mathematical methods. On this integrated master's degree, you'll learn to model, analyse and solve real-world problems in business and industry. You’ll develop advanced analytical and quantitative skills, and study topics such as optimisation and modelling. Southampton is one of the few places in the UK to offer this MMORSE degree.

Your A level results will determine which core or compulsory modules you'll need to take.

This 4-year Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics (MORSE) degree is a broad, business-oriented integrated master's.

The course is similar to the BSc MORSE for the first 3 years, then introduces more challenging concepts such as game theory, data mining and survival analysis.

This course will develop your abilities in:

• Problem-solving
• Logical argument
• Deductive reasoning
• Abstraction
• Generalisation

It is ideal for students pursuing a career as a:

• Mathematician
• Operational researcher
• Statistician
• Economist

You’ll also have the flexibility to specialise in an area of your choice for your research project.

As part of this course you can:

• Discover a range of mathematical techniques, such as graphical networks, cost models, decision processes and statistical modelling
• Solve real-world problems using mathematics and other skills
• Use our student centre, a dedicated learning and social space for maths students
• Explore mathematical and computational packages such as Python and the statistics package 'R'

We'll teach you through a combination of lectures and workshops. Our staff are leading researchers in fields like game theory, healthcare modelling and experiment design.

Human behaviour is a leading cause of physical illness worldwide. MSc Health Psychology teaches you how psychology can be applied to improve well-being and prevent and manage long-term conditions.

On this British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited degree, you’ll be taught by expert lecturers who are currently developing and testing interventions and theory in the field.  

Health psychology master’s graduates will be prepared to progress towards becoming a registered, chartered health psychologist.   

This UK postgraduate health psychology master’s will help you become a scientist practitioner in a health care setting.  

Health psychology applies the educational, scientific and professional psychological principles to:

• Promote and maintain health  
• Study the cause of illness
• Prevent, diagnose, treat and rehabilitate physical illness
• Psychological, social, emotional and behavioural factors in physical illness
• Improving health care  
• The formulation of health policy

In Msc Health Psychology your taught study will focus around three themes:

• Biopsychosocial aspects of health
• Psychosocial aspects of illness and disability
• Psychological aspects of the delivery of health care

On this master’s in health psychology, you’ll select optional modules to tailor the course to suit your career goals. Popular module choices include the study of CBT, sexual health and gerontology.

You have the opportunity to experience practical learning as an apprentice to a health psychologist over 12 weeks and develop your reading of research papers and discussing them in a journal club with students on the course.

Our health psychology master’s degree is taught by active leading researchers and experts across the different areas of health psychology, interventions and research methods. You’ll have the opportunity to attend seminars from researchers at the Centre for Clinical and Community Applications of Health Psychology.  

Previous students have pursued careers in the public, private and third sectors, working as psychologists in research, education and professional practice.