Space
Space … the final frontier. The challenge of helping humankind to live and explore beyond our planet and even our galaxy captures the imagination like few other career choices.
The UK space industry, worth more than £4 billion and employing around 20,000 people, covers a wide range of space and related activity. Yet there is always room for fresh talent, and the University of Southampton is the ideal place to get your space-related career off the launchpad. Research in all aspects of space technology is carried out and a range of qualifications across space science is on offer.
The University's School of Engineering Sciences is a world-leader in research, teaching and consultancy in space engineering. Research groups within the School are active in pushing forward the boundaries of engineering in space. Students taste the enthusiasm and excitement of exploring innovations such as plasma technology, remote sensing or nanosatellites, as well as interpreting what happened at the dawn of creation on other planets billions of miles away .
Space science embraces an ever-growing range of exhilarating areas of scientific study, which often rapidly develop into novel commercial applications to benefit or even change the face of society – remember Teflon and superglue? At the University of Southampton, science fiction often turns into science fact.