University of Southampton Admissions: Deadlines, Admission Requirements for International Students, Decision, Selection Criteria and FAQs

The overall experience was good at my university. It fulfilled my expectations in most aspects. One downside is you don’t get a culturally diverse set of students. But it is specific to my course.

I received a Academic Excellence scholarship of 3000 pounds.

Overall experience in terms of quality of education is extremely good, course structure, staff, learning opportunities are wonderful. But from the placement perspective I can say it was not extremely good, in the economy like UK there are millions of people are trying to settle in this country whereas handful of them get the chance. To get a job with Tier 2 visa is extremely hard, I was lucky that I got one, but it is a real struggle. I advise everyone to get at least some work experience before coming here and prepare yourself to grind.

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My experience has been quite good. Punctuality and professionalism are two most important thing there. A work-life balance is encouraged to every student and employee. Courses and jobs are also designed in such manner. Flexible working hours facility is also offered for child-care. Overall, I have imbibed a lot of good work ethics and a lot of self-confidence in me.

Yes, I obtained a 'commonwealth split-site scholarship' which is funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO, London). This scholarship allows you to carry out a part of your doctoral research in a UK university as a vision to bridge infrastructural drawbacks in your home university. I got it for 12 months. There are different types of scholarships offered by FCDO, like for masters programme, full-term PhDs in UK, etc. For me, I had to first find a UK supervisor who is willing to host you in his/her lab if you are granted the scholarship. Once you have someone, you can proceed further for the application process. The application process is a lengthy one, comprising of questionnaires from different angles, mostly based on your research proposal in lay man's language as well as in scientific terms, and on your long-term goals, etc. It took me a month to fill up the whole form. You will need some basic documents to apply, like passport, transcipts, LoRs from home university, agreement letter from host supervisor and offer letter from the UK university. A very important factor that influences your application is your research proposal. The work that you propose to do has to be in the fore-front of the scientific community (like research on green energy, etc.) which is important for both the nations. The questionnaires should be answered such that the panel is convinced that the proposed topic is of universal importance and the facilities in the home country aren't adequate enough to to an in-depth study. At the same time, the host supervisor has to have expertise in the fields that you propose to do in his/her lab. The scholarship covered my flight expenses (to and fro), visa application fees, health insurances and tuition fees. The salary was GBP 1260 with warm cloth allowance of 400 GBP and a one-time conference visit expense of 600 GBP and an extra luggage allowance of 210 GBP in the return flight.

The admission process was smooth and university helped a lot. Process starts from November/ December and should be applied as soon as possible in order to get a few scholarship/ bursaries. I applied in april and the process was smooth. Got my results in June and thereafter everything is quite oriented and international support is pretty good throughout as well.

The faculty, course structure, location, and students were the main attractions for me to choose Southampton University.

Yes, I have received £5000 waiver scholarship for academic excellence for an international student.

It had a really good course reputation, I loved the campus, the open days were really good. There was a really good range of areas to study and it offered interesting modules that weren't available at other colleges.

No, I only have maintenance loan that is granted to every student and has to be paid back with interest.

It's the best ranked in the subject area. The subject itself was also very good compared to another university and the university impressed on an open day. Plus it's in a great location and the campus is very nice.