SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY

The university’s origins can be traced back to a private School of Art founded in 1856, which eventually became the Southampton College of Art. Mergers with the Southampton College of Technology, and later the College of Nautical Studies at Warsash, led to the establishment of the Southampton Institute of Higher Education in 1984.

Southampton Institute became a university on 12 July 2005, adopting the name Southampton Solent University on 15 August 2005. Prior to 2005, students at Southampton Institute received degrees awarded by Nottingham Trent University. In 2015 the University came to an agreement with New College of the Humanities, London whereby it will validate some of their degrees. In November 2017, the Privy Council approved the change of name of Southampton Solent University to Solent University, with effect from 2018.

COURSES

School of Art Design & Fashion
School of Business & Law
School of Communications & Marketing
School of Maritime Science & Engineering
School of Media, Arts & Technology
School of Sport, Health & Social Sciences

ABOUT THE AREA

Solent University (formerly Southampton Solent University) is a public university based in Southampton, United Kingdom. It has approximately 11000 students. Its main campus is located on East Park Terrace near the city centre and the maritime hub of Southampton. Solent University students are represented by Solent Students’ Union, which is based on the East Park Terrace campus.

Solent University has two campuses, City Campus and the Warsash Maritime Academy. City Campus is in the centre of Southampton, on the east side of East Park. This campus broadly includes the Sir James Matthews building, which is situated on the far side of the park. Warsash Maritime Academy is on the eastern bank of the Hamble River overlooking Southampton Water.

The University has six major student Halls complexes: Chantry, Deanery, Emily Davies, Hamwic, Kimber (incorporating the David Moxon Annexe) and Lucia Foster Welch. All the halls are located a short walk away from the main teaching buildings. Five of the six halls are located south east of the city centre, between the St Mary’s and Ocean Village areas of the Southampton, while Emily Davies is located to the north west of the city centre, near the Southampton Civic Centre.

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