RESEARCH APPLICATIONS

& ACHEIVEMEN

TS

A research-led university.

200+ Research Groups

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Research Income by Source 2006/07

Total £73.5M

Research Councils

41%

EU Other2%

Other Overseas4%

Other Sources1%EU Gov

11%

UK Industry9%

UK Gov16% UK Charities

16%

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Top 10 for Research - World leading research in:• Electronics and computer

science

• Oceanography

• Optoelectronics

• Sound and vibration

• Nanotechnology

• Developmental origins of adult disease

• Archaeology of human origins

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Research Themes - 10 Multi-disciplinary• Energy

• Nanoscience

• Digital economy

• Ageing & life-long health

• Health technologies

• Life/physical sciences interface

• Neuroscience

• Maritime

• Global threats to security

• Living with environmental change

Pushing the boundaries.

Combining academic excellence with an innovative and entrepreneurial approach to

research

Cutting Edge Research with everyday applications

Every time you:

• Use the internet

• Make a bank transaction

• Make a telephone call

you use technology developed at Southampton.

Research achievementsWorking across the globe on climate change

Among the first to develop optical fibres back in the 1960s. Optoelectronics Research Centre

At the forefront of development of the World Wide Web

Instrumental in making aircraft engines quieter

and more efficient

World leaders in the study of links

between mothers’ diet and lifestyle and the health of

children into adulthood.

Institute of Developmental

Sciences

Sir Tim Berners-Lee,inventor of the World Wide Web, holds a Chair of Computer Science in ECS

The University’s Wolfson Unit helped the British Cycling team win triple gold in Bejing & are UK Sport Innovation partner for the 2012 Olympics.

A History of High Impact

• Development of the Optical Fibre and Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifier

– Multi $Bn market

– Underpins the Internet

• Optical fibres drawn at the University by spin out Fibercore (Cisco) are on 95% of commercial airliners, the Hubble Telescope and the Mars Rovers

Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR)

The Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR) was founded in 1963 and is one of the leading research centres for acoustics worldwide.

New £6 million purpose-built facility

Human factors research unit

Home to South of England Cochlear Implant Centre