Your starter for ten
With gold-rated teaching, real-world learning, industry-standard facilities and outstanding opportunities to develop your industry connections, Southampton Solent is a fantastic place to kickstart your career. Here’s our top ten reasons why Solent’s the place for you.
Your starter for ten
With gold-rated teaching, real-world learning, industry-standard facilities and outstanding opportunities to develop your industry connections, Southampton Solent is a fantastic place to kickstart your career. Here’s our top ten reasons why Solent’s the place for you.
1. Our students love it here - just look at the league tables
Every year, our recognition grows in the most trusted university rankings, especially when it comes to student satisfaction – and the latest Guardian University Guide puts Solent in the national top 20% for teaching quality across several subject areas.
- Top0%for teaching in several subject areas (The Guardian University Guide 2025)
- Top0in the UK in law studies (out of 108 institutions) (The Guardian University Guide 2025)
- 0thin the sector for graduate start-ups (HESA 2023)
2. We're triple-gold rated for teaching
Solent is the only university in the region with gold rankings in all three parts of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), awarded in recognition of our typically outstanding student experience, outcomes and overall.
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3. You'll get real world experience
Our students work together across courses and disciplines – just like in the real world, meaning when you graduate you're already a professional.
At Re:So, our on-campus boutique, students can promote and sell their work. At Solent Creatives you’ll work on real-world projects for real-world businesses. And at Solent Productions, students from across our courses work at live events, music festivals and with the country’s best-known broadcasters.
Learn more about enterprises at Solent4. We help turn your passion into employment
Our students are connected to professional networks and work experience opportunities, putting you ahead in the job market. Whether it’s volunteering abroad, gaining work experience at major national or international events, or working with external clients on projects which boost your CV, there’s no shortage of opportunity at Solent.Â
5. Hands-on experience with the latest technology
From our virtual production stage, to a fully-equipped South Coast Institute of Technology, a BASES-accredited biomechanics lab, to professional-grade photography, television and recording studios, our investment in cutting-edge facilities giving you hands-on skills with the latest industry-grade technology.
6. We're industry endorsed and accredited
Our courses are designed with industry input and frequently re-accredited, so you can be sure that the skills you learn are not only up to date, but exactly what employers are looking for.
7. Southampton’s the UK’s third best place to live and work*
Going to university isn’t just about what you study, it’s about where you live. Southampton is the largest city on the south coast, big enough to be buzzing but not so big that you’re lost in it all.Â
And don’t take our word for it. Southampton was voted one of the top ten places to live in StudentCrowd’s Best Student Cities survey.
*2024 PwC Good Growth for Cities
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8. Your wellbeing comes first
We're all about empowering our community to live their best lives – that's why we offer a wide range of help and advice. At Solent’s Student Hub, we offer a range of specialist support to help you at every stage of your university journey. And with a free gym membership for every new student during semester one, we’ve got you covered physically as well as mentally.
Learn more about student support services9. We're globally connected
Our campus is a real cultural hub, bringing students together from all across the globe, and bringing their diverse experience and perspectives together into something bigger, better, brighter. You’ll have plenty of chances to broaden your own experience, too; our connections with universities and employers around the world offering opportunities for study or work overseas as part of your studies.
Solent's international connections10. Our research has real-world impact
We proudly address some of today’s most pressing issues, from social policy to the environment. Whether it’s designing an electric ferry, tackling health inequalities in communities, or advancing marine sustainability, we use our expertise and resources to make a practical difference in the world around us.
Research at Solent
