Southampton Solent University

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Southampton Solent University


Established	1984 (as Southampton Institute of Higher Education)
Type	Public
Chancellor	Sir Alan West
Vice-Chancellor	Professor Roger Brown
Students	17,365 ^[1]
Undergraduates	10,515 ^[1]
Postgraduates	755 ^[1]
Location	Southampton, Hampshire, UK
Campus	Urban
Website	http://www.solent.ac.uk/

Southampton Solent University (formerly Southampton Institute of Higher Education) is a university of 17,000 students based in Southampton, United Kingdom. It is also a centre of applied research in design and advanced technology, maritime, fine art, history of collecting, film, media and cultural studies, political and international studies, law and a broad range of business disciplines.

Southampton Solent is a modern campus university, with a relatively strong maritime studies program. The student yacht team at this university is the current world champion [1]. The main campus is located on East Park Terrace in the city centre.

Southampton Solent University should not be confused with the University of Southampton, which was granted university status in 1952.

1 History
2 See also
3 Faculties, schools and centres
4 Notable alumni
5 External links
6 Reference

[edit] History

One of the United Kingdom’s newest universities, it was made a university college on 1 November 2004 and, as such, now has the powers to award its own degrees. Formerly although courses were taught there the degrees were awarded and accredited by Nottingham Trent University. It was upgraded to university status on August 15, 2005.

Southampton Solent University evolved from Southampton Institute, which in turn evolved from The Southampton College of Art. The Southampton College of Art established itself in Southampton in September 1855, seven years before the Hartley Institution - the origin of University of Southampton.

Southampton Solent University is ranked 107th of 109 in The Times newspaper’s 2007 league table [2].

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[edit] Faculties, schools and centres

The University is made up of three main faculties and a Maritime centre based away from the main site at Warsash, with the exception of the Warsash Centre, which is technically part of the Faculty of Technology they are made up of various academic schools:

Faculty of Media, Arts and Society
- School of Media
- School of TV
- School of Visual and Interactive Arts
- School of Writing and Communications
- School of Human Sciences
Southampton Business School
- School of Business Analysis
- School of Law and Management
- School of Marketing and Leisure
Faculty of Technology
- School of Computing and Digital Communication
- School of Design and Manufacture
- School of Maritime and Coastal Studies (incorporating Warsash Maritime Centre)
- The Technology Research Centre