Study Abroad and Exchange
Southampton strongly supports ensuring our students have an international experience. We understand the value international students bring to our campus and are proud of our multicultural student community.
The University of Southampton is a partner of choice for many global leading higher education, industry, government and funding institutions. Through our partners our students and staff have global reach and impact influencing opinion formers and policy makers, carrying out innovative and world leading research, gaining valuable international experience and accessing sustainable sources of funding.
The University of Southampton's international partnerships are guided by our International Strategy.
We seek to partner with like-minded institutions who are supportive of diversity, inclusion and exploration. Our approach is drawn from our history as a port city, being a major gateway for the United Kingdom into the world and for the world into the United Kingdom – as a truly comprehensive university connecting across the oceans in art & culture and science & engineering.
International Relations
International Relations provides support in setting up international educational agreements across the university including general Memorandums of Understanding, Study Abroad, Exchange and Admissions agreements.
Research Connections
As a research-intensive university we have collaborated with nearly 7000 institutions since 2010 producing over 38,000 co-publications.
Our international strategic partnerships
We are a founder member of WUN, a leading global higher education and research network made up of 23 universities, spanning 15 countries on six continents. Together we drive international research collaboration and address issues of global significance.
Worldwide Universities Network (WUN)
Discover more about some of our partnerships and the positive impacts they are having on teaching, research, funding and graduate employability.
We are now looking forward to future collaborations with new partners, striving to provide new opportunities for all our students.
University of Auckland (UOA)
There are various active faculty-wide academic collaborations and exchanges of visiting staff and students and an active university-wide exchange agreement with UOA.
University of California San Diego (UCSD)
UCSD is a significant priority partner for Southampton and a fellow member of the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils.
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
The impact of research at CUHK can be demonstrated from its State Key Laboratories, Areas of Excellence research projects, and Research Institutes.
University of Ghana (UG)
The University of Ghana is a fellow member of WUN and a priority partner for Southampton in Africa.
University of Hamburg (UHH)
We have a long-standing co-funded Staff Exchange Programme and a healthy exchange of students with the University of Hamburg every year.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
UoS has strong research collaboration in many areas of engineering and physical science for decades.
Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute (LKI)
LKI is Sri Lanka's primary independent international relations think tank with whom Southampton signed an MoU in 2018.
Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)
We have an active student exchange agreement with Music, Philosophy and Languages. There is broad research collaboration including in Medicine, with medical student exchanges.
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
A fellow member of ACU, NTU has several research connections with Southampton, including the development of cybersecurity solutions.
Nelson Mandela University (NMU)
We have long had research and education connections with NMU, particularly in Environmental and Life Science.
OP Jindal University (JGU)
Founded in 2009 and ranking in the top 60 universities in India, JGU is a partner university with ongoing Progression and Study Abroad agreements in Social Science.
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
Southampton and TISS signed an MoU in 2016.
University of Tripoli (UOT)
The University of Tripoli has been among our priority partners for some time and is the largest research led university in Libya.
United States Military Academy (USMA)
USMA is the oldest of five U.S. service academies and provides Batchelor of Science degrees for officers-in-training.
Xiamen University (XMU)
As one of the top universities in China, Xiamen University has been one of Southampton’s most strategically important international partners.
