Electronics and Computer Science (ECS), University of Southampton

Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) is the leading university department of its kind in the UK, with an international reputation for world-leading research across computer science, electronics, and electrical engineering.

Research takes place in a multidisciplinary, collaborative environment and draws on our outstanding facilities. With over 550 researchers from many different subject backgrounds, the research culture in ECS is fast-changing and dynamic.

Examples of technologies in which ECS research has been fundamentally transformative in recent years include:

• agent technologies
• digital libraries
• environmental modelling
• e-science
• high voltage engineering
• machine learning
• spintronics
• technology-enhanced learning
• web science

You can see our list of on going research projects in ECS.

ECS also incorporates two doctoral training centres – in web science, and complex systems simulation.