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. Our superb facilities include:
Research takes place in a multidisciplinary, collaborative environment, organsied across globally important research groups and national research centres. 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
ECS also incorporates two doctoral training centres – in web science and artificial intelligence.
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Key facts: Research Excellence Framework 2014
First in the UK for the volume and quality of Electrical and Electronic Engineering research.
97% of our Electrical and Electronic Engineering research outputs rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.
In the top 10% in the UK for the volume and quality of our Computer Science research.
100% of our Computer Science research impact is recognised as world-leading or internationally excellent.
Southampton is ranked in the top 51-100 universities for Electrical & Electronic Engineering and Computer Science in the 2018 QS World Rankings, and top 10 in the UK
Other University of Southampton sites
- Agents, Interaction and Complexity
- Biomedical Electronics
- Centre for Electronics Frontiers
- Centre for Machine Intelligence
- Cyber Physical Systems
- Cyber Security
- Electrical Power Engineering
- IT Innovation Centre
- Next Generation Wireless
- Smart Electronic Materials and Systems
- Sustainable Electronic Technologies
- Vision, Learning and Control
- Web and Internet Science
- On going research projects