Bachelor of Science in Economics with Data Science

at University of Southampton - Highfield Campus United Kingdom

Join the next generation of digital health technology engineers and design the health and wellbeing devices of the future on this biomedical electronic engineering degree. You’ll study key aspects of electronic engineering such as digital systems, solid state devices and computer engineering, and combine this with life sciences.

Life sciences modules introduce you to cell biology, the body’s essential systems, and neuroscience. The 2 disciplines come together in specialist biomedical electronic engineering modules.

On this course you’ll learn to design, build and test new health and wellbeing devices and systems. This includes wearable monitors to intelligent medical diagnostic tools.

Our biomedical electronics engineering programme will equip you for a career in a thriving sector, where your innovations could, one day, change the world.

As part of your degree course you can:

• Combine electronic engineering training biomedicine studies, giving you the skills to create sensors, apps and digital systems
• Use our outstanding research facilities including a modern electronics lab, a specialist biodevice lab and clean room
• Develop your enterprise skills with support from our on-campus startup platform
• Benefit from our strong relationships with ground-breaking organisations in this emerging industry

This degree is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of:

• Fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer
• Partly meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer

Explore the fascinating worlds of crime, the criminal mind and deviant behaviour. Examine the different, and sometimes contradictory, views on the psychology behind our nature and the choices we make. These are complementary subjects, which often feature in the media and popular culture.

Criminology looks at the origins and patterns of criminality, the justice system and the reasons for committing crime. Psychology examines the mind to try to explain and predict human interaction and behaviour choice.

On this criminology and psychology course, you’ll study:

• Criminal behaviour
• Victimisation and society's reaction
• The socio-legal context of crime
• The future of social control

You’ll also examine the major views and topics within psychology, including:

• Cognitive psychology
• Developmental psychology
• Social psychology

As part of your degree you can:

• Use our research facilities, which include eye-movement recording and virtual reality labs
• Examine cyber and international crime
• Study abroad for a semester in Brazil, Canada or China
• Challenge yourself and help make a difference with our Social Impact Lab
• Take specialist modules from other disciplines to unlock a range of career options

The University is also home to the Institute of Criminal Justice. You can take part in seminars, workshops and lectures, and explore the relationships between criminal justice scholarship, research, policy, and practice.

This programme is accredited by the British Psychological Society. It will open the door to further research or careers in public service, criminal justice and beyond.

Learn about the design and manufacture of aircraft, avionics, race cars and rockets, and spend a semester studying overseas. MEng Aeronautics and Astronautics / Semester Abroad examines many aspects of aerospace engineering, including the design and manufacture of fast-moving aircraft and spacecraft, before specialising in more focused topics in the last 2 years.

Aeronautics and Astronautics looks at the science, engineering and manufacture of aircraft and spacecraft. You'll learn how they operate within our atmosphere and in space.

You’ll study the principles of aerospace engineering and in year 3 you’ll study aerospace engineering abroad in either semester one or two. You’ll enrich your skills and experience a new culture at one of our partner universities in:

• France
• Italy
• Sweden
• Netherlands
• USA

In year 3 you will also complete an individual research project and in year 4 you’ll participate in a group design project.

You’ll get hands-on experience in our extensive facilities, which include:

• the largest wind tunnel in any UK university
• dedicated student design studios and workshops
• state-of-the-art space propulsion facilities
• jet laboratory with supersonic ramjet, turbojet and rocket engine
• Boeing flight simulator
• professional manufacturing centre

As part of this course you can:

• Showcase your work in our annual Engineering Design Show
• Attend site visits to experience engineering in practice
• Apply your engineering knowledge to solve a real-world problem

As well as the semester abroad, you can also take this course with an additional year-long, paid placement. Apply with UCAS code H4HH for the Industrial Placement Year option.

Help businesses to manage economic change on this master’s degree in International Banking and Financial Studies. You’ll gain expert knowledge about the relationship between banking, finance and the economy.

When you graduate you'll be well prepared for success in the global job market. Our graduates have gone to work for leading organisations such as the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of England.

This MSc International Banking and Financial Studies is ideal if you want to move into senior roles in finance and banking.

You’ll explore current theory and practice as you learn to assess and evaluate real-world scenarios. Using quantitative evaluation methods and historical perspectives you'll hone your ability to identify the latest trends and events. This will inform your understanding of modern banking and finance.

Learning highlights include:

• Company financing
• Capital costs and security
• Investment appraisal
• Foreign exchange exposure management
• Corporate governance

You'll also cover the ‘micro’ aspects of banking looking at areas like financial risk management, and ‘macro’ factors such as understanding how the economy influences banking.

Optional modules give you the freedom to personalise the course to match your career plans or research interests. You could focus on:

• Banking in developing countries
• Behavioural biases and financial decision making
• Fixed income or derivative securities analysis
• The stock market

You can gain experience using specialist industry tools including:

• Stata for analysing, managing and visualising data
• EViews for statistical forecasting and modelling
• MATLAB for numerical computing

Enhance your knowledge of mobile and secure systems engineering, and develop the next generation of cyber security, sustainable energy production or smart medical equipment. Explore how mobile devices interact with wireless networks, and learn how to keep data secure and accurate. This electronic engineering course will let you design and build your own electronic systems. It will prepare you for a career in this dynamic and exciting industry.

This degree is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). It provides a route to professional registration as a Chartered Engineer.

Our Electronic Engineering with Mobile and Secure Systems course links theory with new research and industry applications. You’ll gain the programming and mathematical skills for engineering, and learn about the components and systems that make electronic devices work.

You’ll specialise in cyber security and in the hardware and software design for mobile electronic systems. In years 3 and 4, you'll choose from a broad range of topics from across Electronics and Computer Science.

You’ll look at a range of systems and devices such as:

• Payment systems
• Wi-Fi networks
• Infrastructure hardware
• Data breaches

Our research facilities include:

• High-voltage laboratory
• £110m clean room
• Electronics lab with industry-standard equipment

As part of this secure systems and mobile engineering course you can:

• Analyse the features of hand-held devices using scenarios such as group gaming exercises
• Develop your enterprise skills with help from our startup supporter, Future Worlds
• Build your own unique electronic systems
• Take modules in quantum technology, robotics or nanomaterials

This degree is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer.

Develop in-depth knowledge of electrochemical techniques and battery science on this  Electrochemistry and Battery Technologies MSc at the University of Southampton. Discover how electrochemistry is essential to energy, sensors, waste treatment and the electronics industry. You’ll gain plenty of hands-on experience and graduate with a UK master’s degree that will prepare you for a wide range of careers.

Electrochemistry looks at the relationship between electricity and identifiable chemical change. On this course you’ll gain practical experience of electrochemical techniques and their use in sensors, batteries, fuel cells and other technologies.

You’ll also study the principles of electrode reactions and learn the techniques to study electrochemical reactions and battery processes.

You’ll graduate from this course with:

• In-depth knowledge of the use of chemical sciences in research, industry, the economy and the environment
• The skills to plan and carry out experiments, and analyse the results
• The ability to adapt and apply different methods to solve problems
• Knowledge of the latest scientific developments in electrochemistry and battery technologies

Join the next generation of health technology engineers and design the health and wellbeing devices of the future with our MEng Biomedical Engineering (Electronics). You’ll apply electronic engineering theory and biomedical practice to develop new medical and healthcare technologies.

This course combines state-of-the-art electronic engineering and biomedicine theory and practice to develop monitoring, diagnostics and treatment solutions.

You’ll learn to design, build and test devices and systems from wearable monitors to intelligent diagnostic tools. You’ll also study management, communications and law for delivering biotech projects and products.

As part of your biomedical electronic engineering master's degree you will:

• combine electronic engineering training with the study of biomedicine, giving you the skills to create sensors, apps and digital systems
• use our outstanding research facilities including a state-of-the-art electronics lab, a hybrid biodevices research lab and clean room
• develop enterprise skills with support from our on-campus startup platform
• benefit from our strong relationships with ground-breaking organisations in this emerging industry
• study abroad for a semester

You can take this course with an additional year-long, paid placement. Apply with UCAS code B90I for the Industrial Studies option.

Your course will include lab work, lectures, seminars, projects and industry placements. You'll be eligible to apply for industrial scholarships and paid work placements through the UK Electronics Skills Foundation.

This degree is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer.

Learn to design future aircraft, race cars, satellites and rockets, and take your engineering passion to new heights. Our astronautics and aeronautics undergraduate degree covers advanced aerospace engineering. You'll learn how to design and manufacture fast-moving aircraft in the Earth’s atmosphere and outer space.

The course looks at the science, engineering and manufacture of aircraft, jet engines, race cars and spacecraft. You'll learn how they operate within our atmosphere and in space. Your degree will be aligned to the UK Space Agency Civil Space Strategy.

You'll study the principles of aerospace engineering including aerodynamics, astronautics and propulsion. You'll also explore the economic, legal and environmental issues around aircraft and spacecraft. You'll get hands-on experience in extensive facilities, which include:

• Dedicated student design studios and workshops
• The largest wind tunnel in any UK university
• State-of-the-art space propulsion facilities
• Jet laboratory with supersonic ramjet, turbojet and rocket engine
• Boeing flight simulator
• Professional manufacturing centre

As part of this astronautics and aeronautics BEng degree you can:

• Take part in practical design modules in every year of your degree
• Design, build and test aircraft, spacecraft and their wider components
• Take part in a flight-testing course, on board a flying laboratory aircraft
• Showcase your work in our annual Engineering Design Show
• Attend site visits to experience engineering in practice

You can take this course with an additional year-long, paid placement. Apply with UCAS code H40P for the Industrial Placement Year option.

Learn about some of the world’s biggest challenges, from renewable energy to improving the study of disease, with our MSc Chemistry degree. Study in depth traditional areas including analytical, inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. You’ll choose from a wide range of specialist modules to match your interests.

Combine theory, practical and research work to develop skills in demand by industry, or prepare for further research study.

On this chemistry master's you’ll take part in sessions to develop your practical, scientific writing, communication and presentation skills. You'll work in state of the art laboratories and gain master's level knowledge of the core areas of chemistry, along with your chosen area of specialisation

Choose from our specialist pathways, including:

Organic chemistry: This covers synthetic reaction and mechanisms. It’s suitable if you already have an undergraduate grounding in nomenclature, stereochemistry and reaction mechanisms. You can specialise in:

• Organic synthesis
• Medicinal chemistry
• Bio-organic chemistry

Inorganic chemistry and materials: The focus here is on functional inorganic, solid-state and supramolecular materials. It’s ideal if you have BSc level knowledge of fundamentals and applications of inorganic chemistry. It addresses challenges in:

• Energy
• Sustainability
• Healthcare and diagnostics
• The deposition of nanostructured materials

Physical chemistry: This is suitable if you have an undergraduate level grounding in physical chemistry, especially quantum chemistry, spectroscopy, thermodynamics and kinetics. You’ll be able to specialise in:

• Computational chemistry
• Spectroscopy
• Electrochemistry
• Surface science
• Magnetic resonance

General chemistry: Further your knowledge in a combination of organic, inorganic and/or physical chemistry. Choose this option if you’re interested in developing your expertise across the different disciplines within chemistry.

Discover our MSc in Transportation Planning and Engineering: Operations and study the issues relating to the operation and management of transport systems.  On this UK master's degree you'll study topics such as transport management and safety, and freight transport and logistics.You can study this course on a full-time, part-time or distance-learning basis.

This degree is ideal if you want a career in the transport industry or you're an experienced transport professional interested in enhancing your skills.

This master’s degree in transportation planning and engineering: operations covers everything from the fundamentals of modelling and economics, through to the application of software and planning tools using real life examples from around the world. It’s the perfect way to improve your capabilities and career prospects in the transport sector.

Your course highlights include field trips and a mock public inquiry, where you'll learn about  public engagement and the role of public opinion in the transport planning process.

Your taught learning includes modules on:

• Transport economics
• Transport data analysis and techniques
• Transport modelling
• Logistics systems operations

You’ll also have the chance to choose from a range of modules including:

• Highway and traffic engineering
• Transport, energy and the environment
• Railway engineering and operations
• Human factors in engineering

You’ll gain experience using a range of transport-related software and you’ll be able to hear directly from a range of industry guest speakers. You’ll also carry out an individual research project on a topic of your choice.