Student Community

The University of Southampton is home to a diverse post-graduate research (PGR) community, with numerous student cohorts and independent PhD programmes. As a PhD researcher at Southampton you will have automatic membership of our Doctoral College, offering further networking, training and development opportunities.

Mentoring

In addition to the Supervisory team, Southampton pioneered a Mentoring scheme in Medicine (Medment) >10 years ago and now provides this to students with one-stop, long-term and peer-peer opportunities. Additionally, to support students throughout the programme, independent meetings with each Student are conducted termly in year 1 and 4, then annually in years 2-3 to …

Welfare

Student well-being is a priority here at Southampton We offer embedded dedicated student Support Services, including: First Support team (crisis support), Student_Life_team (24h support) and Enabling_Services (Counselling Service supporting students with disabilities, long-term conditions including mental health conditions and autism spectrum disorders, or specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia and dyspraxia) accessible via no appointment …

PhD hub

The MTI programme will run alongside our successful CRUK and MRC Doctoral Training Programmes, engaging in joint cohort activities across our Medical, Life sciences and Engineering Faculties Other UoS-PhD cohorts