A researcher analysing a complex electrical circuit on a monitor in a cleanroom.

Research area

Electronics and computer science

We have an international reputation for research, with over 550 researchers working across a wide range of subjects. These include digital libraries, artificial intelligence, machine learning and web science. We are a Centre of Excellence for Cyber Security Research and Education.

Research institutes, centres and groups

Agents, Interaction and Complexity

We research the science and engineering of complex areas. We focus on areas including human-machine teams and human-in-the-loop interaction.
Centre for Flexible Electronics and E-Textiles (C-FLEET)

We bring together world-leading expertise on flexible, stretchable functional materials for electronic systems and e-textiles.
Centre for Health Technologies

Our research areas are: Optimizing Treatment and Behaviours; Novel Medical Devices and Systems; Community Health and Wellness; AI and Health.
Centre for Internet of Things and Pervasive Systems

We bring together researchers who are creating the future of internet-of-things and pervasive systems, from underpinning semiconductor and sensor devices, machine intelligence and data science, through to new application domains.
Centre for Machine Intelligence

Centre for Machine Intelligence (CMI) is a platform involving researchers and practitioners with the aim to deliver the impact of machine intelligence to society.
Centre for Research in All-electric Future Technologies (CRAFT)

We are a world-leading team of researchers that adopt novel and innovative approaches to solve problems created when humans exploit aquatic ecosystems.
Centre for Robotics

Our mission is to bridge the gap between robot perception, control, and interaction to lead the creation of robotic systems that seamlessly integrate into society, transforming industries and lives.
Cyber Physical Systems

Our research involves the exploration and development of theoretical foundations, modelling and programming languages, engineering methods, design tools and system engineering applications.
Cyber Security

We bring together expertise and excellence in the field of cyber security research and education.
Cyber Security Academy

We bring together leading researchers, government bodies, and key industrial players from underpinning semiconductor chips security, digital forensics, artificial intelligence, and blockchain to create future secure systems through world-class research, internationally leading training portfolio, and high-quality consultancy service.
Data, Intelligence and Society

We engage with the wider community to address some of the greatest economic and societal challenges facing the World Wide Web today.
Electrical Power Engineering

The Electrical Power Engineering (EPE) Research Group is part of the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. Our expertise ranges from nanoscale insulation materials and plasma, through to electrical power systems and sustainable energy generation: from nanometres to megavolts.
Smart Electronic Materials and Systems

Our interests range from nano-scale biological sensors to complete sensor systems.
Sustainable Electronic Technologies

Our group explores how to improve renewable energy sources and create more efficient electronic device technology to benefit the environment.
Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory

We are a world-leading research centre for dielectric materials, insulation systems, high voltage phenomena and renewables integration that innovates the way forward towards a sustainable electric grid.
UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in AI for Sustainability (SustAI)

The UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in AI for Sustainability (SustAI)
Web Science Institute

We study the relationship between society and the largest information system in history: the World Wide Web.

Dame Wendy Hall

Director of WSI

Paul Lewin

Professor of Electrical Power Engineerin

Age Chapman

Professor of Computer Science

Michael Boniface

Professor of Information Technology

Gopal Ramchurn

Professor of Artificial Intelligence

m.c. Schraefel

Research facilities

A researcher conducting an electrical experiment in the high voltage lab.

High voltage laboratory

The Tony Davies high voltage laboratory (TDHVL) is our centre for research into dielectric materials and insulation systems, as well as high voltage and related phenomena.

A student wearing protective clothing uses printed electronics and materials equipment

Printed electronics and materials laboratory

Here we make novel thick-film sensors, actuators and systems printed using silk screen and inkjet printers.

A researcher in a cleanroom suit with a 200mm wafer in the nanofabrication cleanroom

Nanofabrication cleanrooms

The nanofabrication cleanrooms houses a fully featured suite of semiconductor processing tools as well as a planar fabrication laboratory.