The UK-based University of Southampton, ranked among the top 100 universities in the world by the QS World University Rankings 2019, will be hosting an Open Day on January 15, 2019 for prospective undergraduate and postgraduate students from India. The event, which will be held at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi, will focus on a variety of subjects that fall under the University’s Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Art and Humanities.

A number of eminent senior academics from both the faculties will conduct subject specific talks, taster lectures and Q&A sessions on the occasion. The visiting delegates will include Professor Sabu S. Padmadas (associate dean-international, Faculty of Social Sciences), Prof Martin Broad (head of Southampton Business School), Prof Martin Dyke (head of Southampton Education School), Dr Pathik Pathak (faculty director of social entrepreneurship & director, social impact lab), Prof Tim Bergfelder (head of film), Prof Paurav Shukla (professor of marketing), Paul Bennett (director of enterprise & director of executive education, Southampton Business School), Chris Bound (law alumnus and senior partner of Collars.Crill), Song Utz (senior manager of Faculty International Office) and Donna Haynes (regional director).

At the University of Southampton Open Day in Delhi, apart from the opportunity to interact with the world-renowned experts in their subject areas, the participants can also have one-one-one orientation sessions with the university’s student support staff about the rich learning environment at the university, the variety of core and flexible modules one can take up, bursary and scholarships available to Indian students, student accommodation and facilities as well as opportunities for professional training and placements.

Registration process

To attend the event, students are required to pre-register their subject area of interest via an email at fss-int@soton.ac.uk. The registration deadline is January 5, 2019. Once the registration process has been completed, the participant will receive the registration confirmation with details of full programme and timetable. Due to limited space at the venue, only one family member or friend will be allowed per prospective student for the event.

The UK based University of Southampton is a research-intensive university and a founding member of the prestigious Russell Group, with over 96 percent of its research environment being world-leading and internationally excellent (REF 2014).