It鈥檚 been a very positive recruitment year for the University with a record number of first year undergraduates preparing to join us this autumn.
Following the release of A-Level results just over a week ago, the University has confirmed places for over 6,000 first year students 鈥� Southampton鈥檚 largest ever single year cohort. This is in line with the University鈥檚 planned growth for 2015-16 following the lifting of undergraduate recruitment restrictions by the UK government.
Over Thursday and Friday, 13 and 14 August, the University received an exceptional response with over 40,000 calls from prospective undergraduate students to the Clearing Hotline. Over 4,000 of these calls were then directly referred to faculties.
The University also achieved its most successful number of students applying through Adjustment – so much so that it attracted around 5% of all applicants nationally who used this scheme.
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education), Professor Alex Neill, offered his thanks to the thousands of staff involved in all aspects of recruitment, admissions, marketing and communications following these positive result.
鈥淭his year鈥檚 success in our recruitment cycle is the result of months of hard work,鈥� said Professor Neill. 鈥淚t’s聽the聽first time we鈥檝e operated in a genuine 鈥榤arket鈥� for students and we鈥檙e very pleased with the way that鈥檚 worked out for the University.
鈥淥ur success in recruiting good quality students in such high numbers, across the board,聽is very much in keeping with the recent expansion of our accommodation provision for new students and our continued ability to teach all students to a high level of quality.
鈥淥ur success can also be attributed to the incoming students鈥� response to our reputation for quality as reflected in our excellent QAA review, our much improved NSS results and continued rise in league table positions in recent months.
鈥淲e鈥檙e now working with colleagues throughout the University to ensure that we have everything in place so that our new students are made to feel as welcome as possible and comfortable with their new environment and educational challenges.鈥�