Our scores have improved across all metrics in the 2025 National Student Survey (NSS) which was published by the Office for Students (OfS) on Wednesday 9 July.
There was substantial progress in areas where our University has concentrated its efforts such as Assessment and Feedback and Student Voice. Faculty performance is generally positive with improvements across most metrics. The University鈥檚 performance has improved notably against both Russell Group and sector averages.
Our participation rate was 74 per cent, up 2 percentage points on last year.
An institutional summary is available on the .
Professor Mark E. Smith, Vice-Chancellor, said: 鈥淭his is a really pleasing set of results for Southampton. Thank you to our dedicated staff community for their unwavering commitment and for continuously improving the world-class education and student experience that we offer. I am particularly delighted with our scores for Assessment and Feedback, a testimony to the great work of colleagues across the University and to the power of the student voice.鈥�
鈥淚 encourage colleagues to sustain this commendable effort over the coming year, to ensure we continue in this positive direction, as it is a hugely competitive area with the year-on-year improvement in the sector.鈥�