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Southampton Science and Engineering Festival (SOTSEF) is one of the annual flagship events of the Public Engagement with Research unit, with thousands of visitors joining researchers, staffÌýand students at the University of Southampton for ten daysÌýof scientific discovery and celebration.

The Southampton ScienceÌýand Engineering Festival was first launched in 2002 and runs every year to coincide with .

The festival's acronym, SOTSEF, stands for:

• SOT - Southampton (from the abbreviation Soton)
• S - Science (and)
• E - Engineering
• F - Festival

Through the years, the Science and Engineering Festival has developed into a STEAM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Arts-Mathematics and Medicine) festival that thrives through collaboration, creativity and interdisciplinarity.ÌýThe aims of the festival are:

TheÌýten-dayÌýcelebration usually includes our award-winning Science and Engineering Day , a free family-friendly eventÌýtaking place across Highfield Campus and Boldrewood Innovation Campus, packed with more than a hundred interactive hands-on activities, workshops, live shows, talks, art performances and laboratory tours from across all our Faculties and local community groups, schools and cultural venues.

Over the last few years, we have opened participation to external exhibitors including local bookstores, schools, community groups, trusts, public engagement professionals, artists, cultural venues and other research institutions. The event has grown to become one of the most popular science festivals in the South of England, with attendees coming as far asÌýDevon, Kent, Yorkshire and Greater Manchester for Science and Engineering Day.ÌýSince 2020, we have also developed a digital presence online that allows us to engage with new national and international audiences.

We are full member of the Ìýand are steered by aÌýdedicated Steering Group led by Professor Mark Spearing, Vice-PresidentÌýResearch and EnterpriseÌýat the University of Southampton.

If you have never exhibited or attended Science and Engineering Day, why not watch the following videos fromÌýSouthampton Science and Engineering Festival 2025 and 2019 to find out whatÌýthe day is all about or visit our channel for more videos and recordings of previous events.