Surrey or Southampton AERO/MECHANICAL

Are these uni on par for engineering? Will going to Surrey give me a disadvantage compared to studying at Southampton. I like surreys industry links and work placements abroad. Can someone please give me an answer?

Reply 1

username3731912

southampton is ranked 4th and surrey is ranked 14th. there's a significant difference between them, and southampton would probably be more advantageous.

Reply 2

AS12445

Original post by anonymous1231231

southampton is ranked 4th and surrey is ranked 14th. there's a significant difference between them, and southampton would probably be more advantageous.

But Surrey was ranked 6th last year so these rankings are ridiculous. I want to know if there is a difference in the eyes of the employers between Southampton and Surrey.

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Original post by AS12445

I want to know if there is a difference in the eyes of the employers between Southampton and Surrey.

No.

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Reply 5

Quantum_of_Hope

Original post by AS12445

They are both good Russell Group unis :smile:

I'd say to choose which one you would be happiest studying at.

Any more opinions?

Original post by Quantum_of_Hope

They are both good Russell Group unis :smile:

I'd say to choose which one you would be happiest studying at.

Surrey isn't RG. But RG makes no difference for engineering employers.

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Reply 8

Quantum_of_Hope

Original post by Doonesbury

Surrey isn't RG. But RG makes no difference for engineering employers.

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I didn't realise :/ Is Surrey a good university?

Reply 9

Doones

Original post by Quantum_of_Hope

I didn't realise :/ Is Surrey a good university?

Yes.

Reply 10

Quantum_of_Hope

Original post by Doonesbury

Yes.

Please can you elaborate: what makes it a good uni?

Thanks

Reply 11

Doones

Original post by Quantum_of_Hope

Please can you elaborate: what makes it a good uni?

Thanks

Well you thought it was a "good RG" originally so why do you now think it might not be good because you've been told it's not in the RG?

If rankings matter to you it's (overall) 19th in CUG and The Times and 21st in The Guardian.
It has a Gold in TEF.
It awards LOTS of firsts...

There's basically no difference in their quality and prospects. I'd put them both in the category of universities which are good for aerospace engineering albeit a bit overrated.

If you're erring towards space then Surrey has a massive advantage due to SSTL and their positioning in UKSEDS and ESA student projects

Reply 14

AS12445

Original post by Helloworld_95

Thanks alot. How would you compare them for international job prospects because i would like to work abroad?

Reply 15

ka345sh

Southampton because Southampton is awesome

Reply 16

Dankey

Southampton for the top 10 , employers don't care about which uni you went to if it is in the top 10

Reply 17

Helloworld_95

Original post by AS12445

Thanks alot. How would you compare them for international job prospects because i would like to work abroad?

It's difficult to say. While Southampton does much better in the worldwide rankings, which is usually a reasonably good indicator for this, if we're talking about Aerospace jobs specifically then any major company will have heard of SSTL and thus University of Surrey, which may give you an advantage there.