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Southampton Solent University

Southampton · Higher Education Institution

Track record

www.solent.ac.uk

The sponsor holds Student Sponsor status with a track record of compliance — the standard standing for an established provider.

50.908, -1.401

University in Southampton, UK

Vice-Chancellor:
Professor James Knowles
Founded:
2005
www.solent.ac.uk

Background from Wikidata and Wikipedia, not part of the register record. Sources and corrections →

The Home Office does not publish this sponsor’s visa refusal rate, enrolment rate or course completion rate. Those go to the sponsor in a letter; only the resulting standing reaches the register, and nothing on this page is derived from them. What a sponsor has to hit →

Published evidence

At a glance

A reading aid, not a ranking. Each measure keeps its own source and population.

Student profile
14.9%
of students are international
1,270 of 8,515 students · HESA 2024/25
Recruitment mix
50%
from the top three countries
56 countries of origin represented
First degree outcomes
84.6%
complete their course
-0.2 points vs benchmark
First degree outcomes
65.0%
progress to professional work or study
UK-domiciled graduates · Office for Students
Student voice
84.5%
Teaching positivity
-1.7 points vs benchmark
TEF 2023
Gold
overall rating
Experience Gold · Outcomes Gold

These figures are not all from the same year, and no source publishes them together. students 2024/25, outcomes 2016–2019, survey 2026, TEF 2023. A card that looks worse than another may simply be older. Detailed cohorts, definitions, benchmarks and caveats appear in the sections below.

Home Office register record

Snapshot 7 Sept 2026
Sponsor name
Southampton Solent University
Status
Student Sponsor - Track Record
Routes
Student
Immigration compliance
No entry recorded
Town / city
Southampton
Additional locations
Sponsor type
Higher Education Institution (HEI)

Read directly from the Register of Licensed Student Sponsors, snapshot of 7 Sept 2026. The Home Office does not publish per-sponsor visa refusal, enrolment or completion figures.

Office for Students record

UKPRN
10006022
Registration category
Approved (fee cap)
University title
Yes
Degree-awarding powers
ResearchAwarded 2017
Fee limit
Higher
TEF 2023
GoldStudent experience: Gold · Student outcomes: Gold
Specific conditions
None recorded
Monetary penalty
None recorded
Registration suspended
None recorded

Source: OfS Register, retrieved 3 Sept 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Standing over time

34 snapshots
26 Jan 2024 — 7 Sept 2026 · 34 snapshots

This provider’s standing at every register snapshot we hold, oldest to newest. Gaps mean the provider was not listed on that date.

Recorded register changes

1 recorded
17 Mar 2025RenamedListed name changed: Solent University → Southampton Solent University(observed between 16 Sept 2024 and 17 Mar 2025)

Changes are derived by comparing register snapshots. Dates are observation dates — the change occurred at some point in the interval shown, not necessarily on the later date. Check this entry against the live Register of licensed sponsors: students, or against an archived copy in the UK Government Web Archive.