Science and Engineering South

Science and Engineering South (SES, previously SES-5)^[1] is a consortium of seven public research-intensive universities in the Southeast of England, who pool their resources and facilities^[2] to further research in the fields of science and engineering.^[3]

Science and Engineering South

Formation	2013
Type	Consortium
Region served	Southeast of England
Membership	Imperial College London King's College London University of Oxford Queen Mary University of London University of Southampton University College London University of Cambridge
Website	www.ses.ac.uk

Consortium

Its members accounted for a third of all EPSRC spending in 2013, when the consortium was formed.^[4] King's College London joined the consortium in 2016, becoming the sixth member institution.^[5] By March 2017, Queen Mary University of London had joined the consortium. The University of Cambridge, one of the founder institutions, rejoined in 2019 after leaving in 2017.^[6]

SES enables a network of high-performance computers available for research and scientific calculations across all its member universities, such as the 12,000 core IRIDIS Intel Westmere supercomputer cluster.^[7]

Gallery

Science and Engineering South (Universities)

• 
  Imperial College London
  (Faculty Building)
• 
  King's College London
  (King's Building)
• 
  University of Oxford
  (Thom Building)
• 
  Queen Mary University of London
  (The Queens' Building)
• 
  University of Southampton
  (Institute of Sound and Vibration Research)
• 
  University College London
  (Engineering Building)