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Thank you for your interest in contributing to Science and Engineering Festival 2025!

How to take part

In 2025, the festival will run from Friday 7th March 2025 - Sunday 16th March 2025.

You will be able to contribute to two different types of activities:

  • WIDER FESTIVAL | an online or in person event or digital activity (e.g. live event, pre-recorded video/podcast, downloadable resources)
  • SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DAY | an interactive activity, talk, workshop, exhibit, live performance/show or lab tour for Saturday 15th March 2025 at Highfield or Boldrewood Innovation Campus (exclusively).

How to register

To make a submission and save key dates on your calendar, please carefully follow the instructions in this section. (documents will be available after Wednesday 20th November 2025).

  • A unique login and password is required, before making your submission - please, do not use your University ID and password to log in. To find out more about this process please click on one of the following to access the guidelines:
  • If you are planning to run multiple activities, please make a separate entry for each one.
  • To learn more about the registration process, what to expect and available support, please explore the FAQs for exhibitors by clicking one of the following buttons:
  • If you need help crafting your activity take a look at our previous festivals here or explore resources at sotonac.sharepoint.com/teams/UoSFestival(restricted to UoS users).
  • Once your entry has been accepted, you'll receive an automated email with a dedicated URL to your activity along with a unique username and password. Please use these details to preview and edit your submission.
  • To add relevant key dates and crucial deadlines to your calendar, click on the calendar icons in the tables below to download the .ics file.
2025 SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE ADD TO CALENDAR
WIDER FESTIVAL Southampton Science and Engineering Festival | DEADLINE Monday 13th January 2025
Science and Engineering Day STAGE 1 (overview) | DEADLINE Monday 13th January 2025
Science and Engineering Day STAGE 2 (logistics) | DEADLINE Monday 3rd February 2025
Science and Engineering Day STAGE 3 (risk assessment) | DEADLINE Monday 24th February 2025

When you are ready to make a submission, please click the blue button below.



What's next after submission:

  • Once you have submitted a form, you will receive an automated confirmation email with a summary of the information entered.
  • Upon acceptance/pending status of your submission, you will receive an automated email with a dedicated URL to your activity, username and password, including a link to preview your activity and next action points. These details must be used to edit your entry or add any pending information.
  • If you do not receive any automated email from us within an hour after submission, please check your spam folder first and if not resolved, get in touch.

2025 FESTIVALS DATE ADD TO CALENDAR
Southampton Science and Engineering Festival (wider festival) Friday 7th March 2025 - Sunday 16th March 2025
Science and Engineering Day Saturday 15th March 2025

Please note: your contact details will be used exclusively for managing the organisation of the event you are taking part in and will not be shared with other parties.

The UoS Festival Team
Public Engagement with Research unit (PERu), University of Southampton