Incorporating the University of Southampton OSA Student Chapter, the University of Southampton SPIE Student Chapter and the University of Southampton EPS Student Chapter.

The University of Southampton Optical Society consists of a group of postgraduate research students in the Faculty of Physical and Applied Sciences at the University of Southampton. The students of the Optoelectronics Research Centre formed the society as a means to communicate their research to both internal and external audiences. This has resulted in a greater interaction between students in the ORC and the wider optics community.

The society encourages social activities that enhances members’ working relationships and provides a break from the hard work of scientific research. There is an educational aspect to our ventures, with regular trips to scientific sites and seminars in house. Our outreach programme, Lightwave, is a road show taken to schools and extracurricular clubs in the Southampton area and around the south coast, presenting scientific phenomena to children aged 5-11. In addition, members of the society further their organizational experience; skills which will be of great value in their future careers.