Southampton Solent University is a modern, vibrant and distinctively new university for the 21st century. It has more than 19,000 students based at city centre and waterfront campuses. The university prides itself on excellent employability, focusing on courses that offer real-life job opportunities, placements, internships and industry expertise and networking opportunities. It has the world renowned Warsash Maritime Acadamy as one of its four faculties, it is one of the leading universities outside London for media and the creative arts, and it has innovative courses in sports science and football studies. These courses attract excellent partnerships with leading industry names and organisations such as the Football Association. Its alumni list includes gold-medal Olympians, record-breaking solo sailors and masters of industry.