The University of Portsmouth (UoP) is a

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, England. Comprising five faculties, the university offers a wide range of academic disciplines. in 2022, with around 28,280 students enrolled in

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and

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programs, the university was the 25th-largest

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institution by student enrolments in the

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. The university employed approximately 3,500 staff in 2020. Portsmouth was rated #651 in the world by

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in 2024, in the top 501–600 universities in the world by the ''

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'' 2022, #901-1,000 in the world by Shanghai Ranking, and #908 in the world by CWUR rankings.In the 2023 edition of the Good University Guide – compiled by ''

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'' – the university ranked 62nd out of the 132 universities in the United Kingdom. It is one of five universities in the South East of England to have been awarded the highest rating of Gold in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework. In the Times Higher Education REF ranking, the university was ranked third in research power for modern post-1992 universities. In the 2021 edition of the

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, 77 per cent of research submitted by the university was ranked as world-leading or internationally excellent, with impacts across society, health, culture and the environment.

History

19th century

The University of Portsmouth traces its roots back to 1 June 1870 (or 1869 according to some sources) when it was first established as the ''Portsmouth and Gosport School of Science and Art''. During the late 19th century, the school occupied several buildings in

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and

Southsea Southsea is a seaside resort and a geographic area of Portsmouth, Portsea Island in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Southsea is located 1.8 miles (2.8 km) to the south of Portsmouth's inner city-centre. Southsea began as a f ...

. The main premises, located at the Crown Sale Rooms in Pembroke Street, was attended by both male and female students. Due to its coastal location, the school provided technical instruction to engineers and skilled workers, who often graduated to work at the city docks, including for the

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at the Portsmouth Royal Dockyard. The curriculum comprised a range of skills including practical

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, artistic anatomy, and architectural and mechanical drawing. Additionally, the school provided evening classes for local artisans.

Portsmouth Municipal Technical Institute and the College of Art

In 1894, following education reforms which vested local authorities with control over technical and manual education, the Borough of Portsmouth established the ''Portsmouth Municipal Technical Institute.'' Having acquired the school's science and technology courses, the ''Portsmouth and Gosport School of Science and Art'' was restructured to become the ''College of Art''.

20th century

Portsmouth Municipal College and construction of the Park Building

In 1903, following the enactment of the

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, construction began on a site behind the Portsmouth Guildhall. Designed by local

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G.E. Smith and completed in 1908, the building incorporates a combination of Flemish and

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. In the same year, the ''Portsmouth Municipal Technical Institute'' was succeeded by the newly established ''Portsmouth Municipal College''. Providing a range of further and

courses in

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and

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, the

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occupied the building together with the College of Art, the Portsmouth Day Training College, and a public

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.'''' Today, the

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remains in use by the university and has since become known as the Park Building, having been named after an adjacent

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known as Victoria Park. In 1911, male and female

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were established. In autumn of 1911, the first addition of student magazine ''The Galleon,'' reported the creation of a women's

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and expressed discontent over the state of the

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. Following

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, there was a decline in the need for

skills in

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. In response, the college diversified its

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to include the

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and

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.''''

Portsmouth College of Technology

In 1953, the ''Portsmouth Municipal College,'' having changed its name to the ''Portsmouth College of Technology'', became the Regional College for

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Polytechnic status

The college was renamed Portsmouth Polytechnic after it gained polytechnic status in 1969 and by the late 1980s was one of the largest polytechnics in the UK.

University status

On 7 July 1992 the inauguration of the University of Portsmouth was celebrated at a ceremony at Portsmouth Guildhall. As a new university, it could validate its own degrees, under the provision of the

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21st century

On Friday 4 May 2018, the University of Portsmouth was revealed as the main shirt sponsor of Portsmouth F.C. for the 2018–19, 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons. In December 2022, an employment tribunal ruled that when the university failed to reappoint Kajal Sharma to her job, it had racially discriminated against her.

Campuses

The university is split between the University Quarter, which is centred around the Portsmouth Guildhall area, and the Langstone Campus.

Langstone campus

Langstone is the smaller of the two campuses, located in Milton on the eastern edge of Portsea Island. The campus overlooks Langstone Harbour and it is home to the university's sports grounds. Langstone Campus used to be home of the university's School of Languages and Area Studies, which has since moved into Park Building in the University Quarter. It also used to be home to three halls of residence: Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother (QEQM), Trust Hall and Langstone Flats. These used to house 565 students, however these have now been closed, in favour of those closer to the majority of the university buildings. These have now been demolished. In 2024, parts of the university's Langstone campus were reopened. The two remaining halls of residence at Langstone campus are now home to roughly 250 students.

University Quarter

The University Quarter is a collection of university buildings located around the centre of the city. This area contains most of the university's teaching facilities and nearly all of the Student Halls of residence, except the Langstone student village and two halls (Rees Hall and Burrell House) located on Southsea Terrace. The University Library (formerly the Frewen Library) was extended in 2006 at a cost of £11 million. It was opened by the crime writer

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. The university has also recently invested in the Faculty of Science, in particular by renovating the aluminium-clad main building, St Michael's. File:Anglesea Buildings - geograph.org.uk - 698718.jpg, Anglesea buildings File:James Watson Building, University of Portsmouth - geograph.org.uk - 497542.jpg, James Watson building File:New University Building - Portsmouth - geograph.org.uk - 767592.jpg File:Park Building, University of Portsmouth - geograph.org.uk - 548659.jpg, Park building File:Portsmouth University House.jpg, University House File:Sports field in front of University of Portsmouth Halls of Residence - geograph.org.uk - 1071294.jpg, Sports fields File:St Michael's Building, Portsmouth University - geograph.org.uk - 497526.jpg, St Michael's building File:University of Portsmouth Dennis Sciama building.JPG, Dennis Sciama building File:University of Portsmouth Library, Ravelin Park - geograph.org.uk - 498244.jpg, Library File:University of Portsmouth Ravelin House.jpg, Ravelin House

Military Technological College of Oman

On 7 June 2013, the University of Portsmouth announced its partnership with the Military Technological College of

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. This involves the University of Portsmouth providing academic guidance and academic accreditation for the education of 4,200 students with technical roles in armed services and a few civilian employers in the Sultanate of Oman. This has been criticised by the student

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Society and by Campaign Against the Arms Trade who consider Oman an authoritarian regime, likely to use military capabilities on their own citizens or in regional conflicts.

London Campus

On 15 September 2023, the University of Portsmouth launched it
London campus
in

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. The London campus offers a block teaching model which offers fixed timetables and linear module progression with assignments integrated into the teaching process. The aim of the London campus is to boost the local economy by an estimated £372 million by 2043, and create over 500 new jobs.

Organisation and structure

Governance

The university is ceremonially headed by Karen Blackett, who was installed as

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in 2017. The university is, however, run day-to-day by the

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, presently Professor Graham Galbraith, along with a single integrated decision-making body known as the university executive board. This includes deputy vice-chancellors, the provost, the chief financial officer and the executive deans of faculties, together with the chief people officer and the executive director of corporate governance. The university's board of governors is the university’s governing body and is ultimately responsible for the university and all of its activities.

Faculties

The University of Portsmouth is composed of five faculties divided into a number of schools, institutes, academies and departments: Faculty of Business and Law *School of Accounting, Economics and Finance *School of Law *School of Organisations, Systems and People *School of Strategy, Marketing and Innovation Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries *School of Architecture *School of Art, Design and Performance *School of Creative Technologies *School of Film, Media and Communication Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences *School of Criminology and Criminal Justice *School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics and Literature *School of Education, Languages and Linguistics Faculty of Science and Health *School of Biological Sciences *Dental Academy *School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences *School of Health and Care Professions *School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences *Department of Psychology *School of Sport, Health and Exercise Science *Medical School Faculty of Technology *School of Civil Engineering and Surveying *School of Computing *Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation *School of Energy and Electronic Engineering *School of Mathematics and Physics *School of Mechanical and Design Engineering *Department of Learning at Work

Finances

The University of Portsmouth is worth £1.1 billion to the British economy and brings £476 million to the city, an independent assessment in 2017 has shown.

Academic profile

Portsmouth offers more than 200 undergraduate degrees and 150 postgraduate degrees, as well as 65 research degree programs. The university formerly validated BSc (Hons) degrees in

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and MSc courses in

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that were carried out by the ''London College of Traditional Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine,'' a private education provider that collapsed in early 2011.

Research

Over 60% of research submitted by the university to REF2014 was rated as world-leading and internationally excellent. In two subject areas respectively – Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy, and Physics – 90% and 89% of all research submitted was rated as world leading and internationally excellent. In 2017 Alessandro Melis and Steffen Lehmann created the interdisciplinary project CRUNCH: Climate Resilient Urban Nexus Choices: Operationalising the Food-Water-Energy Nexus. This is a £1.6 million research project funded by Horizon 2020, Belmont Forum, ESRC and other funding bodies. University of Portsmouth is leading the project. The partners are five universities from Miami, Eindhoven, Gdansk, Uppsala and Taiwan. Crunch involves universities, local authorities and small business.

Rankings

Portsmouth was rated #651 in the world by

in 2024. It was rated in the top 501 – 600 universities in the world by the ''

'' 2022, #901-1,000 in the world by Shanghai Ranking, and #908 in the world by CWUR rankings. Internationally, the university was ranked 98th in ''Times Higher Educations '100 under 50' rankings of international modern universities 2017, but did not make the list in any subsequent year. In the 2022 edition of the Good University Guide – compiled by ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' – the university was ranked near the bottom at 88 out of 132. The University of Portsmouth was one of four universities in 2017 in the south east to achieve the highest Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).

Student life

The University of Portsmouth Students' Union (UPSU) is a registered charity that represents and supports all UoP students, who automatically become members upon registering for their course. The Students' Union offers members support services, development opportunities and represent them at different levels throughout the university, in the community and beyond. The earliest record of the Union is in the September 1911 edition of ''The Galleon'' student magazine. From 1965, the Union was based in Union House – now St Paul's Gym – on St Pauls Road. In 1983, it moved to the ex-

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building, Alexandra House, where it remained for 19 years. Since 2002, the union has been situated at the north end of Ravelin Park. The Union previously housed two nightclubs, Lux and , but these were closed and redeveloped for other uses in 2009. The Union Advice Service offers confidential, impartial and non-judgemental support. The service delivers a range of academic & non-academic, information, advice, and guidance to the students of the University of Portsmouth and partner institutions. The service also undertakes other activities and events throughout the year to promote the health and wellbeing of students. The Advice Service is based in Gun House at The Union, next door to Cafe Coco. Portsmouth was named the UK's most affordable city for students in the Natwest Student Living Index 2016.

Societies and sports clubs

The Union supports a range of over 150 student-led groups that provide extra-curricular opportunities to students, including sports clubs, societies, media groups and volunteering opportunities. Students can also create new societies with the support of the Union. The Students' Union offers a range of sports clubs which are administered by the Athletic Union The sports range from traditional team games like athletics,

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, and

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to octopush (a form of underwater hockey),

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and

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. As of October 2020 there are 38 different sports clubs . The Students' Union runs a number of volunteering projects, such as

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's Volunteering Team of the Year. In 2010, the Union was awarded a £15,000 grant to work with elderly residents in the city.

Student media

The university has two functioning student media outlets. ''Spyglass'', the student magazine, and Pure FM, the student radio station, which works alongside local radio stations including Express FM. The university formerly had an active newspaper, The Galleon, as well as a video production society called Victory Studios.

Notable people

Faculty

* Deborah Sugg Ryan, Professor of Design History and Theory * Jen Gupta, Astrophysicist and science communicator * Nizar Ibrahim, professor of palaeontology * Claudia Maraston, professor of astrophysics and winner of the 2018 Eddington Medal * Alessandro Melis, professor of architecture innovation and curator of the Italian Pavilione at the XVII Venice Biennale *

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, professor of women's and gender history * Neil Rackham, visiting professor at Portsmouth Business School and award-winning author * David Wands, professor of cosmology at the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation

Alumni

Notable students of the University of Portsmouth and its predecessor institutions include: * Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, former head of the Police of Nigeria * Karen Blackett, Chancellor of The University of Portsmouth and CEO of Group M. * Paola Arlotta, chair of the Regenerative Biology Department at

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* Simon Armitage, poet, playwright and novelist who was appointed poet laureate in 2019 *

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, civil engineer and chairman of the

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* Ian Bishop, archdeacon of Macclesfield * Jonathan Bullock, former

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for the

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constituency * Nira Chamberlain, principal consultant at SNC-Lavalin and president of the

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* David Chidgey, Baron Chidgey, Liberal Democrat politician and former member of Parliament for Eastleigh * Ron Davies, former secretary of state for Wales and member of Parliament for

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* Chuck Easttom, computer scientist, author, and inventor * John Flint, British banker and former

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* James Farrar, actor * Ben Fogle, broadcaster, writer and adventurer * Christine Foyer, professor of plant science at

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* Tim Godwin, former police officer who served as deputy commissioner of Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis * Casyo 'Krept' Johnson, London-based musician and half of Krept and Konan * Craig Jones, Royal Navy officer and campaigner * Nick Kennedy, retired rugby union player and former director of rugby at

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* Rachel Lowe, businesswoman and developer of the Destination board games * Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock, former

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and member of Parliament for

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* Ehsan Masood, science writer, journalist, broadcaster, and lecturer at

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* Andrew Miller, former member of Parliament for

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* Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell, politician and hereditary peer * Darren Naish, vertebrate palaeontologist, author, science communicator, and scientific advisor to

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, Army Air Corps officer,

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astronaut, and former

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crew member *

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, contemporary artist, writer, broadcaster, and recipient of the Turner Prize * John Rees (activist), John Rees, national officer of the Stop the War Coalition and visiting research fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London * Vernon Ross, Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness * Carol Smart, feminist sociologist and academic at Manchester University * Lauren Steadman, Paralympic athlete who competed in three summer Paralympics in both swimming and the paratriathlon * Anthony Tucker-Jones, former defence intelligence officer and a widely published military expert * Martin Whitmarsh, businessman and chief executive of McLaren Racing

References

External links

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