The University of Portsmouth is a public university in the city of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
It was previously known as Portsmouth Polytechnic from 1969 until 1992, when it was granted university status through the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.
The University is a member of the University Alliance and The Channel Islands Universities Consortium.
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Reputation
Things you should know
The University is one of the top 40 UK universities (Guardian University Guide).
It is also one of the top 100 young universities in the world (Times Higher Education). Students have shown 88% satisfaction towards the institution (National Student Survey 2017).
Also 19 courses have recorded 100% satisfaction rate in 2017, which include Accounting and Business; Business Information Technology; Economics, Finance and Banking; English Language and Literature; Film Studies; Journalism; Sociology and Psychology and so on.
In addition to this, over half of the courses have recorded 90% student satisfaction rate.
The University was ranked 21st by The Guardian University Guide 2020, [39] 51st by The Complete University Guide 2019[40] and 53rd by The Sunday Times University Guide 2018.
Portsmouth was rated in the top 401 – 500 universities in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2017.
Alumni
Of University of Portsmouth
John Flint (businessman) - former CEO of HSBC.
Timothy Nigel Peake - European Space Agency astronaut and a former International Space Station (ISS) crew member.
Martin Whitmarsh Chief Executive of the McLaren Racing.