University of Portsmouth

University of Portsmouth
Coat of arms of the University of Portsmouth
Other name
UoP
Former names
See History
MottoLatin: Lucem Sequamur[1]
Motto in English
Let us follow the Light
TypePublic
Establishedc. 1870 (1870) (as Portsmouth and Gosport School of Science and Art)
Budget£290.5 million (2021/22)[2]
ChancellorKaren Blackett[3]
Vice-ChancellorGraham Galbraith[4]
Total staff
3,500[5]
Students29,000 (2021/2022)[6]
Undergraduates22,170 (2020/21)
Postgraduates6,110 (2020/21)
Location,
50°47′43″N 01°05′36″W / 50.79528°N 1.09333°W / 50.79528; -1.09333
CampusCollege town with multiple sites including:
University Quarter
Northern Quarter
Langstone Campus
London Campus
Colours  Purple
  Black
  White
AffiliationsUniversity Alliance Doctoral Training Alliance
The Channel Islands Universities Consortium
Universities UK
Websiteport.ac.uk
University of Portsmouth is located in Hampshire
University of Portsmouth
Location in Hampshire

The University of Portsmouth (UoP) is a public university in Portsmouth, England.[7] Comprising five faculties, the university offers a wide range of academic disciplines.[8] With around 28,280 students enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate programs, the university in 2022 was the 25th-largest higher education institution by student enrolments in the United Kingdom.[9] The university employed approximately 3,500 staff in 2020.[10]

Portsmouth was rated #651 in the world by QS World University Rankings in 2024, in the top 501–600 universities in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 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 The Times and The Sunday Times – the university ranked 62nd out of the 132 universities in the United Kingdom.[11] 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.[12] In the Times Higher Education REF ranking, the university was ranked third in research power for modern post-1992 universities.[13]

In the 2021 edition of the Research Excellence Framework, 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.[14][13]

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  2. ^ "University of Portsmouth – How We Spend Our Money". Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Our Chancellor". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  4. ^ "University Executive Board". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  5. ^ "University of Portsmouth – Our People". Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Our People".
  7. ^ "University of Portsmouth – GOV.UK". gov.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Academic Structure". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Where do HE students study? | HESA". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  10. ^ "University of Portsmouth – Our People". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  11. ^ Times, The Sunday. "Good University Guide". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  12. ^ "TEF 2023 outcomes". tef2023.officeforstudents.org.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  13. ^ a b "National recognition for world-leading quality of University of Portsmouth research". University of Portsmouth. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  14. ^ "University of Portsmouth : Results and submissions : REF 2021". Research Excellence Framework. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

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