A great place to live
Located on England’s south coast, Portsmouth is a vibrant, cosmopolitan city with some of the UK’s best weather. Most university buildings are in the heart of our compact city. Everything you need is close by, including: city centre halls of residence, four miles of beautiful beaches, excellent entertainment, and the historic castle and dockyard.
Our Students’ Union offers over 150 sports clubs and societies including faith, cultural and common interest groups, so you’ll be sure to have a lot of fun on campus.
Portsmouth is one of the UK’s most affordable cities for students (NatWest Student Living Survey 2019) and offers guaranteed University accommodation for all first year students, provided application deadlines are met. The city offers laid-back coastal lifestyle. But the bright lights of London are just 90 minutes away, and ferries cross regularly to France and Spain.
A great choice for you
We are one of the UK’s Top 21 universities (Guardian University Guide 2020). We have a five star rating for teaching, employability, internationalisation, facilities and innovation (QS Top University Guide 2018). Our teaching is rated Gold in the UK Government’s Teaching Excellence Framework.
With courses designed to meet the challenges of the competitive global jobs market, you’ll be well prepared for a successful life after graduation. 97.5 per cent of our graduates are working or in further study within six months (DHLE 2017). And we are the UK’s number one university for boosting graduate salaries (The Economist 2017).
A great vision
Every year we welcome 4,000 international and EU students from over 150 countries across the globe. Because we are always looking to the future. And we know that the future is global.
Now let’s talk about your future. We’re here to support your education, ambitions and well being. That means giving you life-changing learning and career opportunities. It means matching our teaching to your needs, and the needs of employers. What’s more, it means helping you with every aspect of settling, living and learning in the UK – from housing to health, to managing money and more.
A great place to learn
Choose from hundreds of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees spanning business, creativity and culture, humanities, science and technology. We focus on making you more employable, so you could enjoy paid work placements, or practice your skills in simulated environments like our mock courtroom, model pharmacy and industry-standard research labs.
We know inspiration isn’t 9–5, so that’s why our library is open 24/7 during term-time. So whether you’re an early bird or a night owl, you’ll have access to over 700 laptops and PCs, 389,000 books, 725,355 ebooks and 56,290 journals day and night.
A great place to grow
We’re dedicated to helping you get the best from your time here. You can enrich your experience by learning a language for free, volunteering at a charity, or exchanging with another global university.
Our Careers and Employability experts can connect you to opportunities including part-time work while you study and with graduate opportunities for up to five years after graduation. Our team can help with your CVs, applications and interview skills. Because we believe in you.
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