University of Portsmouth

The University of Portsmouth is a public university in Portsmouth, on the south coast of England. It traces its roots to the Portsmouth and Gosport School of Science and Art, opened in 1870, became Portsmouth Polytechnic in 1969 and was inaugurated as a university on 7 July 1992. Teaching is organised in five faculties: Business and Law; Creative and Cultural Industries; Humanities and Social Sciences; Science and Health; and Technology. The main Guildhall campus sits in the city centre, with halls, the Ravelin Sports Centre and teaching buildings close together, and the university also runs a London campus in Walthamstow that opened in 2024. It has about 30,000 students, and QS reports that around 32% of its students are international. In REF 2021, 77% of its research was rated world-leading or internationally excellent, and it was third for research power among post-1992 universities. It holds a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework. Known strengths include cosmology and astrophysics, cyber security, forensics, pharmacy and sport science. Navitas runs the International College Portsmouth (ICP) pathway college on campus, and 93% of graduates are in work or further study 15 months after graduating.

Ranked joint #635 in the QS World University Rankings 2026 and joint #662 in QS 2027, 401-450 in THE 2027, 36th in the Guardian University Guide 2027 and 61st in the Times/Sunday Times GUG 2027.

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The Guildhall campus is in Portsmouth city centre around Guildhall Square, with the admin base at Mercantile House, Hampshire Terrace, PO1 2EG, and Portsmouth and Southsea station a few minutes' walk away. The Ravelin Sports Centre (opened 2022) has an eight-lane pool, climbing wall and ski simulator, and Langstone Campus on Langstone Harbour has playing fields and flats.

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Most undergraduate degrees start in September through UCAS, and many taught master's courses start in September and January (some also in May at the London campus). International tuition fees for 2026/27 range from GBP 17,900 to GBP 20,000 a year, and fees for September 2027 entry were still to be confirmed. Fees can be paid in full at registration or 50% at registration with the balance in two, three or six instalments.