The University of Portsmouth is a public university in Portsmouth, England.It is one of only four universities in the South East of England rated as Gold in the Government's Teaching Excellence Framework.With approximately 28,280 undergraduate and postgraduate students, the university is the 25th largest in the United Kingdom by higher education student enrolments.
Spanning across five faculties (comprising 24 schools) and a number of other services,the university employs approximately 3,500 staff.In the latest evaluation of the Research Excellence Framework, 77 percent of research submitted by the university was ranked as world-leading or internationally excellent with impacts across society, health, culture and the environment.
In the 2022 edition of the Good University Guide – compiled by The Times and Sunday Times – the university was ranked at 88 out of 132 and in the Times Higher Education REF ranking, the university was ranked third in research power for modern post-1992 universities.
The university offers a range of disciplines, including Pharmacy, International Relations, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, Paleontology, Criminology, Criminal Justice and Law.
The university has educated a wide range of people, including Tim Peake, Grayson Perry, poet laureate Simon Armitage, Sir John Armitt, Diana, Baroness Maddock, and John Flint. Its alumni can be found worldwide, holding senior and executive positions in banking, politics, and civil engineering. Staff at the university include Alessandro Melis, curator of the Italian Pavilione at the XVII Venice Biennale, and astrophysicist and Eddington Medal winner Claudia Maraston.
