Type | Public |
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Established | 1869 |
Chancellor | Sheila Hancock |
Vice-Chancellor | John Craven |
Students | 19,860[1] |
Undergraduates | 15,570[1] |
Postgraduates | 4,030[1] |
Location | , |
Campus | Urban |
Website | www.port.ac.uk |
The University of Portsmouth is a university in Portsmouth. It was started as the Portsmouth and Gosport School of Science and the Arts in 1869, and gained university status in 1992.
Portsmouth has been rated as the 5th best modern university in the UK by The Times Good University Guide.[2]