University Of Portsmouth, UK

Conferred university status in 1992, UoP is ranked among UK’s Top 50 universities by the Times Higher Education and is highly reputed for study programmes in democratic citizenship; sustainability and the environment

- SHRADDHA GOLED

SET WITHIN A 52-ACRE CAMPUS IN THE eponymous port city, the University of Portsmouth (UoP, estb.1908) is a publicly-funded higher education institution widely acclaimed for teaching and research excellence. UoP is ranked #21 in the UK by the Guardian University Guide 2020; #49 in the Times Higher Education UK University Rankings 2019, and among the ‘Top 150 Under 50’ varsities of the world in the QS Young University Rankings 2020. Moreover as per the National Student Survey 2018, UoP is ranked among the top 15 percent of UK universities for student satisfaction.

Founded as the Municipal College and Public Library in 1908, UoP was conferred university status in 1992. Currently, the university’s five faculties — humanities and social sciences; technology; science and health; business and law; creative and cultural industries — offer over 190 undergraduate and 200-plus postgraduate study programmes to 23,000 students mentored by 2,600 full-time faculty. In particular, the university is highly reputed for its study programmes in democratic citizenship; future and emerging technologies; health and wellbeing; security and risk; sustainability and the environment.

Portsmouth. Spread across Portsea island in Hampshire, an hour’s drive from London, Portsmouth (pop. 205,400) is a major naval base of the Royal Navy with a rich nautical history. The Portsmouth skyline features the tall masts of historic warships, the Spinnaker Tower, and Portsmouth Historic Dockyard which houses the National Museum of the Royal Navy, the wooden warship HMS Victory, on which Lord Nelson died in the Battle of Trafalgar, HMS Warrior 1860 and the Tudor era Mary