The University of Portsmouth is a university in Portsmouth, England.
The University is the 5th most popular destination in the UK for EU students and the 10th most popular destination for overseas (Non-EU) students. The departments of Economics, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Civil Engineering, Pharmacy and Pharmacology attract some of the largest populations of international students in the United Kingdom. Portsmouth has been rated as the ...
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The University of Portsmouth is a university in Portsmouth, England.
The University is the 5th most popular destination in the UK for EU students and the 10th most popular destination for overseas (Non-EU) students. The departments of Economics, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Civil Engineering, Pharmacy and Pharmacology attract some of the largest populations of international students in the United Kingdom. Portsmouth has been rated as the 6th best modern university in the UK by The Times Good University Guide and 60th overall.
The University was founded as the Portsmouth and Gosport School of Science and the Arts in 1869. Due to the dependence on shipping and trade to the city, the main function of the college was to train the engineers and skilled workmen who went on to work at the city docks, as well as at the large Royal Navy dockyard situated in Portsmouth. However, due to a decline in shipping and population since World War II, when large swathes of the city were destroyed...
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