A public university that gained university status in 1992, with roots in Portsmouth and Gosport School of Science and Art (1870). Strengths in areas like pharmacy, creative technologies, criminology, and marine science.
Address: University House, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth, PO1 2UP, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Pharmacy, Creative Technologies, Criminology
Domains taught:
- AI and Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Engineering, Life Sciences, Marine Science, Robotics, Software Engineering
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Partnerships with local businesses, creative industries (e.g. Centre for Creative and Immersive eXtended Reality – CCIXR), and public sector organisations. Focus on employability and innovation.
Research:
Applied research in areas such as digital media, forensic science, pharmacy, environmental science, cybersecurity, and space science (Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation). TEF Gold.
Famous Alumnis:
Ben Fogle (honorary), Grayson Perry (honorary), Simon Armitage (former lecturer), Ron Davies
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
2900
Current students***:
25500
Foreign students***:
15%
Cumulative former students***:
145000
Pros
Good graduate employability, strong in certain vocational areas, coastal city location, growing research in areas like plastics and cosmology.
Cons
Research profile is developing, less well-known internationally than some older universities, facilities vary.
Best For
Students seeking career-focused degrees in a historic maritime city, with strengths in pharmacy, creative tech, criminology, and applied sciences, valuing employability.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Another national school that puts robotics, life sciences and data analytics at the centre is University of Lincoln, and it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
- Middlesex University is the closest domestic counterpart for robotics, life sciences and data analytics; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers industrial design as well.
- Among national alternatives, University of Bedfordshire stands out for its focus on life sciences, data analytics and AI and machine learning, and it is slightly smaller, at about 21,000 students against roughly 25,500 here, and is also a public institution.
- The comparison with University of Greenwich is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on marine science, life sciences and data analytics, and it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers civil engineering as well.
- Both schools build their programmes around marine science, life sciences and data analytics, and Newcastle University is the one to compare first within the country, since it is also a public institution and also offers mba programmes.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- In the United States, Stony Brook University teaches much the same core subjects, marine science, life sciences and data analytics, and it covers physics as well, and has almost the same size, at about 27,000 students.
- Abroad, University of Rhode Island (the United States) covers marine science, life sciences and data analytics in a comparable way, and it is smaller, enrolling about 17,000 students against roughly 25,500 here, and is also a public institution.
- Seen from abroad, Flinders University (Australia) is a close relative on subject matter, since marine science, robotics and life sciences are central to both, and it covers ecology and sustainability as well, and has almost the same size, at about 25,921 students.
- University of Waterloo brings a Canada setting to the same core fields, robotics, data analytics and AI and machine learning, and it also offers graduate diploma programmes and covers nanotechnologies and mathematics as well.
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on life sciences, data analytics and software engineering is Griffith University in Australia, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers finance and ecology and sustainability as well.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Cybersecurity, Environmental Engineering, Innovation, Marine Ecosystems, User experience (UX), User-Centered Design
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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