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Tel 02392 848 484
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PERFORMANCE

Sunday Times ranking 60 (58)

Student satisfaction 77.8%
Head teacher ranking 68= (107=)
Peer ranking 65 (61)
Research quality 55.9%
A-level/Higher points 268
Unemployment 9.1%
Firsts and 2:1s 52.1%
Student/staff ratio 18.7:1
Dropout rate 15.2% (16%)

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• The Times University Guide table

VITAL STATISTICS

Undergraduates 13,330 (2,649)
Postgraduates 1,272 (2,307)
Teaching staff 775
Applications/places 21,365/5,316; 4:1 (+20.5%)
Clearing entry 14.5%
Live in 25% (75%) £72-£115
Bursaries 34%: £600-£900
Scholarships Various: £300-£1,500

SOCIAL MIX

EU/overseas 3.6%/3.2%
Mature 13.9%
State school 94.9%
Lowest social classes 30.8%
Low-participation areas 10.7%

Portsmouth is now ranked among the leading modern universities, created from the former polytechnic sector in 1992. Applications are up more than 20% this year and student satisfaction is high. Our analysis of this year’s national student survey ranks Portsmouth 26= in the UK with a 77.8% score, based on students’ views on everything from teaching quality to learning resources. History (88.1%), sport (86.6%) and finance and accounting (86.5%) earned the highest scores.

Facilities are kept up to scratch with investment of more than £64m between 2001-8. This year, a building to house the cosmology and gravitation institute opened and next September the dental academy, the result of a partnership with King’s College London, will start training 80 students as dentists, technicians and nurses. Portsmouth has the UK’s first dedicated brain tumour research centre, and the centre for molecular design software helps develop drugs for pharmaceutical companies.

Courses taking their first students this term include creative and media writing, petroleum engineering, acute clinical healthcare, and cyber security. A student IT support centre is new this year, where trained staff are on hand to offer advice. Free wireless broadband access is available in the lounge area, and all student accommodation is wired for free high-speed internet access. Those who would like support getting a business off the ground can turn to the centre for enterprise, which helps current and former students, regardless of their course.

The university’s central facilities are a few minutes’ walk from four miles of seafront. Sailing on the Solent, skydiving and volleyball are among the sporting offerings and the university has produced elite athletes including Daniel Bentley, who won a gold medal in the 2008 Paralympics in the ball game boccia, and Sarah Webb and Chris Draper, Olympic medallists in sailing.

STUDENT VIEW

Steve Topazio, students’ union president:

First impressions The best of three lives: university, city and seaside.
Worst feature Students living off-campus will have to learn to love their local Portsmouth neighbours!
Facilities Most old facilities have been modernised and there are more new buildings. One hall of residence comes complete with sea views.
Deal clincher Nearly half the student population gets involved in union activities.

Rated excellent (11)
Education; French; geography; maths, statistics and operational research; molecular biosciences; nursing; organismal biosciences; pharmacology and pharmacy; politics; psychology; teacher training.

Student satisfaction
History and Archaeology 88.1; Sports Science 86.6; Finance and Accounting 86.5; Physical Geography and Environmental Science 86; English-based studies 84.4; Mathematical Sciences 83.5; Electronic and Electrical Engineering 83.4; Human and Social Geography 82; Biology and related Sciences 81.9; European Languages and Area studies 81.1; Other Languages and Area studies 80.5; Psychology 80.3; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 79.8; Law 79.8; Civil, Chemical and other Engineering 79.4; Physical Science 79.3; Politics 79; Media studies 79; Management 78.3; Art and Design 78.2; Economics 77.8; Computer Science 77.3; Mechanically-based Engineering 77.2; Technology 76.4; Medical Science and Pharmacy 75.9; Tourism, Transport, Travel and others in Business and Administrative studies 75.9; Business 74.7; Nursing 73.6; Performing Arts 72.5; Other subjects allied to Medicine 70.7; Other Creative Arts 68.8; Architecture, Building and Planning 67.3; Social Work 61.8

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