University of Portsmouth

The University of Portsmouth is based in a vibrant city location with a lively pub and club scene, as well as being close by to the sea. The University has dedicated careers and recruitment services, a strong graduate employment record and all courses reflect their commitment to your future career.

Their roots go back to 1869, when the Portsmouth and Gosport School of Science and Art was founded. This school was set up to train engineers and skilled workmen for the Royal Navy dockyard and city docks.Today, the University’s work in neuro-oncology and neuroscience, establishing the role of genes that are important in developmental processes and its work addressing the fundamental questions in cosmology and astrophysics, is rated as world-leading and internationally excellent. It also has a growing reputation in health subjects.

The £9-million Dental Academy trains student dentists in their final year at King’s College London in a team-based setting with dental therapists and hygienists. More than 600 radiographers, paramedics, medical technologists, pharmacists and social workers graduate each year.

The university comprises of more than 40 buildings across the harbour-side city, and has invested heavily into its building and resources over the last ten years.