University of Portsmouth
The University of Portsmouth is a university in the city of Portsmouth, England. It was previously known as Portsmouth Polytechnic until 1992, when it was granted university status through theFurther and Higher Education Act 1992.
The University is a member of the University Alliance and The Channel Islands Universities Consortium.
The University of Portsmouth was ranked 59th by The Complete University Guide 2016, 55th by The Guardian University Guide 2015, and 57th by The Sunday Times University Guide 2015.
Internationally, The University was ranked 85th in Times Higher Education’s ‘100 under 50’ rankings of international modern universities 2015.
Portsmouth was rated in the top 400 universities in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-13.