[11] It is one of five universities in the South East of England to have been awarded the highest rating of Gold in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework.

[18] The main premises, located at the Crown Sale Rooms in Pembroke Street, was attended by both male and female students.

[19] The curriculum comprised a range of skills including practical geometry, artistic anatomy, and architectural and mechanical drawing.

Smith and completed in 1908, the building incorporates a combination of Flemish and Renaissance architectural styles.

[16] In autumn of 1911, the first addition of student magazine The Galleon, reported the creation of a women's Basketball team and expressed discontent over the state of the common room.

[27] In December 2022, an employment tribunal ruled that when the university failed to reappoint Kajal Sharma to her job, it had racially discriminated against her.

Langstone is the smaller of the two campuses, located in Milton on the eastern edge of Portsea Island.

The university has also recently invested in the Faculty of Science, in particular by renovating the aluminium-clad main building, St Michael's.

On 7 June 2013, the University of Portsmouth announced its partnership with the Military Technological College of Oman.

[34] This has been criticised by the student Amnesty International Society and by Campaign Against the Arms Trade who consider Oman an authoritarian regime, likely to use military capabilities on their own citizens or in regional conflicts.

The aim of the London campus is to boost the local economy by an estimated £372 million by 2043, and create over 500 new jobs.

The University of Portsmouth is worth £1.1 billion to the British economy and brings £476 million to the city, an independent assessment in 2017 has shown.

[40] The university formerly validated BSc (Hons) degrees in Acupuncture and MSc courses in Traditional Chinese medicine that were carried out by the London College of Traditional Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, a private education provider that collapsed in early 2011.

[42] In two subject areas respectively – Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy, and Physics – 90% and 89% of all research submitted was rated as world leading and internationally excellent.

The Students' Union offers members support services, development opportunities and represent them at different levels throughout the university, in the community and beyond.

The service delivers a range of academic & non-academic, information, advice, and guidance to the students of the University of Portsmouth and partner institutions.

The service also undertakes other activities and events throughout the year to promote the health and wellbeing of students.

The Advice Service is based in Gun House at The Union, next door to Cafe Coco.

The university formerly had an active newspaper, The Galleon, as well as a video production society called Victory Studios.