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=== Governance ===
The university is ceremonially headed by Karen Blackett, who was installed as chancellor in 2017. The university is, however, run day-to-day by the vice-chancellor, presently Professor Graham Galbraith, along with a single integrated decision-making body known as the university executive board. This includes deputy vice-chancellors, the provost, the chief financial officer and the executive deans of faculties, together with the chief people officer and the executive director of corporate governance.
The university's board of governors is the university’s governing body and is ultimately responsible for the university and all of its activities.
=== Faculties ===
The University of Portsmouth is composed of five faculties divided into a number of schools, institutes, academies and departments:
=== Finances ===
According to an independent assessment in 2017, the University of Portsmouth is worth £1.1 billion to the British economy and brings £476 million to the city.
== Academic profile ==
Portsmouth offers more than 200 undergraduate degrees and 150 postgraduate degrees, as well as 65 research degree programs.
=== Research ===
Over 60% of research submitted by the university to REF2014 was rated as world-leading and internationally excellent. 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 university received the highest overall rating of Gold in the most recent Teaching Excellence Framework in 2021, one of only 27 Gold rated universities in England and one of five Gold rated universities in the South East.
=== Rankings ===
Portsmouth was rated in the top 401–500 universities in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2025, #635 by QS World University Rankings for 2026, #901-1,000 by Academic Ranking of World Universities for 2024, #558 by U.S. News & World Report for 2025-2026, and #847 by …
