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At Portsmouth, you’ll find the Clearing experience is straightforward, positive and focused on what’s best for you. Our friendly Clearing Team will listen to your goals and interests, and help you find the right course for and your needs.
If you get an offer from us during Clearing, it will be valid for 24 hours. This gives you time to reflect, discuss with family and friends, and weigh up any other offers you have.
Accommodation
Most of our halls are close to the city centre and to campus. There's a wide range of options to suit everyone's needs. Portsmouth has the most affordable student rents in the South East. Prices in halls start from £110 a week.
If you apply through Clearing, you'll be offered a guaranteed room in halls if you accept your offer within 24 hours of receiving it and apply for accommodation as a new full-time undergraduate student by 9am on 20 August 2025.
Get to know us better
Join a Clearing Webinar or Clearing Visit Day to learn more, and explore our campus and halls. Visit our website to book.
Portsmouth is the only university to offer Connected Degrees: a three-year course with a flexible fourth year placement. Most courses can be Connected Degrees.
This gives you more time to explore your career choices, and to find the perfect placement. It also means you can stay connected to the same friends throughout your studies. Then glide into professional life, with full support from the University throughout your placement. And if you prefer a placement year at the traditional time, you can opt to do it after year two.
As well as paid placements with employers, UK students can choose a self-employed placement as a traditional sandwich year, getting a start-up or freelance career off the ground with expert support.
Portsmouth achieved the full five-star rating for excellence in the internationally recognised QS World University rankings in 2024, and the highest possible Gold rating in the most recent Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). With transferable skills, industry insight and professional connections, it’s no wonder 94 per cent of Portsmouth graduates are in work or further study (HESA 2021/22).
Here are a few things that make us stand out:
- With a £400m plan for the future of our campus, we’re always improving and updating – from our Centre for Creative and Immersive XR, to our new sustainable Ravelin Sports Centre.
- From facilities that simulate workplaces, to live projects with industry and opportunities for professional placements, you’ll learn practical skills that employers value.
- Portsmouth achieved the full five-star rating for excellence in the internationally recognised QS World University rankings 2024.
- With transferable skills, industry insight and professional connections, it’s no wonder 94 per cent of Portsmouth graduates are in work or further study (HESA 2020/21).
- Portsmouth achieved a Gold rating in the most recent Teaching Excellence Framework, which means it offers some of the most outstanding teaching in the UK.
And if you need help with anything – from wellbeing to academic skills – there’s extensive support on tap. We also offer wide-ranging financial support including scholarships and bursaries. Whatever success means to you, you’ll find it at Portsmouth.
Visit us
Want to get a taste of what’s to come? There’s no better way than to visit us at one of the many undergraduate open events we run. Whether you want to have your questions answered by students, meet course leaders, view our accommodation or explore our seaside city, we have an event for you.
Ways to get in touch
T:+44(0)23 9284 4444
E: myport@port.ac.uk
W: www.port.ac.uk
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