Welcome to our Open Experience Day
We can't wait to welcome you to the Faculty of Technology. You can search for your Open Experience Day course session below.
All our activities and sessions are based in Portland Building (PO1 3AH), Map Reference 2.
Faculty Information Fair
Our drop-in information Fair runs from 10.00am - 3.00pm.
Join us in Portland Building and get a taste for life as a Technology student. Talk to our knowledgeable staff and students and find out more about our innovative approach to teaching and the wide variety of opportunities and experiences available to support your journey to graduation.
Parents and Supporters Talk
11.15am - 12.15pm, Portland Building (PO1 3AH), Map Reference 2.
Whilst you are learning more about your course, parents and guardians can hear about our ethos and the overall student experience offered by the Faculty of Technology. They will discover more about the many ways we support our students, and how our passion for high quality, innovative teaching equips our students with both the skills and the knowledge required to be employable graduates
Course sessions
All our course sessions run from 11.00am - 1.30pm and include a welcome talk, a course specific activity for students to take part in and course talk focusing on the content and delivery of your course.
Faculty of Technology Course Sessions
Session details
11.00am - 1.30pm (session duration 2.5 hours)
Portland Building
Map Reference: 2
In this session you will experience what life as a student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in a hands on activity to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like. You will have an opportunity to find out more about your chosen course and be introduced to some of the activities that surveyors may be involved in at different stages of construction project.
Session details
11.00am - 1.30pm (session duration 2.5 hours)
Portland Building
Map Reference: 2
In this session you will experience what life as a student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in a hands on activity to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like. You will have an opportunity to find out more about your chosen course and be introduced to some of the activities that civil engineers may be involved in.
Session details
11.00am - 1.30pm (session duration 2.5 hours)
Portland Building
Map Reference: 2
In this session you will experience what life as a student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in a hands on activity to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like. You will get the opportunity to practice block coding or enjoy programming open hardware sensor boards with fellow students.
Session details
11.00am - 1.30pm (session duration 2.5 hours)
Portland Building
Map Reference: 2
In this session you will experience what life as a student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in a short taster session to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like. You'll take part in an activity in our CISCO and VMware networking lab, identifying appropriate real world network equipment.
Session details
11.00am - 1.30pm (session duration 2.5 hours)
Portland Building
Map Reference: 2
In this session you will experience what life as a student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in a hands on activity to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like. You'll get the opportunity to practice block coding or enjoy programming open hardware sensor boards with fellow students.
Session details
11.00am - 1.30pm (session duration 2.5 hours)
Portland Building
Map Reference: 2
In this session you will experience what life as a student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in a hands on activity to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like. You will have an opportunity to find out more about your chosen course and be introduced to some of the activities that construction managers may be involved in at different stages of construction project.
Session details
11.00am - 1.30pm (session duration 2.5 hours)
Portland Building
Map Reference: 2
In this session you will experience what life as a Cyber Security and Digital Forensics student at Portsmouth is like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in a hands-on activity in our cyber security and digital forensic lab.
Session details
11.00am - 1.30pm (session duration 2.5 hours)
Portland Building
Map Reference: 2
In this session you will experience what life as a student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in a hands on activity to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like. You will have the opportunity to take part in a data analytics and visualization activity.
Session details
11.00am - 1.30pm (session duration 2.5 hours)
Anglesea Building
Map Reference: 10
In this session you will experience what life as a student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in a hands on activity to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like This session will give you the opportunity to experience a typical practical session in our main undergraduate teaching lab.
You will have a chance to meet members of teaching and technical staff, and current students. You will also have an opportunity to ask questions about the course or your time at university and learn more about the course from staff.
Session details
10.30am - 10.45am (session duration 15 minutes)
Anglesea Building
Map Reference: 10
In this session you'll meet the course leader who will give you a overview of what you would study in your foundation year. You will then be taken to your taster session where you will experience what life as a student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in a hands on activity to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like.
Session details
11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)
Portland Building
Map Reference: 2
In this session you will experience what life as a Mathematics student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in hands-on activities to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like.
You will take part in a taster of differential equations: in this activity we will see how to build on the simple differential equations you know from your A-level to look at more complex systems of equations, and some of the many real world applications.
You will also take a first look at how mathematical models can be used to make predictions using data. When building models it is very useful to visualize their predictions on a computer, and this will form part of the session.
Session details
11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)
Portland Building
Map Reference: 2
In this session you will experience what life as a Mathematics student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in hands-on activities to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like.
You will take part in a taster of differential equations: in this activity we will see how to build on the simple differential equations you know from your A-level to look at more complex systems of equations, and some of the many real world applications.
You will also take a first look at how mathematical models can be used to make predictions using data. When building models it is very useful to visualize their predictions on a computer, and this will form part of the session.
Session details
11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)
Portland Building
Map Reference: 2
In this session you will experience what life as a Mathematics student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in hands-on activities to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like.
You will take part in a taster of differential equations: in this activity we will see how to build on the simple differential equations you know from your A-level to look at more complex systems of equations, and some of the many real world applications.
You will also take a first look at how mathematical models can be used to make predictions using data. When building models it is very useful to visualize their predictions on a computer, and this will form part of the session.
Session details
11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)
Portland Building
Map Reference: 2
In this session you will experience what life as a Mathematics student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in hands-on activities to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like.
You will take part in a taster of differential equations: in this activity we will see how to build on the simple differential equations you know from your A-level to look at more complex systems of equations, and some of the many real world applications.
You will also take a first look at how mathematical models can be used to make predictions using data. When building models it is very useful to visualize their predictions on a computer, and this will form part of the session.
Session details
11.00am - 1.30pm (session duration 2.5 hours)
Anglesea Building
Map Reference: 10
In this session you will experience what life as a student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in a hands on activity to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like.
You will get a chance to visit the many labs our students have access to, and see some of our equipment in action. This includes our wind tunnel, 3D printers, and scanners. You'll take part in a CAD modelling exercise, observe a lab experiment, and learn about the use of materials characterisation equipment.
Session details
11.00am - 1.30pm (session duration 2.5 hours)
Anglesea Building
Map Reference: 10
In this session you will experience what life as a student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in a hands on activity to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like.
You will get a chance to visit the many labs our students have access to, and see some of our equipment in action. This includes our wind tunnel, 3D printers, and scanners. You'll take part in a CAD modelling exercise, observe a lab experiment, and learn about the use of materials characterisation equipment.
Session details
11.00am - 1.30pm (session duration 2.5 hours)
Portland Building
Map Reference: 2
In this session you will experience what life as a student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in a hands on activity to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like.
First you'll get the opportunity to setup and take measurements using the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) which is used for the surface characterisation of micro and nanostructures, followed by a demonstration of the Magnetron plasma sputtering system which is used for the synthesis of nanomaterials. You will also take part in demonstration to understand cosmological and astrophysical events such as gravitational waves and galaxy distributions.
Session details
11.00am - 1.30pm (session duration 2.5 hours)
Portland Building
Map Reference: 2
In this session you will experience what life as a student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in a hands on activity to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like.
First you'll get the opportunity to setup and take measurements using the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) which is used for the surface characterisation of micro and nanostructures, followed by a demonstration of the Magnetron plasma sputtering system which is used for the synthesis of nanomaterials. You will also take part in demonstration to understand cosmological and astrophysical events such as gravitational waves and galaxy distributions.
Session details
11.00am - 1.30pm (session duration 2.5 hours)
Anglesea Building
Map Reference: 10
In this session you will experience what life as a student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in a hands-on activity to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like.
You'll get the opportunity to engage with various digital sketching, CAD, 3D rendering, and visualisation software packages to model, analyse and animate product designs. You can also try out professional design equipment in the Studio, then interact with our 3D printers and scanners.
Session details
11.00am - 1.30pm (session duration 2.5 hours)
Portland Building
Map Reference: 2
In this session you will experience what life as a student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in a hands on activity to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like. You will have an opportunity to find out more about your chosen course and be introduced to some of the activities that surveyors may be involved in at different stages of construction project.
Session details
11.00am - 1.30pm (session duration 2.5 hours)
Portland Building
Map Reference: 2
In this session you will experience what life as a student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in a hands on activity to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like. You will have an opportunity to find out more about your chosen course and be introduced to some of the activities that surveyors may be involved in at different stages of construction project.
Session details
11.00am - 1.30pm (session duration 2.5 hours)
Anglesea Building
Map Reference: 10
In this session you will meet the course leader who will give you an overview of what you would study on the course. You will then be taken to your taster session where you will experience what life as a student at Portsmouth would be like.
You will meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in an activity in one of the teaching labs to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like.
Session details
11.00am - 1.30pm (session duration 2.5 hours)
Portland Building
Map Reference: 2
In this session you will experience what life as a student at Portsmouth would be like. You'll meet your future lecturers as well as current students on the course, and take part in a hands on activity to give you a flavour of what studying on this course would look like You will look at the software development process, from inception to maintenance and analyse real world examples.