Editing Winchester (section)

===Tertiary, further and higher education===
The [[University of Winchester]] (formerly King Alfred's College) is a public university based in Winchester and the surrounding area. It is ranked 10th for teaching excellence in The Times and The Sunday Times 2016 Good University Guide, with a 92% rating, and fourth for student satisfaction in England in the National Student Survey 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/content.php?r=21659-University-of-Winchester|title=The University of Winchester - The Student Room|website=www.thestudentroom.co.uk}}</ref> The university origins go back as far as 1840, originally as a Diocesan teacher training centre. King Alfred's, the main campus, is located on a purpose-built campus near the city centre. The West Downs campus is a short walk away, and houses student facilities and accommodation and the business school.<ref>{{cite news|title=Our Campuses|url=http://www.winchester.ac.uk/campuscitylife/Our%20campuses/Pages/Ourcampuses.aspx|publisher=Winchester.ac.uk|access-date=26 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103222911/http://www.winchester.ac.uk/CAMPUSCITYLIFE/OUR%20CAMPUSES/Pages/Ourcampuses.aspx|archive-date=3 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Winchester School of Art]] was founded in the 1860s as an independent institution and is now a school of the [[University of Southampton]]. The School of Art is complemented by the University of Southampton's Erasmus Park student accommodation in Winnall.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.southampton.ac.uk/about/faculties-schools-departments/winchester-school-of-art |title=Winchester School of Art |publisher=University of Southampton |access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.southampton.ac.uk/student-life/accommodation/halls/erasmus-park |title=Erasmus Park |publisher=University of Southampton |access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref>

[[Peter Symonds College]] is a college that serves Winchester. It began as a [[Grammar school]] for boys in 1897, and became a co-educational sixth-form college in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.psc.ac.uk/college/history.php |title=Add citation |access-date=5 May 2018 |archive-date=5 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505135417/https://www.psc.ac.uk/college/history.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>