University of Bristol
| Motto | Latin: Vim promovet insitam |
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Motto in English | [Learning] promotes one's innate power (from Horace, Ode 4.4)[1] |
| Type | Public red brick research university |
| Established |
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| Endowment | £98.7 million (2024)[2] |
| Budget | £1.060 billion (2023/24)[2] |
| Chancellor | Paul Nurse[3] |
| Vice-Chancellor | Evelyn Welch |
| Visitor | Rt Hon. Sir Alan Campbell MP (as Lord President of the Council ex officio)[4] |
Academic staff | 3,770 (2023/24)[5] |
Administrative staff | 5,335 (2023/24)[5] |
| Students | 32,145 (2023/24)[6] 30,335 FTE (2023/24)[6] |
| Undergraduates | 23,790 (2023/24)[6] |
| Postgraduates | 8,355 (2023/24)[6] |
| Location | , 51°27′23″N 02°36′16″W / 51.45639°N 2.60444°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Students' Union | University of Bristol Union |
| Colours | Pantone 187[7] |
| Affiliations |
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| Website | bristol |
The University of Bristol is a public research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909,[8] although it can trace its roots to a Merchant Venturers' school founded in 1595 and University College, Bristol, which had been in existence since 1876.[9] Bristol Medical School, founded in 1833, was merged with the University College in 1893, and later became the university's school of medicine.[10]
The university is organised into three academic faculties composed of multiple schools and departments running over 200 undergraduate courses, largely in the Tyndall's Park area of the city.[11] It had a total income of £1.06 billion in 2023–24, of which £294.1 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £768.7 million.[2] It is the largest independent employer in Bristol.[12] Current academics include 23 fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 13 fellows of the British Academy, 43 fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences,[13] 13 fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering and 48 fellows of the Royal Society.[14] The University of Bristol's alumni and faculty include 13 Nobel laureates.[15]
Bristol is a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities,[16] the European-wide Coimbra Group[17] and the Worldwide Universities Network, of which the university's previous vice-chancellor, Eric Thomas, was chairman from 2005 to 2007.[18] In addition, the university holds an Erasmus Charter, sending more than 500 students per year to partner institutions in Europe.[19] It has an average of 6.4 (Sciences faculty) to 13.1 (Medicine & Dentistry Faculty) applicants for each undergraduate place.[20]
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- ^ "Bristol University". Chancellor's biography. Archived from the original on 7 June 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
- ^ "Institutions for which the President of the Council acts as Visitor". Privy Council Office. Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
- ^ a b "Who's working in HE?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Staff numbers by HE provider: HE staff by HE provider and activity standard occupational classification. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Students by HE provider: HE student enrolments by HE provider. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
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- ^ "Bristol University History". History of the University. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
- ^ "History of the University | About the University". University of Bristol. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "About our courses – Study at Bristol". University of Bristol.
- ^ "Key Facts and Figures". University of Bristol. 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "Academy of Social Sciences". The National Academy of Academics, Learned Societies and Practitioners in the Social Sciences. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ "Nobel Prizes and Fellowships". University of Bristol. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ "Nobel Prizes and Fellowships". University of Bristol. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ "Our Universities". Russell Group. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ "List of Coimbra Group Members". The Coimbra Group. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2007.
- ^ "List of WUN Group Members". The Worldwide Universities Network. Retrieved 14 May 2007.
- ^ "Our research impact – Research". University of Bristol.
- ^ "Facts and figures – About the University". University of Bristol.