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University of Bristol
Latin: Universitas Bristolliensis
Motto
Latin: Vim promovet insitam
Motto in English
[Learning] promotes one's innate power (from Horace, Ode 4.4)[1]
Type
Public red brick research university
Established
1595 – Merchant Venturers School 1876 – University College, Bristol 1909 – received royal charter
Endowment
£86.1 million (2023)[2]
Budget
£902.2 million (2022/23)[2]
Chancellor
Sir Paul Nurse[3]
Vice-Chancellor
Professor Evelyn Welch
Visitor
Rt Hon. Penny Mordaunt MP (as Lord President of the Council ex officio)
[4]
The University of Bristol is a red brick Russell Group research university in Bristol, England.[8] It received its royal charter in 1909,[9] 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.[10]
Bristol is organised into six academic faculties composed of multiple schools and departments running over 200 undergraduate courses, largely in the Tyndalls Park area of the city.[11] The university had a total income of £902.2 million in 2022–23, of which £203.3 million was from research grants and contracts.[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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^ abc"Financial Statements for the Year to 31 July 2023" (PDF). University of Bristol. p. 89. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
^"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.
^ ab"Who's working in HE?". www.hesa.ac.uk.
^ abc"Where do HE students study? | HESA". hesa.ac.uk.
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^"Maps and Guides". The University precinct map. Retrieved 28 April 2008.
^"The University of Bristol Acts". The University of Bristol Act 1909. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
^"Bristol University History". History of the University. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
^"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.
^"Russell Group Our Universities". Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^"The Coimbra Group". List of Coimbra Group Members. 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.
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