THE UNIVERSITY

Facts and figures

History

old physics workshop

The University was founded in 1876 as University College, Bristol. It was the first higher education institution in England to admit women on an equal basis to men. See more about the University's history on the timeline.

Organisation

students studying

The University organises its academic affairs in some 25 academic schools which are arranged into six faculties. More information about the governance of the University is available.

Senior Officers of the University
Position Name
Chancellor The Right Honourable the Baroness Hale of Richmond
Pro-Chancellors Dr Alison Bernays, Professor Dame Carol Black, Dr James Foulds, Sir James Tidmarsh, Dr Moger Wolley
Vice-Chancellor Professor Eric Thomas
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor David Clarke
Pro Vice-Chancellors Professor Guy Orpen, Professor Nick Lieven
Registrar and Chief Operating Officer Ms Robin Geller
Deputy Registrar Ms Lynn Robinson
Ratio of applications to places 2012
Faculty Number of applicants
Arts 7.8
Engineering 5.8
Medical and Veterinary Science 9.6
Medicine and Dentistry 17.4
Science 6.3
Social Sciences and Law 6.9
Average UCAS tariff scores 2012
Faculty UCAS score
Arts 461.0
Engineering 516.3
Medical and Veterinary Science 463.7
Medicine and Dentistry 501.0
Science 486.3
Social Sciences and Law 476.9
Undergraduate students 2011/12
Faculty Number
Arts 2,870
Engineering 1,881
Medical and Veterinary Science 1,540
Medicine and Dentistry 1,707
Science 2,974
Social Sciences and Law 2,487
Total 13,459

Notes: The following students are included in the above figures: status of registered, successful, withdrawn. The following students are not included in the above figures: status of no show, provisional, provisional returner, in-year transfer; dormant or writing up; Faculty 0 (Non Faculty)

Figures supplied by Student Systems and Information

Known destinations of graduates 2010/11
Destination Percentage
Full-time paid work 51.4%
Part-time paid work 6.5%
Voluntary/unpaid work 3.0%
Work and study 6.7%
Further study 20.0%
Assumed to be unemployed 5.9%
Not available for employment* 3.5%
Other 1.1%
Explicit refusal 1.9%
Total 100%

Note: *Not available for employment mostly means travelling for Bristol graduates, but also includes permanently unable to work, temporarily sick, retired or looking after the home.

Figures supplied by the Careers Service. The information above was collected as part of the DLHE survey. All UK and EU first degree and higher degree graduates were surveyed approximately six months after they completed their course.

Postgraduate students 2011/12
Faculty Taught Research
Arts 514 293
Engineering 315 331
Medical and Veterinary Science 102 257
Medicine and Dentistry 454 174
Science 140 659
Social Sciences and Law 1,856 568
Totals 3,381 2,282

Notes: The following students are included in the above figures: status of registered, successful, withdrawn. The following students are not included in the above figures: status of no show, provisional, provisional returner, in-year transfer; dormant or writing up; non-faculty.

Figures supplied by Student Systems and Information

Postgraduate degrees 2011/12
Faculty Taught Research
Arts 332 50
Engineering 275 83
Medical and Veterinary Science 40 81
Medicine and Dentistry 155 65
Science 110 169
Social Sciences and Law 1,519 154
Totals 2,431 602

Figures supplied by Student Systems and Information

Staff numbers as at 1 October 2012
Category Core-funded: full-time Core-funded: part-time External/split-funded: full-time External/split-funded: part-time
Professional/Administrative Services 947 565 267 164
Clinical Academic 30 37 92 59
Operational Services 350 407 3 8
Research and Teaching 987 199 911 246
Technical Services 214 49 114 72
Totals 2,528 1,257 1,387 549
Grand total 5,721

Numbers are "appointments" rather than "people". All 100% core-funded staff are described as "core-funded", all other staff are described as "External/split-funded" (including where funding is "internal").

Figures supplied by Human Resources

Key financial figures 2011/12
Expenditure Amount
Total income £426.7m
Capital investment £56.0m
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year £9.8m

For more details refer to the Financial Statements

Figures supplied by the Finance Services