Length of degrees

Most social sciences and arts courses take three years to complete and lead to a bachelor's degree (BA, BSc or LLB).

Most science, engineering and some medical sciences courses offer a four-year integrated master's (MEng, MSci or three-year bachelor's (BEng, BSc) course. If you're unsure about which course to choose, we recommend you apply for the integrated master's course to secure four years of financial support.

Dentistry, medicine and veterinary science degrees usually take five years to complete.

Tailor your course to suit you

Our courses are made up of mandatory and optional units for you to choose from. You may also be able to take one or more units in a different subject area, enabling you to explore your interests in other areas of study.

Courses with Study in Industry

Many of our courses include a year of industrial experience. You'll spend the first two years studying before gaining valuable experience in industry during your third year. You'll resume the course for your fourth and final year.

Courses with time spent abroad

Some of our courses provide the opportunity to study and work abroad for a full year of your degree. These courses allow you to internationalise your degree, gain a new perspective and enhance your CV.

Courses with Innovation and Quantitative Research Methods

If your course consists of an Innovation or Quantitative Research Methods (Q-Step) element, you'll spend two-thirds of your studies following the relevant single honours degree course structure. The remaining third provides practical innovation project work or training in quantitative methods which serves as invaluable employability experience.

Intercalation

We support students who want to enhance their medicine, dentistry or veterinary science degrees by intercalating. We also welcome students from other universities who are looking to intercalate at Bristol.

For more information and a list of available courses, please see our intercalated degrees pages.

Studying part-time

We offer specific part-time degrees and a number of our full-time degrees may also be studied part-time. Please check individual course entries for details.