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 the detailed history for further information.

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 Position currently vacant
Deputy Registrar Ms Lynn Robinson
Ratio of applications to places
Faculty Number of applicants
Arts 11.6
Engineering 8.0
Medical and Veterinary Science 10.0
Medicine and Dentistry 14.1
Science 9.4
Social Sciences and Law 8.6
Average UCAS tariff scores
Faculty UCAS score
Arts 459.3
Engineering 513.8
Medical and Veterinary Science 444.1
Medicine and Dentistry 493.1
Science 499
Social Sciences and Law 462.7
Undergraduate students 2010/11
Faculty Number
Arts 2,798
Engineering 1,821
Medical and Veterinary Science 1,491
Medicine and Dentistry 1,674
Science 2,911
Social Sciences and Law 2,492
Total 13,187

Notes: The following students are included in the above figures: status of registered, successful, withdrawn.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

Known destinations of graduates 2009/10*
Destination Percentage
Full-time paid work 53.8%
Part-time paid work 6.1%
Voluntary/unpaid work 2.5%
Work and study 5.2%
Further study 20.4%
Assumed to be unemployed 5.5%
Not available for employment* 3.7%
Other 1.0%
Explicit refusal 1.8%
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 in April and January each year.

Postgraduate students 2010/11
Faculty Taught Research
Arts 429 289
Engineering 346 333
Medical and Veterinary Science 86 243
Medicine and Dentistry 471 172
Science 132 523
Social Sciences and Law 1,989 570
Totals 3,453 2,130

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 2010/11
Faculty Taught Research
Arts 243 52
Engineering 238 86
Medical and Veterinary Science 54 58
Medicine and Dentistry 177 60
Science 74 168
Social Sciences and Law 1,083 139
Totals 1,869 563

Figures supplied by Student Systems and Information

Staff numbers as at 1 October 2011
Category Core-funded: full-time Core-funded: part-time External/split-funded: full-time External/split-funded: part-time
Administrative and professional staff 907 481 254 171
Clinical Academic staff 35 34 78 60
Operational Staff 343 394 3 6
Research and teaching staff 916 174 885 201
Technical staff 201 45 122 69
Totals 2,402 1,128 1,342 507
Grand total 5,379

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 2010/11
Expenditure Amount
Total income £408.8m
Capital investment £65.0m
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year £14.8m

For more details refer to the Financial Statements

Figures supplied by the Finance Services