Bristol’s a big hitter when it comes to tech and innovation. At the heart of the Silicon Gorge Triangle, we’re #5 in Europe when it comes to top tech, innovation, and research and brands including Just Eat, Sony, Amazon and Oracle call our city home.
Bristol has its own accent, anyway. Bristolian is a very special dialect – one of the closest live accents to ancient English – and includes some unique words and phrases.
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and county in South West England. It is England’s sixth and the United Kingdom’s eighth most populous city, and the most populous city in Southern England after London. The city borders the Unitary Authority areas of North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, with the historic cities of Bath and Gloucester to the south-east and north-east, respectively.
University of Bristol Facts
Our courses are shaped by the very latest thinking, and our students work on real-life projects with academics who are experts in their field.
Bristol is small enough to feel warm and friendly, with Wellbeing Advisers in both University residences and academic schools to support our students, personal tutors, and additional support services.
It’s also big enough to provide outstanding extracurricular opportunities, including a host of clubs, sporting activities and community and volunteering groups.
Bristol continually invest in new and existing facilities, training and technology.
We have a comprehensive network of support services to ensure that our students can get help and advice on all aspects of university life – academic, personal, financial and practical – if and when they need it.
Bristol consistently ranks in the world’s top 100 and UK’s top ten universities in league tables that draw on information about both research and teaching excellence.
We are one of the most popular UK universities, attracting on average eight top-quality applicants for every place, and our graduates are among the most sought-after by employers across the globe.
The University of Bristol, founded in 1876, is ranked 58th in the world (QS World University Rankings 2021).