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About University of Bristol
Bristol's predecessor, University College, Bristol, opened in 1876 and admitted women from the start; the Bristol Medical School (1833) merged into it in 1893. Gifts from the Wills and Fry families helped it win a royal charter as the University of Bristol in 1909. Physicist Paul Dirac is among its graduates, and the university now teaches across the sciences, engineering, medicine and the humanities from a precinct in central Bristol.
At a glance
- International
- 35%
- Students per teacher
- 14:1
- Founded
- 1909
- Type
- Public
- Campus
- Urban
Bristol, United Kingdom51.455, -2.597
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- QSQS#57World · 2027Source
- THETHE=80World · 2026Source
- WebometricsWebometrics#138World · 2026United Kingdom #13Source
- CWURCWUR#102World · 2026United Kingdom #9Source
- ARWUARWU=91World · 2026Source
- URAPURAP#142World · 2025United Kingdom #10Source
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