# University of Bristol

- Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
- Type: Public
- Founded: 1909
- Official website: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/
- CollegeStat profile: https://collegestat.britexstudy-15d.workers.dev/university/university-of-bristol-ad695799

## Summary

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.

## Key facts

- rank: #57 (QS 2027) — https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx

## Sources

- [rank](https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx)
- [Official website](https://www.bristol.ac.uk/)
- [Reference](https://ror.org/0524sp257)
- [Official facts: 31,132 students and 10,903 international students (2024/25); founded 1876 as University College](https://www.bristol.ac.uk/university/facts/)
- [1909 royal charter, motto, history (Wikipedia cross-check)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Bristol)

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