Facts and figures
Position | Name |
---|---|
Vice-Chancellor and President (incoming 1 September 2022) | Professor Evelyn Welch |
Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost (and acting Vice-Chancellor until 31 August 2022) |
Professor Judith Squires |
Pro Vice-Chancellors |
Professor Agnes Nairn |
Registrar and University Secretary | Lucinda Parr |
Chief Operating Officer | Robert Kerse |
Faculty | Number of applicants |
---|---|
Arts | 6.8 |
Life Sciences | 8.7 |
Engineering | 8.8 |
Health Sciences | 12.4 |
Science | 6.2 |
Social Sciences and Law | 8.2 |
Faculty | UCAS score |
---|---|
Arts | 343 |
Life Sciences | 346 |
Engineering | 375 |
Health Sciences | 357 |
Science | 351 |
Social Sciences and Law | 354 |
Faculty | Number |
---|---|
Arts | 4,352 |
Engineering | 2,984 |
Health Sciences | 2,798 |
Life Sciences | 2,503 |
Science | 2,969 |
Social Sciences and Law | 4,705 |
Total | 20,311 |
Notes: The following students are included in the above figures: Students with an enrolled registration status including successful, temporarily suspended studies, registered, withdrawn, repeating a year or pending board. The following students are not included in the above figures: Status of no show, provisional, provisional returner, in-year transfer; dormant or writing up; Faculty 0 (Non Faculty); students on non standard programmes including visiting students, incoming study abroad, non degree, occasional students, students studying at Theological college, pre-sessional, or life long learning.
Figures supplied by Student Systems and Information
Destination | Percentage |
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Paid work for an employer | 65% |
Engaged in a course of study, training or research | 16% |
Self-employment/freelancing | 2.7% |
Unemployed and looking for work | 5.5% |
Running my own business | 0.7% |
Doing something else | 3.7% |
Taking time out to travel | 3.2% |
Voluntary/unpaid work for an employer | 1.6% |
Caring for someone (unpaid) | 0.1% |
Developing a creative, artistic or professional portfolio | 1.6% |
Retired | 0% |
Total | 100% |
The information above was collected as part of the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey. All UK first degree graduates were surveyed approximately six months after they completed their course.
Figures supplied by the Careers Service.
Faculty | Taught | Research |
---|---|---|
Arts | 404 | 219 |
Engineering | 442 | 483 |
Health Sciences | 607 | 271 |
Life Sciences | 248 | 358 |
Science | 169 | 619 |
Social Sciences and Law | 3069 | 313 |
Totals | 4939 | 2263 |
Notes: The following students are included in the above figures: Students with an enrolled registration status including successful, temporarily suspended studies, registered, withdrawn, repeating a year or pending board. The following students are not included in the above figures: Status of no show, provisional, provisional returner, in-year transfer; dormant or writing up; Faculty 0 (Non Faculty); students on non standard programmes including visiting students, incoming study abroad, non degree, occasional students, students studying at Theological college, pre-sessional, or life long learning.
Figures supplied by Student Systems and Information
Category | Core-funded: full-time | Core-funded: part-time | External/split-funded: full-time | External/split-funded: part-time |
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Professional/Administrative Services | 1,958 | 693 | 336 | 192 |
Clinical Academic | 28 | 64 | 68 | 74 |
Operational Services | 335 | 402 | 1 | 0 |
Research and Teaching | 1,524 | 308 | 1,210 | 204 |
Technical Services | 294 | 77 | 101 | 43 |
Totals | 4,139 | 1,544 | 1,716 | 513 |
Grand total | 7,912 |
Figures as at April 2020. Numbers are "positions" rather than "individuals". 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
Amount | |
---|---|
Total income (consolidated) | £707m |
Capital investment | £111m |
Surplus | £36.6m |
For more details refer to the Financial Statements
Figures supplied by the Finance Services
History
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 more about the University's history on the timeline.
Organisation
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.