University of Bristol

The Institution of Bristol is a red brick research university in Bristol, England, that is a member of the Russell Group. However, it may trace its origins back to a Merchant Venturers' school established in 1595 as well as University College, Bristol, which had been in operation since 1876 before receiving its royal charter.

Its academic faculties are divided into six divisions, each of which include a number of schools and departments that together provide over 200 undergraduate courses, most of which are located in the Tyndalls Park region of the city. The university earned a total of £682.9 million in revenue in 2019–20, with research grants and contracts accounting for 151.9 million of that total. As the biggest independent employer in Bristol, it is also the most profitable. At currently, there are 21 fellows in the Academy of Medical Sciences, 13 fellows in the British Academy, 13 colleagues in the Royal Academy of Engineering and 44 fellows in the Royal Society, among other academic institutions. Nine Nobel laureates are among the institution's graduates and professors, according to the university.

This research-intensive British university is also a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities, the Coimbra Group, which is a European-wide network of research-intensive European universities, and the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), whom the chairman was the university's previous vice-chancellor, Eric Thomas, from 2005 to 2007. Furthermore, the university is a signatory to the Erasmus Charter, and it sends more than 500 students every year to partner colleges around Europe. Every undergraduate position attracts an average of 6.4 candidates (sciences faculty) to 13.1 applicants (medicine & dentistry faculty) per spot.