Academic Research
With a range of universities amongst the best in the country, the Bristol city region can boast a real strength and depth across many areas of research, notably:
- Advanced engineering – particularly in aerospace and robotics
- Environmental – especially in geotechnologies, renewable energy and the built environment
- Medical – across many branches of medicine and biological sciences
- Digital technologies – especially in relation to creative technologies and computing
To find out more about the individual universities in the city region follow the links below:
- Bath Spa University
- University of Bath
- University of Bristol
- University of the West of England (UWE)
You can also download the Research Assessment Exercise 2008 (RAE, 25.5Mb PDF) ratings from the official RAE2008 website. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) distributes public money for teaching and research to universities and colleges. In doing so, it aims to promote high quality education and research, within a financially healthy sector. The RAE is a regular peer review exercise to evaluate the quality of research in UK higher education institutions.
“Fact 34/100: Britain’s oldest chocolate firm, J S Fry & Sons, began life in Bristol in the eighteenth century when Dr Joseph Fry made chocolate at his apothecary shop in Small Street.” source: Science City Bristol 100 facts pdf |
“Fact 84/100: Nipper, the dog whose image was registered as the His Master's Voice trademark in 1900 by Emile Berliner, the inventor of the flat disc record, was born in Bristol in 1884.” source: Science City Bristol 100 facts pdf |
