University of Bristol

IP Group signed its partnership with the University of Bristol in December 2005. Bristol is a world leader in subjects ranging from aerospace engineering to biochemistry, classics to mathematics, clinical neuroscience to policy studies and the University of Bristol is one of the leading research universities in the UK.

In the latest independent assessment of research quality (RAE 2001), 78 per cent of the University of Bristol’s departments were judged to be world class or internationally excellent. Fifteen departments at Bristol University achieved the top grade of 5*. A further 21 departments were awarded grade 5, which signifies international excellence. Across the sciences, the quality of research at Bristol has emerged as among the very highest in the UK.

The number of University of Bristol departments in the top two grades rose to 36 from the 20 achieved in the last RAE in 1996. Seventy-eight per cent of the University's departments were judged as world class or internationally excellent and 76 per cent of all the academic staff work in departments ranked at these levels.

The University of Bristol is also one of the leaders in the UK university enterprise agenda, building on research and education to deliver benefit to the local community and the UK knowledge economy.

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