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University of Bristol – The NO.27 of QS World University Rankings 2010

University of Bristol – The NO.27 of QS World University Rankings 2010. Every year QS World University Rankings will post a ranking of the world’s top 500 Universities by Quacquarelli Symonds using a methodology since 2004.

As the NO.27 of QS World University Rankings 2010, University of Bristol has many different place and advantage from other University. Here are some data for University of Bristol from Quacquarelli Symonds:
Country        Size       Research  Focus  Score 
United Kingdom  L           VH       FC    85.22

About University of Bristol: The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. One of the so-called “red brick” universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.

Bristol is the most popular multifaculty university in the UK, with over 14 applicants vying for each place. For some of the most popular courses, such as Economics and Law, the applicant to place ratio is often as high as 40:1. The University has an annual turnover of ￡347m and is the largest independent employer in Bristol.

The University is a member of the Russell Group, European-wide Coimbra Group and the Worldwide Universities Network, of which the University’s Vice-Chancellor Prof Eric Thomas was Chair (2005–2007). The University of Bristol has approximately 18,000 students.

The earliest antecedent of the university was the engineering department of the Merchant Venturers’ Technical College (founded as a school as early as 1595) which became the Engineering faculty of Bristol University. The University was also preceded by Bristol Medical School (1833) and University College, Bristol, founded in 1876, where its first lecture was attended by only 99 students. The University was able to apply for a Royal Charter due to the financial support of the Wills and Fry families, who made their fortunes in tobacco plantations and chocolate, respectively. Although the Wills Family made huge sums of money from the slave using plantations, they later became abolitionists who gave their money to the city of Bristol. The Royal Charter was gained in May 1909, with 288 undergraduates and 400 other students entering the University in October 1909. Henry Overton Wills III became its first chancellor. The University College was the first such institution in the country to admit women on the same basis as men. However, women were forbidden to take examinations in medicine until 1906.

The University of Bristol is so good and nice. In 2011, I think that University of Bristol will be much batter, it is very good University.

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