UWE Bristol
Introduction
At UWE Bristol we empower you to make a choice. To choose a university that challenges itself as much as you. To choose a passion that gives you purpose. To choose a community that leads the way, encouraging you to question everything, and to become the best you can be.
Change the world
At UWE Bristol, we’re focused on solving future global challenges through outstanding learning, world-leading research and a culture of enterprise.
Here, we empower our students to make a choice. To choose a university that pushes itself as much as it pushes them. To choose a community of original thinkers - breaking new boundaries and leading the way.
From our enterprise support programmes to industry masterclasses. Professional mentoring to business incubators. World-leading research facilities to work experience opportunities across the globe. We give our students the tools they need to act on their ideas and make them happen.
Each of our pioneering courses has been created in partnership with industry professionals. And over 150 come with professional accreditation from industry bodies. Coupled with world-class teaching, they’re designed to equip students with the most in-demand skills, and the kind of mindset that employers want and need. So that when you graduate from UWE Bristol, you’re ready to take on the world.
Our mindset
We believe that it’s only when you ask 'what if?' that you discover 'why not?'. That’s why we’re not afraid to ask difficult questions – and tackle the big issues head-on. It’s our way of continuing to make a real difference in the way we learn, analyse and contribute to the world we live in.
Our values
Ambitious
We’re not afraid to shape, challenge and tackle the big issues, to take the initiative and pave the way.
Inclusive
We make UWE Bristol a supportive and inspiring place to learn and work – somewhere where diversity of experience and perspective is encouraged, and learning and research are shared and accessible.
Innovative
We create new opportunities for the people who work and study with us. We embrace different ideas and pioneer new and sustainable ways of doing things.
Collaborative
We have strong connections locally and globally. We help people and organisations be the best they can, building trust throughout our university community and beyond.
Enterprising
We instil a thirst for new knowledge, its creation and application, empowering our students and staff to demonstrate a creative questioning approach, a 'can-do' confidence, and the ability to navigate uncertainty.
Campus Features
Spread over three campuses, all just a short bus ride from one another, each site offers something unique. Over the last five years, we've invested £300 million into our state-of-the-art facilities. Creating the most effective and empowering setting for our students and people to discover their potential.
Our campuses
All you need to know about our campuses.
Frenchay Campus
Just four miles north of the city centre (15 minutes by Metrobus), Frenchay is where most of our students study and many choose to live too, making the most of the new purpose-built facilities.
City Campus
City Campus is UWE Bristol’s creative and cultural industries campus made up of sites at Bower Ashton, Spike Island, Arnolfini and Watershed.
Glenside Campus
Glenside Campus is three miles northeast of the centre. Picturesque and well-equipped, it's an inspirational place to study, and is home to many of our allied health, nursing and midwifery students.
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Rankings
Guide | Ranking | Year |
The Guardian University League Tables 2023 | 24th | 2023 |
Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey | 22nd | 2022 |
Guardian League Table post '92 institution | 2nd | 2023 |
The Times Good University Guide (South West) | 5th | 2023 |