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The University of Bristol (abbreviated as ''Bris.'' in post-nominal letters, sometimes referred to as Bristol University) is a red brick research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Maps and Guides )〕 It received its royal charter in 1909,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The University of Bristol Acts )〕 and its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bristol University History )〕 Bristol is organised into six academic faculties composed of multiple schools and departments running over 200 undergraduate courses situated in the Clifton area along with three of its nine halls of residence.〔http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/study-at-bristol/our-degrees/〕 The other six halls are located in Stoke Bishop, an outer city suburb located 1.8 miles away. The university had a total income of £485.5 million in 2013/14, of which £131.5 million was from research grants and contracts. It is the largest independent employer in Bristol. The University of Bristol is ranked 11th in the UK for its research, according to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 by GPA.〔http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/ref-2014-results-table-of-excellence/2017590.article〕 The University of Bristol has been ranked 37th (joint 34th) by the QS World University Rankings, and is ranked amongst the top ten of UK universities by QS, THE, and ARWU.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=QS World University Rankings 2012/2013 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The World University Rankings 2013–14 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2014.html )〕 A highly selective institution, it has an average of 6.4 (Sciences faculty) to 13.1 (Medicine & Dentistry Faculty) applicants for each undergraduate place.〔http://www.bristol.ac.uk/university/facts/〕 The University of Bristol is the youngest British university to be ranked among the top 40 institutions in the world according to the QS World University Rankings. Current academics include 21 fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 13 fellows of the British Academy, 13 fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering and 44 fellows of the Royal Society.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=University of Bristol )〕 The university has been associated with 12 Nobel laureates throughout its history, including Paul Dirac, Sir William Ramsay, Cecil Frank Powell, Sir Winston Churchill, Dorothy Hodgkin, Hans Albrecht Bethe, Max Delbrück, Gerhard Herzberg, Sir Nevill Francis Mott, Harold Pinter, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio and Angus Deaton. Bristol is a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/our-universities/ )〕 the European-wide Coimbra Group〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Coimbra Group )〕 and the Worldwide Universities Network, of which the university's previous vice-chancellor, Eric Thomas, was chairman from 2005 to 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Worldwide Universities Network )〕 In addition, the university holds an Erasmus Charter, sending more than 500 students per year to partner institutions in Europe.〔http://www.bristol.ac.uk/global/partnerships/〕 == History == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「University of Bristol」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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