About the Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Science, brings together the five Schools of:
Studying Science at Bristol
We have a long-standing tradition of excellence in research and teaching. Our broad range of expertise opens up a wealth of opportunities for all our students.
Here you can study a range of challenging, research-focused, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, all taught in the context of world-leading research environments, using specialist equipment and facilities including:
- Bristol ChemLabS (Bristol Chemical Laboratory Sciences)
- The Analytical Laboratory (School of Geographical Sciences)
- The School of Physics Facilities
Science research
Some of the most significant discoveries of both this and the last century are associated with research carried out in Bristol, reflecting the faculty’s strong international profile and our outstanding portfolio of people and facilities.
Recent evidence for this is the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 outcome, which ranks the Faculty of Science third nationally after Cambridge and Imperial College, and internationally, THES 2014/15 places Bristol’s Physical Sciences 43rd worldwide.
Our strategic priority areas are: imaging and characterising materials, scientific computing, digital environment, pollution of the natural environment, sustainable resources and energy, nuclear, quantum and complex materials, chemical biology and antimicrobial resistance.
The faculty supports research within each discipline and across the disciplines of science. Our excellent research is supported by cutting edge equipment. We work closely with all University of Bristol Research Institutes, particularly the Cabot Institute and the Jean Golding Institute. In collaboration with our colleagues from other faculties in the University, we provide leadership within the Bristol BioDesign Institute and the Bristol Quantum Information Institute. Our academics are renowned for reaching out to industry both in the UK and internationally to implement the findings of our research in industrial scenarios. We particularly, pride ourselves on tackling global challenges in collaboration with academics all over the world.
Within the faculty, the strength (i.e. national rankings) of individual schools is reflected by outstanding REF 2014 results: Geography (1st), Earth Sciences (2nd), Mathematics (4th), Physics (4th), Chemistry (5th).
Early career research training in the faculty is supported by a powerful range of 3 and 4 year Doctoral Training Programmes.
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Undergraduate courses list 2021/22
CHEMISTRY
- BSc Chemistry UCAS code F100, 3 years full time
- MSci Chemistry UCAS code F103, 4 years full time
- MSci Chemistry with Study in Continental Europe UCAS code F104, 4 years full time
- MSci Chemistry with Industrial Experience UCAS code F105, 4 years full time
- MSci Chemistry with Study Abroad UCAS code F107, 4 years full time
- BSc Chemistry with a Preliminary Year of Study UCAS code F108, 4 years full time
- BSc Chemical Physics UCAS code F320, 3 years full time
- MSci Chemical Physics UCAS code F322, 4 years full time
- MSci Chemical Physics with Industrial Experience UCAS code F323, 4 years full time
- BSci Chemistry with Scientific Computing UCAS code F130, 3 years full time
- MSci Chemistry with Scientific Computing UCAS code F131, 4 years full time
EARTH SCIENCES
- BSc Environmental Geoscience UCAS code F640, 3 years full-time
- MSci Environmental Geoscience UCAS code F641, 4 years full-time
- MSci Environmental Geoscience with Study Abroad UCAS code F609, 4 years full-time
- BSc Geology UCAS code F600, 3 years full-time
- MSci Geology UCAS code F603, 4 years full-time
- MSci Geology with Study Abroad UCAS code F609, 4 years full-time
- BSc Geophysics UCAS code F661, 3 years full-time
- MSci Geophysics UCAS code F662, 4 years full-time
- MSci Geophysics with Study Abroad UCAS code F663, 4 years full-time
- BSc Palaeontology and Evolution UCAS code CF17, 3 years full-time
- MSci Palaeontology and Evolution UCAS code CF16, 4 years full-time
GEOGRAPHY
- BSc Geography UCAS code F800, 3 years full-time
- MSci Geography with Innovation UCAS code F805, 4 years full-time
- BSc Geography with Study Abroad UCAS code 09F4, 4 years full-time
- BSc Geography with Study Abroad in a Modern Language UCAS code F801, 4 years full-time
- BSc Geography with Quantitative Research Methods UCAS code F802, 3 years full-time
MATHEMATICS
- Mathematics BSc UCAS code: G100 | 3 years full time
- Mathematics MSci UCAS code: G103 | 4 years full time
- Mathematics with Statistics BSc UCAS code: G1G3 | 3 years full time
- Mathematics with Statistics MSci UCAS code: G1GH | 4 years full time
- Mathematics with Statistics for Finance BSc UCAS code: G1G4 | 3 years full time
- Mathematics with Study Abroad in a Modern Language BSc UCAS code: G101 | 4 years full time
- Mathematics with Study Abroad in a Modern Language MSci UCAS code: G104 | 4 years full time
- Mathematics with Study Abroad MSci UCAS code: G105 | 4 years full time
- BSc Data Science UCAS code: G1G5| 3 years full time
- BSc Data Science with a Year in Industry UCAS code: G1G6 | 4 years full time
- Economics and Mathematics BSc UCAS code: LG11 | 3 years full time
- Mathematics and Computer Science BSc UCAS code: GG14 | 3 years full time
- Mathematics and Computer Science MEng UCAS code: GG1K | 4 years full time
- Mathematics and Philosophy BSc UCAS code: VG51 | 3 years full time
- Mathematics and Philosophy MSci UCAS code: GV15 | 4 years full time
- Mathematics and Physics BSc UCAS code: GFD3 | 3 years full time
- Mathematics and Physics MSci UCAS code: GFC3 | 4 years full time
PHYSICS
- MSci Physics UCAS code F303, 4 years full-time
- BSc Physics UCAS code F300, 3 years full-time
- MSci Physics with Astrophysics UCAS code F3FM, 4 years full-time
- BSc Physics with Astrophysics UCAS code F3F5, 3 years full-time
- MSci Physics with Industrial Experience UCAS code F305, 4 years full-time
- MSci Physics with Innovation UCAS code F306, 4 years full-time
- MSci Physics with International Experience UCAS code F307, 4 years full-time
- MSci Physics with Study Abroad in a Modern Language UCAS code F304, 4 years full-time
- BSc Physics with a Preliminary Year of Study UCAS code F308, 4 years full-time
- MSci Mathematics and Physics UCAS code GFC3, 4 years full-time
- BSc Mathematics and Physics UCAS code GFD3, 3 years full-time
- MSci Physics and Philosophy UCAS code FVH5, 4 years full-time
- BSc Physics and Philosophy UCAS code FV35, 3 years full-time
- MSci Theoretical Physics UCAS code F340, 4 years full-time
- MSci Chemical Physics with Industrial Experience UCAS code F323, 4 years full-time
- MSci Chemical Physics UCAS code F322, 4 years full-time
- BSc Chemical Physics UCAS code F320, 3 years full-time
- BSc Physics with Scientific Computing UCAS code F330, 3 years full-time
- MSci Physics with Scientific Computing UCAS code F331, 4 years full-time
- MSci Physics with Scientific Computing with Industrial Experience UCAS code F334, 4 years full-time