Our history

• 1880s
  Groundbreaking economists Mary Paley and Alfred Marshall join the University. Mary was one of the first female lecturers in Britain.
• 1960s
  The University of Bristol pioneers the application of mathematics to economics, requiring an A-level in Mathematics for entry to its Economics degree.
• 1976
  Future Nobel Laureate and Frisch medal winner Sir Angus Deaton becomes Professor of Econometrics.
• 1990
  William Lewis, CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street Journal, graduates from Bristol.
• 2003
  Bristol’s business incubator partnership SETsquared is established, later to be named best of its kind in the world by UBI Global.
• 2015
  The Bloomberg Room our financial trading computer room is opened, allowing students to develop their knowledge of financial trading software.

• The University of Bristol opens its doors
• The first higher education institution in UK to admit men and women as equals.