Published today [June 7], the Complete University Guide 2024 highlights a broad range of courses offered at Bristol, from medicine and mathematics to chemistry and classics.

The Guide poured particular praise on Bristol’s Engineering courses, with Aerospace Engineering coming 2^nd in the UK, Engineering Design and Engineering Maths 3^rd and both Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering 4^th.

Other highly ranked subjects include Dentistry at 4^th; Social Work, French, German and Russian at 5^th; and Education at 6^th.

The full list of Bristol subjects ranked in the top 10 are:

• Aeronautical And Aerospace Engineering – 2^nd 
• General Engineering – 3^rd (known as Engineering Design and Engineering Mathematics at Bristol)
• Civil Engineering – 4^th
• Dentistry – 4^th
• Mechanical Engineering – 4^th
• French – 5^th
• German – 5^th
• Russian – 5^th
• Social Work – 5^th
• Education – 6^th
• Geography And Environmental Science – 6^th
• Italian – 6^th
• Medicine – 6^th
• Social Policy – 6^th
• Sociology - 7^th
• Biomedical Sciences - 8^th (includes Anatomy)
• Chemistry – 8^th
• Iberian Languages – 8^th
• Law – 8^th
• Marketing – 8^th
• Anthropology – 9^th
• Drama Dance And Cinematics – 9^th (known as Theatre and Performance Studies at Bristol) 
• History Of Art, Architecture And Design – 9^th (known as History of Art at Bristol) 
• Theology And Religious Studies - 9^th
• Biological Sciences – 10^th
• Classics – 10^th
• Mathematics – 10^th
• Philosophy – 10^th
• Psychology - 10^th

Professor Evelyn Welch, the University’s Vice-Chancellor and President, said: “It is wonderful to see the sheer number and variety of Bristol subjects included in this year’s Complete University Guide.

“Our students are some of the best and brightest in the world and I’m proud that our brilliant staff are giving them a truly outstanding university education.”

Overall, the Guide ranked Bristol as the 16^th best university in the UK. Other surveys by QS and Times Higher Education rank Bristol as the ninth best in the UK.

Professor Amanda Chetwynd, Chair of the Complete University Guide Advisory Board, said: "Our league table is based on independent measures that we know are important to students, including how satisfied students are with the teaching in the university and how likely students are to gain a good job on graduating.

“The tight rankings in the top 20 show just how high the standards are among UK universities.” 

To find the subject data, the guide surveyed 151 universities on: Entry Standards, Student Satisfaction, Research Quality, Continuation and Graduate Prospects.

To find the overall university data, it surveyed 130 universities on: Entry Standards, Student Satisfaction, Research Quality, Research Intensity, Graduate Prospects, Student-Staff Ratio, Spending on Academic Services, Spending on Student Facilities and Continuation (the proportion of students who continue in their studies after their first year).