University of Bristol rankings have placed it amongst one of the top universities in the UK. The university is ranked #61 in QS Global World Rankings 2023, #93 in Best Global Universities 2023 by US News, and #76 in the World University Rankings 2023 by the Times Higher Education. University of Bristol has a great international reputation and carries the idea of inspirational teaching. The University of Bristol world rankings for last 5 years are mentioned below:

Ranking Agencies 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
QS #61 #62 #58 #49 #51
THE #76 #92 #91 #87 #78
U.S News #93 #92 #86 #81 #81
ARWU - #81 #78 #64 #64

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University of Bristol World Rankings by QS 

As per the QS World University Rankings 2023, the University of Bristol ranks #61st and has witnessed a growth one rank after witnessing a heavy drop the last two years. Tabulated below are ranking criteria followed by QS World University Rankins and scores: 

Ranking Indicators  Scores
Academic Reputation 74.4
Faculty Student Ratio 58.3
Citations Per Faculty 55.5
International Faculty Ratio 90.5
International Student Ratio 84.9
International Research Network 93.9
Employement Outcomes 59.6
Emplyer Reputation  84.1
Overall Score 70

University of Bristol World Rankings by THE  

Just like QS World University Rankings 2023, the University of Bristol has also shown improvement in the Times Higher Education Rankings 2023. The university has witnessed a jump of 16 number from #92 and now ranks #76 as per the THE World University Rankings 2023. 

Ranking Indicators  Scores
Teaching 43.8
Research 53.4
Industry Income 43.5
Citations 98.6
International Outlook 89.4
Overall  66.5

University of Bristol World Rankings by US News

Talking about the U.S News Rankings 2023, the University of Bristol has not witnessed any improvement since the last 5 years and currently ranks #93 among the Best Global Universities. The table shows ranking indicators followed by U.S News for World Rankings.

Ranking Indicators  Scores
Global Score 70.7
Global Research Reputation 135
Regional  Research Reputation 155
Publications 140
Books 42
Conferences 194
Normalized Citatio Impact 83
Number of Publications (Among 10% most Cited) 112
Percentage of total publications (Among 10% most cited) 138
International Collaboration – relative to country 84
International Collaboration 417
Number of Highly cited papers (Among 1% most cited) 102
Percentage of Highly cited papers (Among 1% most cited) 156

University of Bristol World Rankings by ARWU

ARWU (Shanghai Rankings) have not released its World University Rankings for the year 2023. As far 2022 rankings, it has listed University of Bristol at #81 postion. It witnessed a drop of 3 ranks compared to World University Rankings 2023. Below are the ranking trend of ARWU from 2018 to 2022

Year Rankings
2022 #81
2021 #78
2020  #64
2019 #64
2018 #74

University of Bristol World Rankings by CWUR

According to the CWUR World Rankings 2023, the Bristol has consistenly dropped since the last few years and currently ranks #94 worldwide. CWUR rankings are given on the basis of below ranking indicators and scores: 

Ranking Indicators  Ranks
Education 185
Employability  386
Faculty  76
Research Rank 101
Overall Score 82

University of Bristol Graduate Employability Rankings

University of Bristol rankings comes in top 50 global universities for Graduate Employability. QS has placed the university at #49 rank. University of Bristol also offers placements to its students in organizations relevant to their studies one day per week for a 12-week term.

Years QS Graduate Employability Rankings
2022 #49
2021 -
2020 #58
2019 #47
2018 #50
2017 #39

University of Bristol Business Rankings

According to The Guardian rankings, Business programs of University of Bristol are one of the top courses in the university. The University of Bristol Business School has a graduate placement rate of 91%. The Guardian has placed its Business program at #15. According to THE the university is at #201 for its Business & Economics programs. The University of Bristol rankings for Business courses are mentioned below:

Ranking Agency 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
QS (Accounting & Finance) - #101 #86 #51 #51
QS (Business & Management Studies) - #251 #201 #201 #201
The Guardian (Accounting & Finance) #29 #27 #46 #57 #92
The Guardian (Business, Management & Marketing) #15 #18 #18 #20 #76
THE #201 #126 #201 #176 #151

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University of Bristol Engineering Rankings

University of Bristol offers a range of Engineering programs to international students including Mechanical, Electrical, Civil Engineering and many more. As per Times Higher Education subject rankings, the university is at #101 in 2023. QS has placed its Mechanical Engineering program at #67. The below table shows University of Bristol rankings for engineering courses, over the past 5 years:

Ranking Agency 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
THE #101 #101 #101 #93 #86
QS (Mechanical Engineering) - #67 #68 #51 #51
QS (Engineering & Technology) - #110 #111 #106 #128
The Guardian (Electronic & Electrical Engineering) #28 #17 #15 #16 #10
The Guardian (Mechanical Engineering) #7 #3 #1 #2 #4

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University of Bristol Law Rankings

The Law program of University of Bristol has a research-led curriculum and ranks in top 3 in UK for excellence in legal research. The university is also one of the top 3 targeted universities in UK by employers. THE has placed University of Bristol Law at #17 in its 2023 subject ranking. Th University of Bristol rankings for Law courses are mentioned below:

Ranking Agency 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
ARWU - #201 #201 #201 #101
QS - #66 #76 #51 #51
THE #64 #43 #55 #47 #60
The Guardian #17 #17 #20 #21 #11

University of Bristol Life Sciences Rankings

University of Bristol rankings for Life Sciences is one of the flagship programs of the university. THE has placed the Life Science program at #90 and QS has placed the Biological Science program at #64 in their recent subject rankings.

Ranking Agency 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
QS (Biological Science) - #64 #84 #51 #51
THE #90 #100 #126 #101 #90
ARWU - #76 #76 #76 #76

University of Bristol is one of the best scientific research institutes in UK. Programs like Engineering, Biology and Life Science are one of the top choices for prospective students. The current ranking trend has gone down a bit for agencies like QS and U.S. News. However, the university has a lot of potentials to make up for that.

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