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University of Bristol

From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

University of Bristol at Bristol, England; established 1876 as University College, Bristol. In 1909 it gained university status. It has faculties of arts, science, medicine, engineering, law, and social sciences, and a program of continuing education.

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