The University offers numerous study options across its five academic Faculties, which each cover a broad range of specialisms.
Faculty of Engineering & Informatics
The Faculty of Engineering & Informatics delivers an exciting mix of engineering disciplines, computer science solutions and creative technologies that complement each other to deliver innovative solutions to the challenges posed by industry, the environment, and health and wellbeing agendas. The University’s long-standing relationships with local, national and global companies continually work to benefit its students. The Faculty works with companies such as the BBC, Ford, IBM, Jaguar Land Rover, Microsoft and NASA.
Faculty of Health Studies
The Faculty of Health Studies is a thriving, high-quality provider of healthcare education with a world-class reputation for teaching and research, and elevated levels of student satisfaction. For world-leading work to improve the lives of people living with dementia, the Faculty was awarded a coveted Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education. Students enjoy the use of state-of-the-art facilities in a £10 million Faculty building, designed to give the closest possible ‘real-life’ practical experience. Health Studies facilities include fully equipped clinical wards, a fully functioning X-ray suite, physiotherapy clinic rooms and a movement laboratory, and two suites for Occupational Therapy including a ‘home from home’ room.
Practice placements are an integral part of student programmes, ensuring students get practical experience in a range of healthcare environments.
Faculty of Life Sciences
The Faculty of Life Sciences fully engages in cutting-edge research and seeks to apply the knowledge generated through extensive links with industry, business and the professions. The majority of courses are accredited by external bodies and lead to rewarding and highly regarded careers. Students also benefit from working "on placement" in laboratories, clinics, industrial facilities and archaeological excavations.
The Faculty uses innovative technology to enhance the teaching experience. Facilities such as the Simulation Theatre, and Anatomy and Pathology Resource Centre, as well as the Biological Anthropology Research Centre help to bring simulation to the forefront of teaching within our archaeology, biomedical science, clinical sciences, chemistry, forensic science and pharmacy programmes.
Faculty of Management & Law
Tackling the global issues that affect business, management and law, the Faculty of Management & Law’s unwavering commitment to ‘Making Knowledge Work’ has rewarded the University of Bradford with an internationally acclaimed status as one of the top institutions in the world for management studies.
The Faculty’s School of Management is recognised as one of the top business schools in the world, and has the coveted Triple Crown of accreditations (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA). The School also enjoys close links with the region's top employers and hosts guest lectures and placements with high-profile organisations such as GlaxoSmithKline, Samsung and GE Capital.
Faculty of Social Sciences
The Faculty of Social Sciences provides students with a research-informed education environment and excellence in teaching, whilst making an applied contribution to social, cultural and economic issues locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. The research and teaching in social sciences have been rated internationally excellent and many courses are accredited by professional bodies.
Social Sciences academic staff work, or have worked, in numerous external roles such as UK and overseas government advisers, leading UN missions and for a range of NGOs. Their research into subjects as diverse as terrorism and the psychology of health and eating not only informs teaching but makes headlines too. There is a focus on policy issues through research, teaching and consultancy in subjects such as international peace and conflict resolution, international development and politics. Graduates have gone on to work with national governments, national banks and the United Nations.
Research
Bradford is a technology University supporting high-quality research from its academics. The University looks for opportunities to apply its research to industry by working with employers and organisations worldwide across the private, public, voluntary and community sectors and by actively encouraging and supporting its staff to engage in research and business development activities.
Bradford’s research harnesses technology for the good of society through three academic themes: Advanced Healthcare; Innovative Engineering and Manufacturing; and Sustainable Societies. Inspirational academics are at the cutting edge of research; recent achievements range from the breakthrough development of a new blood test for cancer, to the detection of a ‘super-henge’ – potentially the largest Neolithic monument built in Britain.
