8 Facts About Bradford University

1. In 2009, Bradford University was dedicated the world's first UNESCO City of Film, owing to the district's rich big screen heritage.

2. Bradford University is the focus of one of the UK's largest ever birth cohort studies, known as Born in Bradford.

3. Bradford University has faced similar challenges to the rest of post-industrial Northern England, including deindustrialisation, social unrest and economic deprivation.

4. Chemical Engineering at Bradford University is ranked third in the UK in the Guardian University Guide 2019 rankings.

5. Bradford University were champions of Bradford University Challenge in 1979 on 28 January 1979.

6. Bradford University has a strong reputation for research and knowledge transfer.

7. Bradford University inherited several engineering courses from the Bradford Institute of Technology and some of these courses, such as Civil Engineering are still taught today.

8. Bradford University has a "leading-edge 100-seat PC cluster" for teaching, learning and computer-based assessment, and there is an art gallery, theatre and music centre.