The Bristol Institute of Technology (BIT), formerly known as the Faculty of Computing Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, is a school of the Faculty of Environment and Technology at the University of the West of England

University of the West of England

The University of the West of England is a university based in the English city of Bristol. Its main campus is at Frenchay, about five miles north of the city centre...

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BIT is a member of the Association of Aerospace Universities, and provides both under graduate and post graduate education.

Departments

The school is organized into ten departments:

• Product Design
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Robotics
• Music Technology
• Information Science
• Digital Media
• Computer Science
• Aerospace Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Research

The school has a mission to engage in research which is of direct relevance to industry, society and the environment. Research covers a wide range of subjects within the fields of mechanical, manufacturing and electrical engineering

Engineering

Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...

, computer science and computer systems, information systems and mathematics, statistics and operational research. Projects take place at local, national and international levels, enabled by the size and disciplinary diversity of the school. Collabrative partners and sponsors include the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Department of Trade and Industry, and the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

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Much of the research takes place in recognised Research Centres of which the school currently has eight. In addition research is also carried out by more informal research groups and by individual researchers in the ten school departments:

• Aerospace Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) - AMRC
• Centre for Complex Cooperative Systems (CCCS)
• Centre for Innovative Manufacture & Machine Vision System (CIMMS) - MVL
• Community Information Systems Centre (CISC)
• Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) - a joint venture with the University of Bristol
  University of Bristol
  The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
  
  
• Engineering and Medical Technology (EMT)
• International Centre of Unconventional Computing
• Aerospace Strategy Research Centre (ARC)

Research is also conducted into speech and language therapy in the Speech and Language Therapy Research Unit http://www.speech-therapy.org.uk/ based at Frenchay Hospital

Frenchay Hospital

Frenchay Hospital is a large hospital situated in Frenchay, South Gloucestershire, on the outskirts of Bristol, England, part of the North Bristol NHS Trust....

. The mission of this Unit is to improve the care and treatment of people with speech and language disorders by developing knowledge related to the prevention, treatment and social consequences of communication.