is no longer owned by the university) was originally built in Victorian times and was a teacher training college. These campuses, together with campuses in Redland, Ashley Down, Unity Street and Frenchay became part of Bristol Polytechnic around 1976.
=== University status ===
The institution gained university status and its present name as a result of the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992. The Avon and Gloucestershire College of Health, which is now Glenside Campus, and the Bath and Swindon College of Health Studies joined in January 1996. Hartpury campus joined in 1997. The university was a lead academic sponsor of Bristol Technology and Engineering Academy, a new university technical college, until its closure in 2022.
=== Rebrand ===
In spring 2016, UWE Bristol launched a rebranding campaign as part of its Strategy 2020, unveiling a refreshed visual identity that included a new logo.
== Campuses ==
=== Frenchay Campus ===
UWE Bristol's largest and primary campus is located 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Bristol city centre in the Stoke Park and Cheswick parish of South Gloucestershire, part of the North Fringe of Bristol. It is named after the village of Frenchay, 1+1⁄4 miles (2 km) to the east. Filton is to the west and Stoke Gifford to the north.
Frenchay Campus opened in 1975 on 80 acres (32 hectares) of what had been farmland in Stoke Gifford parish. In September 2008, UWE purchased a further 70 acres (28 ha) of adjoining land which had been occupied by Hewlett-Packard, enabling a western expansion of the campus.
The campus is home to:
Bristol Robotics Laboratory, which opened in 2012.
UWE Bristol International College, opened in 2012, providing international students with academic, subject-based and English language skills.
The Students' Union, which moved to two interlinked buildings in 2015, bringing all Students' Union services together.
Future Space, a business incubator providing space for over 70 hi-tech companies, one of only four university enterprise zones in the UK when it opened in 2016.
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