has some Victorian Gothic buildings, set around a sunken lawn. St Matthias campus was home to various departments of the faculty of Creative Arts, Humanities and Education. UWE closed the campus in 2014 and the departments moved to new facilities at Frenchay campus. The site has since been redeveloped for housing and the listed buildings converted to a Steiner School.
== Organisation and administration ==
=== Structure ===
The university is divided into three colleges which are then subdivided into schools:
College of Arts, Technology and Environment
School of Architecture and Environment
School of Computing and Creative Technologies
School of Engineering
School of Arts
College of Business and Law
Bristol Business School
Bristol Law School
College of Health, Science and Society
School of Applied Sciences
School of Health and Social Wellbeing
School of Social Sciences
School of Education and Childhood
Hartpury College (Associate Faculty)
Sport
Equine
Agriculture
Professional
Veterinary nursing
=== School of Art and Design ===
The School of Art and Design became part of the Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education (ACE) following the university's reorganisation in 2010/11. Adjacent to the Ashton Court estate in Bower Ashton, the West of England College of Art was established in purpose-built premises in 1969, moving from its previous location as the art school of the Royal West of England Academy in Clifton.
Among its principals and deans were the war artist Jack Bridger Chalker, the graphic designer Paul van Der Lem, and Paul Gough RWA, a researcher and art historian, who became the first pro-vice chancellor and executive dean of the former faculty in its expanded form of over 2,600 students.
=== Department of Education and Childhood ===
The Department of Education and Childhood (formerly the School of Education) is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Its origins lie in teacher training colleges at Redland and St Matthias which became part of the former Bristol Polytechnic …
