University of Bath
A top 10 UK university in all three national league tables with a reputation for research and teaching excellence.
Commercial Innovation
£310m T/O
3,600 employees
Founded 1966
Unlimited ambition
Despite having being granted our Royal Charter as recently as 1966, we are now ranked as a top 10 UK university in all three national league tables with a reputation for research and teaching excellence.
We have more than 18,000 students enrolled. Over 30% come from outside the UK, representing around 130 nationalities.
We were ranked overall 6th in the UK by the Guardian University Guide 2021 and 3rd for graduate prospects by the Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021 as well as being one of five Universities shortlisted for University of the Year.
Unlimited innovation
Our mission is to deliver world-class research and teaching, educating our students to become future leaders and innovators, and benefiting the wider population through our research, enterprise and influence.
87% of our research is classed as world-leading or internationally excellent by the most recent Research Excellence Framework 2014
Our vision is to be recognised as an international centre of research and teaching excellence, achieving global impact through our alumni, research and strategic partnerships.
We offer research and development expertise to over 700 industrial partners.
We are a hub for business creation through our membership of the world-leading SET-squared business incubation consortium with has developed over 1,000 high tech start-ups and helped them secure over £1 billion in investment.
Unlimited potential
Many of our academic staff are international experts in their subject areas, using their research and discoveries to ensure that our courses incorporate the most relevant topics, and reflect latest understanding.
We have been awarded Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework with many of our courses ranking highly in University league tables.
Our sector leading placements scheme helps make our graduates some of the most sought-after in the country.
Our Chancellor is HRH, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. Our Vice-Chancellor is Professor Ian White FREng.
Unlimited talent
We’re building new facilities for our globally ranked School of Management.
We’re developing a new research facility – the Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems – which will build on a 40 year track record of innovative research and industrial partnership. IAAPS will expand our ability to support the automotive industry to develop ultra-low and zero emission vehicles.
We were ranked overall 6th in the UK by the Guardian University Guide 2021 and 3rd for graduate prospects by the Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021 as well as being one of five Universities shortlisted for University of the Year.
Did you know…
Bath Community
We are proud to be a community of more than 20,000 people located in the UNESCO world heritage city of Bath.
Via scientific discovery, the development of new technologies, our exploration of the social, environmental and cultural implications of societal change and via the education of the next generation of leaders in engineering, science, business, policy and beyond we are committed to making a serious contribution to the challenges we face at both global and local levels.
We are mindful that we consume energy and resources. Travel into and around the city by staff, students and visitors impacts on local infrastructure. Demand for accommodation, whether on campus, purpose built or within the private rental sector impacts the housing market in and around the city.
Our Climate Action Framework sets out a commitment to carbon neutrality in company vehicle emissions, heating, and electricity by 2030 as well as halving emissions from purchased goods and services, waste and employee commuting by the same date.
Founded
Our Royal Charter was granted in 1966, officially establishing the Bath University of Technology, and our first students and staff began using the campus. Many of them had transferred from Bristol College of Science and Technology. In our first year, there were 1,145 undergraduates, 115 postgraduates and 470 members of staff.
The Charter sets out the principles which guide our teaching and research for 50 years. It describes how 'The objects of the University shall be to advance learning and knowledge by teaching and research, particularly in science and technology, and in close association with industry and commerce'.
Our 'close association with industry and commerce' has been a constant feature of our teaching and research. Long before most universities were looking for funding from business, we worked closely with companies on joint projects, leading to new technologies and new approaches in research.
Our students have felt the direct benefit of these relationships, and the majority of our courses since 1966 have offered a placement year in industry. Few other universities can match the quality or quantity of our placement opportunities.
In 1971, Bath University of Technology became the University of Bath. Earlier that year, the University and the city of Bath exchanged a 999-year lease contract for the use of Claverton Down.
How does Bath influence your work?
We are one of the largest employers in Bath and North East Somerset with an estimated annual contribution to Bath and North East Somerset’s GDP of around £300 million.
We have an ethos of partnership which spans - locally, nationally and globally - our research, our placement networks and our graduate/ postgraduate employability.
Our aim is to make, and to be seen to make, an enhanced contribution to the economic, social, environmental and cultural life of our locality and we have made a commitment to develop a Civic University Agreement
Many individual researchers and research projects already actively collaborate with local groups or involve local people in their work
Our Widening Participation team carries out a range of activities locally and within the South West Region which aim to widen access and encourage participation in Higher Education
An estimated 3150 alumni live in and around Bath
More than 3400 junior athletes per week attend coaching sessions at the Sports Training Village
In the past year 14,800 members of the public visited exhibitions at The Edge and over 3,800 attended events, workshops or classes
We hold or host a wide range of public lectures, seminars and similar events.
Where are you based?
Our main University campus is located on Claverton Down, Bath with other facilities located in the centre of the city of Bath.
We are joint owners of the Bristol and Bath Science Park (where IAAPS will be located).
Global
We are proud to be an international centre of research and teaching. Over 30% of our students come from outside the UK, representing over 130 nationalities with more than 100 nationalities amongst our staff.
We have over 120,000 alumni living and working in 173 countries around the world.
Contact details
Tim Kaner, Chief Marketing Officer
tak33@bath.ac.uk