Bath Spa University

Overview

Bath Spa University offers pre-degree study, undergraduate degrees and postgraduate degrees in a wide range of programmes. The University is linked with over 50 institutions in Europe, Asia, the USA and Africa.
Bath Spa University is a teaching-led university with an emphasis on teaching of the highest quality. In each of our Schools of study there are programmes with outstanding results in sector-wide quality assurance processes. The University has achieved exceptionally high rankings in national newspaper league tables. Its popularity is growing each year, and in the past five years it has achieved a 40% increase in undergraduate applications.
With around 5,500 students the University is small enough for students to benefit from a supportive and friendly study environment, but large enough to provide excellent facilities and resources. Its campuses are superb.
Bath Spa is one of the first major 'teaching-led' universities. This means that we place the highest possible emphasis on teaching quality, and we put the student at the very centre of our activities.
Bath Spa University is at an exciting stage in its long and successful history of higher education in Bath. In 2005 it became one of the UK 's new generation of  'teaching-led' universities.
Bath Spa University has several campuses, two of which are exceptionally beautiful and historically significant. The campuses provide a truly inspirational setting in which to study and live.

International Students

Leaving your own country to study in the UK is a big step - a step towards your future. An undergraduate degree from Bath Spa will give you a quality qualification, and as with all UK education, you can be certain it will be recognised as world class.
From your initial enquiry to application, from the pre-departure briefing to the orientation when you arrive, we take great care to make sure you have all the information and support you need to start your studies here confidently. This includes advice on immigration procedures, travel, accommodation or any other information you might need.

National Student Survey 2008

Bath Spa University is a top quality place to study in the opinion of its students. Bath Spa has again scored highly in the latest official survey of what students in all UK universities think about their experience of academic life.
Student satisfaction figures for 2008 published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England show that Bath Spa achieved an overall satisfaction rating of 84 per cent, which is above the national average of 82 per cent and even better than its figure last year of 83 per cent.
In terms of individual courses Bath Spa scored 97 per cent for Management Studies (the highest score among all 59 UK universities delivering this subject) and 96 per cent for Food Studies (the highest score among 24 universities in the 'Food and Beverage Studies/Agriculture and related subjects' categories). Other subject areas that gained an extremely high satisfaction rating among Bath Spa students include History, with 96 per cent -13th position out of 79 - and Education, whose score of 93 per cent is the UK's eighth highest out of 45.
As a university that places particular emphasis on the quality of its teaching, Bath Spa also did well on how students rate this, with an overall satisfaction score for teaching quality of 87 per cent - again even higher than in last year's survey.
URL: www.bathspa.ac.uk