Claverton Down
Bath BA2 7AY

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Sunday Times ranking 9 (11)

Teaching excellence 68.8%

Student satisfaction 73.9%

Head teacher ranking 4 (7)

Peer ranking 27 (19=)

Research quality 74.2%

A/AS-level points 431

A-levels for entry 69%

Unemployment 5.9%

Firsts and 2:1s 75.8%

Student/staff ratio 16.5:1

Dropout rate 12% (15%)

World ranking 153

Undergraduates 8,107 (1,660)

Postgraduates 1,489 (3,537)

Teaching staff 488

Applications/places 19,949/2,737; 7.3:1 (+14.4%)

Clearing entry 6%

Bursaries 31%: £300-£1,500

Scholarships Variable: mostly £1,000

EU/overseas 7.6%/17.3%

Mature 9.3%

State school 76%

Lowest social classes 19%

Low-participation areas 5%

Live in 31% (100%) £65-£107

Bath has consistently enjoyed a high ranking in our guide, and breaks back into our elite top 10 this year. It is noted mostly for its science, engineering and sports provision, but has a sizeable number of students (1,900 out of 8,100) in its faculty of humanities and social sciences. Its formidable reputation for teaching and research in science and engineering, in particular, means Bath can command the highest grades from applicants, who outstrip the number of places available by more than seven to one on average, where others struggle to fill them. A 14% jump in applications this year will intensify competition.

A formidable research record feeds through into teaching excellence, too, and the university enjoys a great reputation among Britain’s leading head teachers who rank it fourth in the UK this year in our exclusive survey.

The outstanding sports facilities are uniquely free of charge and enjoy some of the highest usage rates in the UK. Thirty members of TeamBath competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the university has been awarded an extra 98 sports-related places to strengthen its athlete population ahead of the 2012 Games.

Bursary provision is generous. The maximum payment of £1,500 to those on a full grant is one of the UK’s highest and there are 40 merit-based scholarships worth £1,000 awarded to entrants to chemistry, chemical engineering, modern languages and European studies largely on the basis of entry grades.

The university lies just outside the historic city of Bath, the UK’s only city to be listed as a world heritage site. A £50m spend over the next three years will add more than 350 student rooms, more teaching and learning space, social facilities and a new arts centre.

Open days Contact the university.

Student view David Austin, students’ union president:

USP A great balance between study and extracurricular activities.

Worst feature Some lectures start at 8am.

Location It’s a student city, young and buzzing.

Social scene Our 50 sports clubs and 90 societies are bound to keep you busy.

Rated excellent (15) Architecture; business and management; civil engineering; economics; education; hospitality, leisure, recreation, sport and tourism; maths, statistics and operational research; mechanical engineering; molecular biosciences; organismal biosciences; pharmacology and pharmacy; physics and astronomy; politics; social policy and administration; teacher training.

Degree of student satisfaction: 73.9%

Architecture, Building and Planning 81.8; European Languages and Area studies 81.1; Business 78.7; Electronic and Electric Engineering 78.0; Computer Science 77.0; Physical Science 75.6; Civil, Chemical and other Engineering 75.5; Mechanically-based Engineering 75.4; Biology and related Sciences 74.8; Technology 74.8; Combined 73.1; Psychology 73.0; Medical Science and Pharmacy 71.6; Politics 69.0; Mathematical Sciences 68.3; Economics 68.1; Sports Science 67.9; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 62.4

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