Claverton Down
Bath
BA2 7AY
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PERFORMANCE

Sunday Times ranking 11 (10)

Student satisfaction 77.3%
Head teacher ranking 7 (16)
Peer ranking 23 (21=)
Research quality 67.8%
A-level/Higher points 437
Unemployment 7.2%
Firsts and 2:1s 74.9%
Student/staff ratio 15:1
Dropout rate 5.5% (6.8%)
World ranking 152

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1966: New technological university

The Queen has granted the charter constituting the Bristol College of Science and Technology as Bath University of Technology

VITAL STATISTICS

Undergraduates 8,743 (332)
Postgraduates 1,515 (2,375)
Teaching staff 552
Applications/places 19,990/2,836; 7:1 (-2.2%)
Clearing entry 2.4%
Live in 35% (100%) £76-£125
Bursaries 33%: £300-£1,200
Scholarships 50: £1,000-£3,000

SOCIAL MIX

EU/overseas 9.7%/14%
Mature 7.8%
State school 76.5%
Lowest social classes 17.9%
Low-participation areas 4.4%

Bath is a regular in our elite top 10. One of the 1960s generation of universities, it has forged an outstanding reputation in science — its largest faculty — engineering and sport. It is also hugely popular in the studies of head teachers the length of Britain, confirmed by its consistently high ranking in our unique survey of heads from the leading academic schools.

This year it is ranked seventh in the UK by heads, significantly above its overall rating of 11th. Reasons for its popularity are immediately apparent. Graduate unemployment levels are low and few students drop out — Bath’s non-completion rate of 5.5% is well below the anticipated level of 6.8%. The employability of Bath students is due in no small part to the fact that nearly 60% of undergraduates spend one year on an industrial or business placement.

The concrete Claverton Down campus structures betray Bath’s brutalist origins, but much recent development is diluting this. The latest will provide a new student centre.

The arts and music tradition at Bath has always been strong and its sporting pedigree is second only to Loughborough in Britain. Uniquely, facilities — which are extensive and of exceptional quality — are free to use, with the sole exception of the fitness suite in the sports training village.

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