Bath Spa University is where creative minds meet. We teach and research across art, sciences, education, social science, and business. The University employs outstanding creative professionals who support its aim to be a leading educational institution in creativity, culture and enterprise.
Cultural partners
We are proud of our partnerships with the creative and cultural sector in Bath. Together, we work to provide support for our community, our students and staff, and our valuable research and creative practice.
- Bath Festivals
- Creative Bath
- Holbourne Museum
- Theatre Royal Bath
Other networks
- Global Academy of Liberal Arts (GALA)
- Honorary Graduates
- Santander Universities
Educational partners
We've teamed up with fantastic partner colleges in the UK and overseas to bring you even more great courses to kick-start your creative career.
STRATEGY 2030
Our context and ambition
We are an innovative and resourceful University with roots in the synergies between employers and creativity that are the drivers of sustainable economic development. We pride ourselves on our sense of community and our nurturing ethos.
Our excellent research is novel and crosses disciplines; we value both making and the links between thinking and doing. We welcome the diversity of our students, and their multiple narratives, and we are a place where students change their lives and change the world.
In the next decade we will apply our skills to global challenges and local opportunities, we will focus as one community able to harness all of our strengths and capabilities, and while looking outwards we will be rooted in Bath, essential to the city and the region.
Accommodation:-
- 39 week contract
- Meal:- Self-catered
- Great graduate prospects: 96.1% of Bath Spa graduates are in work or further study six months after graduating (HESA: 2016/17 Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education)
- Top six for creativity: We’ve been voted one of the top six creative universities. (Which? University Student Survey 2017)
- Sustainability and environmental commitments: It doesn’t stop with the people – we care for our environment, too. We're committed to becoming a certified Zero Carbon Organisation by 2030, and we have a detailed Sustainability Strategy that covers everything we do as a business.
In 2005, 2006 and 2008 the university was named in the top 10 modern British universities by The Sunday Times, at positions 8, 5 and 8 respectively. The university was again ranked 8th best modern university in the UK by The Sunday Times in their 2016 university guide.
According to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework assessment, 51% of the research undertaken at the university is either world-leading or internationally significant, up from 19% in 2008. The acceptance rate is 12%. [31]
Bath Spa University is ranked as one of the top five creative universities in the UK by Which?'s student survey.
Some courses at Bath Spa rank well amongst university subject league tables:
- The 2015 Complete University Guide ranked the Art and Design courses 29th in the UK, and Music courses at 32nd.
- The Guardian ranked Art courses at 27th in the UK in 2015.
- The Guardian ranked Film Production and Photography at the university 23rd in the UK in 2016.
- The Sunday Times ranked Creative Writing 12th in the country in 2016.
