Editing University of Bath (section)

==Academic profile==
The university's major academic strengths have been engineering, the physical sciences, mathematics and technology. Today, the university is also strong in management, humanities, architecture and the social sciences. Courses place a strong emphasis on [[vocational education]]; the university recommends students to take a one-year industry placement in the penultimate year of their course.

According to the latest government assessments, Bath has 15 subjects rated "excellent", the highest on the scale. These are: Pharmacy and [[Pharmacology]]; Business and Management ([[Association of MBAs|AMBA]] accredited); Architecture and Civil Engineering; Economics; Computer Science; Electronic and Electrical engineering; Mechanical Engineering ([[Institution of Mechanical Engineers|IMechE]] accredited); Mathematics, Statistics and [[Operational research]]; Education; [[Molecular]] [[Biosciences]]; Biosciences; Physics and Astronomy; Politics; Sport; Social Policy and Administration.<ref>{{cite news|author=David Brown Cracow Last updated at 2:23PM, 8 June 2012 |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8404-1246309.html|title=The Times |publisher=Timesonline.co.uk |date=23 May 2012 |access-date=8 June 2012}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===Research===
Bath was ranked joint 25th amongst multi-faculty institutions in the UK for the quality (GPA) of its research and 28th for its Research Power (the grade point average score of a university, multiplied by the full-time equivalent number of researchers submitted) in the 2021 [[Research Excellence Framework]].<ref>{{cite web |title=REF 2021: Quality ratings hit new high in expanded assessment |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ref-2021-research-excellence-framework-results-announced |publisher=Times Higher Education |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> Bath was ranked joint 12th in the UK amongst multi-faculty institutions for the quality (GPA) of its research<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/sites/default/files/Attachments/2014/12/17/k/a/s/over-14-01.pdf|title=Research Excellence Framework results 2014}}</ref> and 33rd for its Research Power in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework.<ref>{{cite news|title=REF 2014 results|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/ng-interactive/2014/dec/18/university-research-excellence-framework-2014-full-rankings|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref> Over half of the submissions were ranked in the top 10 nationally in their Units of Assessment. 6 out of 13 submissions were ranked in the top 20.<ref name="REF results">{{cite web|url=http://results.ref.ac.uk/Results/ByHei/107 |title=REF results |publisher=HEFCE |date=18 December 2014 |access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref>

Bath has been awarded the [[Queen's Anniversary Prize]] twice. In 2011, the university received the award for the Department of Social & Policy Sciences' 'Influential research into child poverty and support for vulnerable people'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalanniversarytrust.org.uk/news/winners-announced|title=Winners of the Queen's Anniversary Prizes announced|publisher=The Royal Anniversary Trust|date=25 November 2011|access-date=28 May 2014}}</ref> The university also received the prize in 2000 to recognise the 'invaluable services to industrial and scientific communities' of the Centre for Power Transmission & Motion Control.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalanniversarytrust.org.uk/the-prizes/previous-prize-winners|title=Previous Prize-winners|publisher=The Royal Anniversary Trust|access-date=28 May 2014}}</ref>

===Rankings and reputation===
{{Infobox UK university rankings
| ARWU_N = 36–39
| ARWU_W = 501–600
| QS_N = 25
| QS_W = 150=
| THE_N = 35
| THE_W = 251–300
| LEIDEN_W = 167
| LINE_1 = 0
| Complete = 8
| The_Guardian = 7
| Times/Sunday_Times = 8
| LINE_2 = 0
| TEF = Gold
}}
[[File:Bath 10 Years.png|thumb|upright=1.2|University of Bath's [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|national league table]] performance over the past ten years]]
;National
The University of Bath received a Gold award as part of the UK Government's [[Teaching Excellence Framework]] (TEF). The framework evaluates universities on criteria including teaching quality, learning environment and student outcomes, taking into account factors such as student satisfaction, retention rates and employment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hefce.ac.uk/tefoutcomes/#/provider/10007850|title=TEF outcomes – Higher Education Funding Council for England|website=www.hefce.ac.uk|access-date=22 June 2017|archive-date=24 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824022949/http://www.hefce.ac.uk/tefoutcomes/#/provider/10007850|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bath was ranked eighth in the 2025 [[Complete University Guide]], with 25 subjects placing in the top-10 nationwide. Marketing ranked first in the country with eight further subjects in the top-three: accounting and finance, aerospace engineering, architecture, biomedical sciences, business and management, social policy, sociology, sports science.<ref>https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings/biomedical-sciences</ref>

In ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' 10-year (1998–2007) average ranking of British universities based on consistent league table performance, Bath was ranked 12th overall in the UK.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/univ07ten.pdf|title=University ranking based on performance over 10 years|work=[[The Times]] |location=London |year=2007|access-date=28 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080414064446/http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/univ07ten.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 14 April 2008}}</ref> Bath was one of only eight universities (along with the [[G5 (universities)|G5]], [[University of St Andrews|St Andrews]] and [[University of Warwick|Warwick]]) to have never left the top 15 in one of the three main domestic rankings between 2008 and 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Domestic Ranking of British Universisities over a 10-Year Period|url=http://theuniversitybuzz.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/domestic-ranking-of-british.html|publisher=The University Buzz|access-date=27 April 2017|archive-date=29 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429000319/http://theuniversitybuzz.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/domestic-ranking-of-british.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bath has been named as the ‘[[Sunday Times University of the Year|University of the Year]]’ by The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023.<ref>{{cite web| title= University of the Year 2023|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk-university-rankings/article/why-bath-is-the-university-of-the-year-2023-k72kk3fwp|work=[[The Times]]}}</ref>

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According to data released by the [[Department for Education]] in 2018, Bath was rated as the 7th best university in the UK for boosting male graduate earnings with male graduates seeing a 22.2% increase in earnings compared to the average graduate, and the 8th best university for females, with female graduates seeing a 15.2% increase in earnings compared to the average graduate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Undergraduate degrees: relative labour market returns (Table 7: HEI – conditional impact on earnings five years after graduation) |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/undergraduate-degrees-relative-labour-market-returns |publisher=Department for Education |access-date=17 December 2018}}</ref> Bath was ranked 13th out of 122 UK institutions in the 2017 Times Higher Education (THE) Student Experience Survey.<ref name="THE Student Experience Survey 2017">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/student-experience-survey-2017-results | title=THE Student Experience Survey 2017 | magazine=Times Higher Education | access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref> Bath students were joint most likely to recommend the university to their friends.

;International 
Globally, Bath was ranked #148 in the QS WUR 2024,<ref>{{Cite web|title = QS World University Ranking 2018|url = https://www.topuniversities.com/qs-world-university-rankings|website = QS World University Rankings|access-date = 7 August 2017}}</ref> #251–300 in the Times WUR 2023, #401–500 in the ARWU 2022, #167 in the 2017 [[Leiden Ranking]], and #409 in the USNWR Best Global Universities Rankings 2022–2023.

===Admissions===
{| class="floatright"
| 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; margin-bottom: 5px"
|+UCAS Admission Statistics
!
!2024
!2023
!2022
!2021
!2020
|-
| '''Applications'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC>{{cite web |title=UCAS Undergraduate Sector-Level End of Cycle Data Resources 2024 |url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024 |at=Show me... Domicile by Provider |website=ucas.com |date=December 2024 |publisher=UCAS |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 38,150
| 34,395
| 32,605
| 30,765
| 29,490
|-
| '''Accepted'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC/>
| 4,820
| 4,750
| 4,455
| 4,030
| 3,960
|-
| '''Applications/Accepted Ratio'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}
| 7.9
| 7.2
| 7.3
| 7.6
| 7.4
|-
| '''Offer Rate (%)'''{{efn-lg|name=ukjune}}<ref name="UCAS Offer Rate">{{cite web|title=2024 entry UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group|date=7 February 2025|url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024/2024-entry-ucas-undergraduate-reports-sex-area-background-and-ethnic-group|publisher=[[UCAS]]|access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 62.7
| 70.6
| 55.2
| 62.7
| 73.7
|-
| '''[[UCAS Tariff|Average Entry Tariff]]'''<ref name="CUG Entry">{{Cite web | url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?tabletype=full-table&sortby=entry-standards | title=University League Tables entry standards 2024 |work=The Complete University Guide}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| 181
| 177
|}
{| style="font-size:80%;float:left"
|{{notelist-lg|refs=
{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme|Main scheme applications, International and UK}}
{{efn-lg|name=ukjune|UK domiciled applicants}}
}}
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible mw-collapsible"; style="font-size:85%; text-align:right;"
|+ class="nowrap" |HESA Student Body Composition (2023/24)
|-
!Domicile<ref name="Table 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-1|title=HE student enrolments by HE provider, permanent address, level of study, mode of study, entrant marker, sex and academic year|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref> and Ethnicity<ref name="HESA ethnicity">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/whos-in-he/characteristics|title=Who's studying in HE?: Personal characteristics|date=3 April 2025|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
|[[White people in the United Kingdom|British White]]{{efn|Not be confused solely with [[White British]]}}
|align=right| {{bartable|58|%|2||background:red}}
|-
|[[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom#Collective terms for minority ethnic groups|British Ethnic Minorities]]{{efn|Includes those who indicate that they identify as [[British Asian|Asian]], [[Black British people|Black]], [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed Heritage]], [[British Arabs|Arab]] or any other ethnicity except White.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|18|%|2||background:green}}
|-
|[[European Union|International EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:blue}}
|-
|[[International students in the United Kingdom|International Non-EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|9|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Undergraduate [[Widening participation|Widening Participation]] Indicators<ref name="Table 1"/><ref name="Times25">{{cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=Good University Guide: Social Inclusion Ranking |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk-university-rankings/league-table |work=[[The Times]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Feminism in the United Kingdom#Education|Female]]
|align=right| {{bartable|45|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
|[[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Independent School]]
|align=right| {{bartable|28|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
|Low Participation Areas{{efn|Calculated from the Polar4 measure, using Quintile1, in England and Wales. Calculated from the [[Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation]] (SIMD) measure, using SIMD20, in Scotland.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:black}}
|}
In the 2020/21 academic year 19,041 students studied at the university, of whom 13,589 were undergraduates and 5,452 were postgraduates.<ref name="Facts and figures">{{Cite web |title=Facts and figures |url=https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/facts-and-figures/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=www.bath.ac.uk}}</ref> Around 32% of students are international students (those with non-British domicile), representing 147 nationalities with the largest number coming from China (including Hong Kong), France, [[India]] and Malaysia.<ref name="Facts and figures"/>

27.4% of Bath's undergraduates are [[Independent school (United Kingdom)|privately educated]], the eleventh highest proportion amongst mainstream British universities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Widening participation: UK Performance Indicators 2016/17|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/01-02-2018/widening-participation-tables|website=hesa.ac.uk|publisher=Higher Education Statistics Authority|access-date=1 February 2018}}</ref> In the 2016–17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 71:10:19 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 47:53.<ref>{{cite web|title=Where do HE students study?|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider|website=hesa.ac.uk|publisher=Higher Education Statistics Authority|access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref>

Applications outside the EU to the university for undergraduate courses dropped 18.5% at a time early in the recruitment cycle that these applications to competing universities grew by 11.5% for the 2018/19 academic year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/news/bath-news/university-bath-ucas-applications-fall-713009|title='Very significant' drop in student applications to Bath university|last=Petherick|first=Sam|date=1 November 2017|work=bathchronicle|access-date=20 November 2017}}</ref>