Editing University of Bath (section)

===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.