Student population

We have 20,470 students enrolled. 31% come from outside the UK, representing 162 nationalities.

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Placements and employment

64% of students who graduated from our undergraduate courses in 2023/24 chose a placement year or study abroad option
92% of our full-time UK-based graduates were in high-skilled employment 15 months after leaving university. This compares to an average of 73% for similar graduates from the sector (University UK members)²
70% of Bath graduates³ had a salary of £30,000 or above compared to 38% for the sector, 15 months after leaving²
We are one of the 20 universities most targeted by Britain’s top graduate employers in 2023-2024⁴

The current portfolio of research projects is valued at £196 million and consists of around 160 funders
In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF), 92% of our research was defined as world-leading or internationally excellent
We have been awarded two Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education, most recently in 2011 for our 'Influential research into child poverty and support for vulnerable people'
Five new Bath Beacons were established at the start of the academic year 2023/24. These Beacons will empower the research community to tackle major global challenges

In the last decade, we have invested over £450 million in our campus - this includes new accommodation, academic buildings, and sports facilities such as the Olympic Legacy swimming pool
Our library is open 24 hours a day, every day
The Edge, our £10.9 million arts and management building, opened in February 2016
We invested £4.5 million in redeveloping the former Bath police station into The Virgil Building, which features a student learning zone and hosts some of our professional services
In 2022, we opened the new School of Management building, which includes a 250 seat auditorium, an Employability Hub and a Behavioural Research Lab

Our £35 million Sports Training Village (STV) – open to students, staff, and the public all year round – has indoor and outdoor facilities to accommodate a wide range of sports, gym, and fitness activities
Around 250 international-level athletes and more than 20 regional or national sport squads base themselves at the STV or have their national governing body (NGB) based here
The University is one of just eight institutions nationwide to be awarded the status of UK Sport-accredited Elite Training Centre, a title that celebrates its contribution to the preparation of elite Olympic and Paralympic athletes
Olympic, Paralympic, and World Champions who train at the University include:
- Tom Dean, Freya Anderson, Kieran Bird, and Suzanna Hext (swimming)
- Joe Choong and Kate French (modern pentathlon)
- Dimitri Coutya and Piers Gilliver (wheelchair fencing)
- Matt Weston (skeleton)

We have over 150,000 alumni living and working in more than 170 countries around the world - find out about some of our notable alumni
Our alumni and friends pledged over £68 million to support our students and researchers during our Look Further campaign
Alumni gifts have supported over 2,444 scholarship and bursary recipients at undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD level
Our largest donation came from our alumnus Dr Jonathan Milner, who donated £5 million to fund the Milner Centre for Evolution