Information to know before booking core research facility equipment

All students who want to book time with core research facilities equipment:

• should read our Research Facilities User agreement, which outlines what users can expect from our research facilities and what we expect from our users
  
• are required to source an authorised project code to book core research facilities equipment.
• should follow our guidance on how to access and process your data remotely after using our equipment
• should acknowledge our research facilities in any publications

There is a cost to use our facility equipment as a student. To find out what our facility charges are you can speak to our facility teams or email research-facilities@bath.ac.uk

How to book core research facility equipment

All of our facility equipment is booked using a dedicated booking system, ULab.

To book our facility equipment:

1. Make sure you have spoken with our facility teams to understand the training and health and safety requirements for equipment use.
   
2. Obtain appropriate consent on which project code (budget) you have authorisation to use for booking this equipment. Please contact the ULab team at ULab@bath.ac.uk to add a project code to the system.
3. Log in to the ULab service. If this is your first time using ULab, you will need to register for an account.
4. Book your equipment using your project code within ULab. Bookings may require approval from our technical experts.

If you need any support with booking equipment/accessing ULab, then please contact our dedicated ULab team at ULab@bath.ac.uk