Bath Spa University
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 2005 - Bath Spa University (gained university status) 1997 - Bath Spa University College 1975 - Bath College of Higher Education 1852 - Bath School of Art |
| Endowment | £580,000 |
| Chancellor | Jeremy Irons |
| Vice-Chancellor | Christina Slade |
| Students | 7,630 (2015/16) |
| Undergraduates | 5,785 (2015/16) |
| Postgraduates | 1,845 (2015/16) |
| Location |
Bath, Somerset, England 51°22′32″N 2°26′18″W / 51.37556°N 2.43833°WCoordinates: 51°22′32″N 2°26′18″W / 51.37556°N 2.43833°W |
| Campus | Rural |
| Affiliations |
Universities UK Association of Commonwealth Universities |
| Website |
www.bathspa.ac.uk www.bathspasu.co.uk |
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Bath Spa University is a public university based on numerous campuses near Bath, England. The institution was previously known as Bath College of Higher Education, and later Bath Spa University College. It gained full university status in August 2005. It is the UK's sixth biggest provider of Teacher Education.
The university has been consistently ranked as one of the best creative universities in the UK by Which? every year since 2012, and consistently places among the UK's top 80 universities.
The institution can trace its roots back to the foundation of the Bath School of Art in 1852, following the impact of The Great Exhibition of 1851.
In 1946 Bath Teacher Training College was opened on the Newton Park campus, as part of the post-war initiatives to fill wartime teaching shortages by a one-year course for ex-service people. The present institution was formed in 1975 as Bath College of Higher Education by the merger of Bath Teacher Training College and Bath College of Domestic Science. In 1983 Bath Academy of Art also merged into the college.
In 1992, the college was granted degree-awarding powers and in 1997 adopted the name Bath Spa University College. In March 2005 the institution was granted university status, becoming Bath Spa University in August 2005.
The University has six schools of study.
In 2005, 2006 and 2008 the university was named in the top 10 modern British universities by The Sunday Times, at positions no.8, no.5 and no.8 respectively. The university was again ranked 8th best modern university in the UK by The Sunday Times in their 2016 university guide.
Bath Spa University is designated as a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL).
The university holds the QAA quality mark from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.
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.
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