University of Bath
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Former names
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Bath University of Technology |
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| Motto | Generatim discite cultus (Latin. Virgil, Georgics II) |
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Motto in English
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Learn the culture proper to each after its kind |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1966 |
| Endowment | £5.1 million (2015) |
| Chancellor | HRH The Earl of Wessex |
| Vice-Chancellor | Dame Glynis Breakwell |
| Students | 16,820 |
| Undergraduates | 11,439 |
| Postgraduates | 4,498 |
| Location |
Bath, Somerset, England 51°22′47″N 2°19′41″W / 51.3796°N 2.3280°WCoordinates: 51°22′47″N 2°19′41″W / 51.3796°N 2.3280°W |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Affiliations |
ACU AMBA EQUIS EUA Universities UK Wallace Group GW4 SETsquared |
| Website | www.bath.ac.uk |
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ARWU (2016, national) |
29-33 | |
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ARWU (2016, world) |
301-400 | |
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QS (2016/17, national) |
25 | |
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QS (2016/17, world) |
159 | |
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THE (2016/17, national) |
36 | |
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THE (2016/17, world) |
251-300 | |
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Complete (2017, national) |
12 | |
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The Guardian (2017, national) |
10 | |
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Times/Sunday Times (2017, national) |
12 | |
The University of Bath is a public university located in Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom. It received its Royal Charter in 1966 and can trace its roots to a technical school established in Bristol in 1856.
According to The Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2015 the University of Bath is the best university in the UK for student experience. In The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2014 the university was awarded the title of "Best Campus University in Britain". Bath was awarded the title of ‘University of the Year 2011/12’. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, 32% of Bath's submitted research activity achieved the highest possible classification of 4*, defined as world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour. 87% was graded 4*/3*, defined as world-leading/internationally excellent.
The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the Association of MBAs, the European Quality Improvement System, the European University Association, Universities UK and GW4, a grouping which brings together the South West and Wales’ four leading, research-intensive universities (Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter). Until 30 October 2012, it was also a member of the 1994 Group.
The University of Bath can trace its roots to a technical school established in Bristol in 1856, by the honourable Cameron Smart Meng, MIET. In 1885 the school became part of the Society of Merchant Venturers and was renamed the Merchant Venturers' Technical College (whose alumni include the physicists Paul Dirac and Peter Higgs), an institution founded as a school in 1595. Meanwhile, in the neighbouring city of Bath, a pharmaceutical school, the Bath School of Pharmacy, was founded in 1907. This became part of the Technical College in 1929.
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