Bath Spa University

Bath Spa University is a great choice for those seeking to combine high quality tuition with a unique lived experience. The university has a 150 year heritage of delivering outstanding higher education, and is based in the magnificent World Heritage city of Bath, where students experience ancient Roman heritage alongside Georgian elegance and contemporary city living.

The university’s specialist facilities include brand new buildings, well-equipped libraries and state-of-the-art technology. Its three campuses around the city contain purpose-built facilities which play host to creative communities of students from all over the globe, mentored by expert tutors and with excellent research facilities in which students may fully immerse in their studies. Postgraduate students in particular benefit from smaller class sizes and the resources needed to explore their subject area more rigorously and in more detail.

Bath Spa has earned a reputation as a creative and innovative university, and these attributes are ingrained in their teaching ethos. Students are encouraged to push themselves academically, while expanding their worldview and embracing new challenges and opportunities.

Students enjoy access to the university’s network of industry partnerships and professional associates, and will find many options for gaining insights and work placement opportunities while studying. A postgraduate degree from Bath Spa University is an asset in the pursuit of competitive employment or further academic study.

A full list of postgraduate courses is available on the university’s website.

The academic staff at Bath Spa are highly qualified and widely experienced in their fields of study. Small postgraduate class sizes allow staff to provide a more personalised learning experience.

Bath Spa also offers opportunities for supervised primary research, leading to degrees of PhD or MPhil, with particular specialisms in art and design, performing arts, history, education, English, music, creative writing and psychology.

Bath Spa University is an inclusive and diverse learning environment, and their Students’ Union (SU) reflects this, providing guidance and support to its global community of students, and ensuring that each student’s voice is represented throughout the university.

The organisation of the SU is overseen by the sabbatical officers, who are elected annually to represent the student body. They make sure that students get the most out of their university experience by helping with a range of issues from academic to personal. They also communicate feedback from the students to the tutors to enable a healthy and dynamic dialogue which forms the basis of the university’s academic support network.

The SU also coordinates over 70 student-run clubs and societies, and an annual program of events and activities. There is a union shop, café and bar, where students can meet up with friends, grab a drink and check out live music or poetry readings, or just pick up a pint of milk on the way home.

Finely balanced between the city and countryside, Bath Spa’s campuses are an inspiring setting for postgraduate study.

Corsham Court

The main postgraduate campus, Corsham Court contains computer hubs, seminar rooms, a performance hall and a café and common room. It is also home to the Research Support Office.

Newton Park

Newton Park has everything needed in a modern university campus. Carefully designed spaces, publishing labs, film and television studios, and even a theatre. Open 24 hours a day, with study rooms and a Starbucks café.

Sion Hill

The Sion Hill campus is a hilltop hive of creative activity overlooking the city, with a specialist library for art and design, and workshops for fashion and textiles.

Locksbrook Road

Locksbrook Road is a Grade-II listed former factory, providing state-of-the-art learning facilities for the university’s Art and Design students, located close to the canal path, within walking distance to the city centre and student residential areas.

Bath Spa University’s Students’ Union has over 70 different student-run clubs and societies to choose from. The university supports the creation of new clubs and societies if they are not already represented.

Societies are open to all, regardless of course or year of study, so students can indulge their interest in film and still get an MA in Business Management.

Whether for full-time or part-time, mature or overseas students, the university’s Student Wellbeing Services are available all year round to support every postgraduate student experience, offering advice and support around finances, mental health, accessibility and disability, and much more.

They are on-hand to listen, understand, plan and problem-solve any student issue, whether academic or personal. Advice is free and confidential, and the dedicated team can act as a point of contact and, where appropriate, refer students to the appropriate professional services.

Tuition fees vary based on course of study, and the latest fee information is available on the university’s website. The university offers a financial incentive for any Bath Spa undergraduate alumni continuing their study with a taught master’s course, who become eligible for a fee reduction of up to GBP 2,000.

Students undertaking a PGCE course are automatically eligible for a non-repayable GBP 500 ‘thank you’ scholarship to support their studies.

Bath Spa University offers a range of scholarships, awards and bursaries which can be found on the university website.

Teaching and Education

Ofsted awarded the School of Education an “Outstanding", the highest possible grade, across all routes, for the effectiveness of primary and secondary teacher education provision.

Writing and English

Students on Bath Spa’s Creative Writing course have been shortlisted for or received various awards including the Man Booker Prize, Orange Prize, Costa Prize and the Guardian First Book Award.

Art and Design

The Bath School of Art and Design boasts renowned alumni such as the painter Howard Hodgkin and Oscar-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins. Current students’ work continues this creative heritage.

Creative Media

World-class facilities, TV studios and expert technicians equip Bath Spa students with the digital skills needed for a range of creative careers.

Entry requirements for all postgraduate courses can be found on the individual courses pages of Bath Spa University’s website.

Bath Spa is an ambitious, enterprising and supportive university, with research strengths and expertise focused around themes of enterprise, culture and creativity.

Bath Spa is recognised for world leading research in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, the UK programme which assesses the quality and impact of higher education research. The university tripled its volume of internationally excellent and world leading research since the previous REF assessment in 2008, and continues to improve its performance.

Bath Spa University was awarded the HR Excellence in Research award in January 2012, and has successfully retained this each year since 2014.

Bath Spa University offers a wide range of courses across the arts, education, social sciences and business. Modules are taught by lecturers and tutors who are experts in their fields of study, many of whom continue to conduct professional research alongside their teaching commitments.

Subject areas include:

• Art and Design
• Education
• Writing and English
• Film and Media
• Computing
• Music
• Dance and Performance
• History and Heritage
• Business and Management
• Environment
• Psychology

A full list of postgraduate courses are available to view on the university’s website.

Bath Spa University offers a selected number of distance learning options for taught courses, where students can study from anywhere in the world, and timetable their studies around their lifestyle and personal commitments. Students are advised to check with the individual school to see whether this option is offered for their chosen course.

Bath Spa University offers industry-informed postgraduate degrees coupled with a range of personal and professional development opportunities, which enrich the university experience and enhance career prospects and progression.

Postgraduate study can be on a full-time or part-time basis. Bath Spa is a research-oriented university which provides many opportunities for its students to conduct supervised primary research with strong connections with regional industry leaders. The university offers doctoral degree programs and research positions with a focus on creativity and enterprise.

There are active research programs across all schools of study, and the university achieved its best ever rating in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) assessment, with exceptional results in their Art and Design research. Bath Spa are expected to demonstrate consistent progress in their work in these areas, and an ongoing commitment to the pursuit of excellence.