Dear Overseas Partners,

Please enjoy the latest updates from the University of Bath in the April edition of the newsletter.

• Guidance for offer holders affected by events in the Middle East
• New International Welcome Award worth £1,500
• Offer Holder Roadshow in India
• Meet us in the USA
• Updates from the Faculty of Science
• Updates from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Updates from the School of Management
• Updates from the Faculty of Engineering and Design
• Student Spotlights - exciting stories from our international community

We are writing to you at what we recognise is an unsettling and uncertain time for many of you, your students, and their wider communities. As a university, our thoughts are with all those impacted by the conflict in the Middle East region.

We remain committed to supporting students in every way we can with their application and admission journey to Bath. To support undergraduate applicants whose education has been disrupted, we have published guidance on our webpages outlining how we will consider results whether exams have been cancelled or gone ahead. We hope this provides clear insight for our offer holders as they plan their futures.

Any undergraduate student can also share any disruption to their studies or wellbeing through our confidential mitigating circumstances form. This form can be submitted at any stage, so students do not need to share anything until they are ready, and they can add more information later if things change. The form is available via the Bath Application Tracker.

We recognise that postgraduate taught applicants may be experiencing similar impacts, and the same commitment to flexibility and fairness applies. We encourage taught postgraduate students whose studies have been affected to contact our admissions team directly so their individual circumstances can be considered appropriately.

We also want to reassure our agent partners and students awaiting a decision that their application remains under consideration, and we will share an outcome when we are able.

English language testing

Many students hold offers that include our standard English language condition for their course. We are aware of significant disruption to some English Language testing services in affected regions. As we accept English studied in Class XII to meet our undergraduate requirements, we hope this will have minimal impact on these students.

If any student has any concerns about their English language condition and needs advice, please email us.

Any other concerns

We understand this continues to be a very difficult time for many students. We hope you and your applicants are safe and well, and we are here to support you.

If you have any other concerns, please do let us know by emailing us.

• Undergraduate admissions - admissions@bath.ac.uk 
• Postgraduate Taught admissions - pgtadmissions@bath.ac.uk

We know that preparing for international study requires careful planning, particularly when it comes to travel and associated costs. In response to the evolving global landscape, the University of Bath is introducing additional financial support for overseas undergraduate students joining us this year to provide greater security and peace of mind as they finalise their plans.

We are pleased to confirm that the new International Welcome Award, worth £1,500 in the first year of their course, will be available to help with travel costs and transition to the UK.

This additional funding reflects our recognition of the uncertainty many students are facing and our commitment to supporting them through it. Our aim is to ensure students can focus on preparing for their studies and future here, with greater confidence and reassurance.

Key details for offer holders

The award is available to all new, self‑funded international undergraduate students who have overseas fee status and who are starting their course in September 2026.

The award will be applied as a fee discount off the student's first-year tuition fee only.

The value of the award will be clearly detailed on the Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS).

To be eligible for the award, students must not be in receipt of any other University scholarship funding . If they have been or are later awarded a Bath International Excellence scholarship, only that higher award will apply.

Students must receive a confirmed place at Bath through UCAS. This award still applies if students choose Bath as their insurance choice and later become firm with us.

By applying the award as a fee reduction, we hope this support helps students meet the costs of travel and arrival in the UK, to begin their studies at Bath.

More details will be available soon, and we encourage you to keep an eye on our website for more information. If you have any questions, please contact us.

Delegates from the University of Bath will be in attendance in India for Offer holders events in May across Delhi, Chennai, Coimbatore, Pune, Mumbai and Bangalore.

Please encourage your offer holders to attend by registering for an event (subject to availability).

These events are a fantastic opportunity for offer holders to meet colleagues from Bath, ask questions, begin their transition from offer holder to Bath student, and connect with other future Bath students.

Ciara O'Gorman, International Student Recruitment Manager, is excited to be attending the IECA 2026 Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, from 18–20 May.

It's always one of the best opportunities of the year to connect and collaborate with colleagues from across the field.

If you're going to be there, please do come and say hello or reach out to Ciara to schedule a time to meet below. 

Prospective students can explore postgraduate study at Bath at our upcoming Postgraduate Virtual Open day on 3 June. It's a great chance to:

• chat with current students and staff to learn more about the course they are interested in and postgraduate life at Bath
• take part in live webinars and ask questions directly to staff and students.
• discover career opportunities after a master’s by attending a faculty-specific webinar

It's also a good opportunity for our partners to learn more about the University.

Pharmacy webinar: Discover a career in Pharmacy with Bath

Sign-up to our pharmacy webinar now to learn more about the broad range of career opportunities available following a Pharmacy degree from Bath. Hear from our panel of staff and students, and get any questions you have answered.

Date: Thursday 28 May 2026

Time: 10:00am - 11:00am British Summer Time (BST)

Take a tour of our undergraduate pharmacology lab

Join current students, Hannah and Matthew, as they take you on a tour of the key undergraduate pharmacology facilities on our campus.

To learn more about studying Pharmacology at Bath, visit our course pages.

New Course: MSc Climate, Sustainability and Social Transformation (September 2027 Entry)

This new interdisciplinary master’s degree will enable you understand the cause and effect of current climate and sustainability challenges.

Students will deepen their knowledge of the climate crisis, how it’s influenced by social, political and economic factors and learn strategies about how to navigate and counteract it through policy and governance.

Students will be well-placed to pursue a range of careers in expanding fields like climate policy and environmental sustainability.

Please register for course updates to find out more about our new course.

MA Education & PGCiE webinar

Join our webinar to find out all you need to know about our distance-learning MA Education and PG Certificate in International Education.

Whether you are working as a teacher, lecturer, trainer, educational leader, manager or administrator, our courses will give you a significant insight into the latest education trends and leading-edge research, and how those impact on policy and practice in an international context.

Date: Tuesday 19 May 2026

Time: 10:00am - 11:00am British Summer Time (BST)

January 2026 intake update

Further to our last message we can confirm that applications for our two January 2027 start courses, MSc Marketing and MSc Finance, will open on, or soon after, 1 May 2026.

To support ambitious and academically high performing students to MSc, we are pleased to announce scholarship funding will be available by application for new offer holder students starting their MSc in January 2027.

More information will be shared shortly with regards to eligibility and application deadlines.

If you have any questions whilst we prepare for admissions live, please contact Dee Mahil, Head of MSc Operations at nm359@bath.ac.uk.

School of Management delegation in Thailand

We would like to remind you that the School of Management Dean, Steve Brammer, along with Associate Dean International, Pete Nuttall, and colleagues, will be visiting Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan and Singapore from 25 May 2026 to 4 June 2026.

The trip will focus on meeting offer holders and alumni and strengthening partnerships and relationships in these key markets for the School of Management.

More details will follow soon.

MSc Roman Baths drinks reception April 2026 

School of Management colleagues and MSc Students on our full-time courses September and January enjoyed a wonderful evening at the Roman Baths Drinks Reception 2026.

It is a long-standing tradition and fixture in our School calendar to enjoy and bask in the glorious surroundings of one of Baths most historic landmarks.  

In this episode of Management Meets, hosts Katie Calvert-Jones and Professor Steve Brammer are joined by alumnus Nishchay Gogia, founder of 1947 Productions.

Nishchay reflects on his journey from Mumbai to Bath, and how his time at the School of Management shaped both his personal and professional outlook.

Arriving in 2008 at the height of the global financial crisis, he shares how uncertainty, resilience, and adaptability became defining themes in his early career.

January 2026 intake update

* Temporary suspension the below PGT courses for the 2026 intake:

• MSc Automotive Technology
• MSc Automotive Technology with Business Management
• MSc Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS)
• MSc Sustainable Energy Engineering
• MSc Sustainable Energy Engineering with Placement

Thammasat University visits the University of Bath

Last week, we were pleased to welcome a delegation from Thammasat University's School of Engineering to the University of Bath, as we continue to strengthen our growing partnership.

Thank you to the staff, students and student teams who generously shared their time, work and experiences during the visit. It was a great opportunity to connect and showcase our campus, facilities, and students.

We hope you find these stories helpful when promoting our courses, as they highlight the inspiring successes and exciting graduate outcomes of our international students and graduates.

Bath student wins at Europe’s largest student hackathon

Ege Ozguven, a first-year Chemical Engineering student, was part of the four-person team behind Aegis AI, the winning project at the HackEurope event held in Stockholm on 21 February.

From IAAPS to Team Bath Zero, I have a bit of knowledge in spinny things!

MEng Mechanical Engineering student, Reza, shares his experience on placement at IAAPS, the University's propulsion institution.

"I really wanted to gain some work experience before I graduated university. The links Bath has with industry are unrivalled compared to other universities. Moreover, their Formula Student team at the time was one of the best in the world."

Reza also joined Team Bath Zero, who are designing and building an electric motorbike for the MotoStudent 2027 competition. 

Why study Social and Policy Sciences at Bath? Alumni share their insights

We spoke to recent graduates from our social and policy sciences undergraduate degrees to find out how their studies have helped them start their careers.

Our international alumni who graduated from our undergraduate social and policy sciences courses talk about their time at Bath and how their placement year and overall experience of their course has supported them to progress onto a wide range of careers.

They share their advice regarding how students interested in these subjects can make the most of their studies to help their future careers.