Wireless
eduroam is the university wireless service
eduroam is the secure wireless service at the University of Bath. To use the wireless service connect to the eduroam network.
Wireless access is provided across much of campus.
The eduroam (education roaming) service provides secure wireless access to the internet for staff and students at the University of Bath. It also allows visitors from eduroam affiliated organisations to gain access. Using eduroam, staff and students from the University of Bath can access the internet via other eduroam wireless services worldwide.
Connecting to eduroam at Bath
Member of the University of Bath? Get connected to eduroam at Bath
You can connect to wifi via the secure eduroam service if you a visitor to the University of Bath and have an eduroam account at your home education establishment - please follow our advice for visitors.
Cannot connect to eduroam?
Some wireless devices, such as gaming consoles, will not be able to connect to eduroam. For this we provide BUCS-WiFi, this is a less secure wireless connection. If you are a visitor with a game console that has a web broswer, you can connect to _The Cloud wifi service.
Wireless for visitors
You can connect to wifi via the secure eduroam service if you a visitor to the University of Bath and have an eduroam account at your home education establishment - please follow our advice for visitors.
If you are a visitor to the University of Bath with no eduroam account:
- please use our free wireless service _The Cloud.
_The Cloud provides user instructions on how to connect different devices to the wifi service, and there is an app for android device users and for iPhone, iPod and iPads.
Other Universities that use eduroam
For a list of eduroam participating organisations see the uk eduroam coverage page
Acceptable Use
Anyone connecting to the eduroam service on campus must follow the local University of Bath acceptable use policy, the JANET eduroam policy and of course the local law.
More information
Eduroam in the UK is supported by the JANET roaming service (JRS) who have more information on the service and coverage. For details on worldwide coverage see the eduroam federation' s website.