Department of Economics
We conduct high quality research and teaching in economics. Our graduates have excellent employment prospects due to our established industry placements scheme.
Our six academic departments are research active and teach our portfolio of courses.
We conduct high quality research and teaching in economics. Our graduates have excellent employment prospects due to our established industry placements scheme.
We conduct research and teach courses to further our understanding of a range of education-related issues nationally and internationally.
We deliver highly-rated courses in sport, exercise and health, alongside research to promote wellbeing and enhance functional performance.
We offer a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees spanning politics, languages, economics, international studies and interpreting.
A large and growing team of staff offers expertise in a broad spectrum of psychology topics, which allows our students to work across traditional boundaries.
One of the UK's leading centres for social sciences, we offer degrees in sociology, social policy, social work, international development and criminology.
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Our research contributes to improving the world around us.
Medical device firms are paying €37 million between 2017-2019 to UK healthcare organisations, including the NHS
More than half of working households' Universal Credit (UC) payments varied by £400 or more from one month to the next at least once a year
New analysis of adolescent TV and film on Netflix suggests that too often it shows misleading depictions of pain.
There is no evidence that CBD products reduce chronic pain, and taking them is a waste of money and potentially harmful to health, new research finds.
A new survey suggests politicians can win over the public with policies that tackle climate change and the cost of living crisis.
New guidance from The University of Bath could help autistic adolescents living with chronic pain, get better treatment.
Research from our Departments makes an impact all over the world.
Learn how our research is helping to level the playing field, uncover hidden talent, reduce injuries and support the stars of the future.
Our research is helping to reduce smoking and save lives by informing public policies, including via the introduction of standardised packaging for cigarettes.
Find out more about Research with Impact at BathMany of our students do a placement or project with a real-world organisation as part of their degree. For undergraduate language students, there's also the opportunity to work or study abroad during Year 3.
Put your degree into practice and gain vital experience with a placement. Placements can be in the UK or overseas, and some are paid.
Experience another culture, enhance your CV and develop your language skills by studying or working abroad during your degree.
The Practice Track is an alternative to a traditional dissertation. You will work in a group or alone to complete a project with an external organisation.
Take the option to study at one of our partner universities for one or two semesters and get valuable international experience.
Vertically Integrated Projects (VIPs) are innovative research-based projects that enable students and staff to collaborate on long-term real-world issues.
Find out what it's like to study with us from some of our students and graduates.
Yuyang talks about her experience studying Sport Management at Bath and how the master’s has helped her career goals.
Recent psychology graduate, Ben Cachin, reflects on Virtual Reality research at Bath by speaking to researchers leading the way in this area.
Aanchal Rana talks about how being a dentist in India during the COVID-19 pandemic has led her to study MSc Global Public Health and Policy at Bath.
Maya Butovskaya talks about studying MA International Education and Globalisation and her career helping students to go to universities in the US and Europe.
Grace spent Year 3 of her BA (Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages degree in Paris. She talks about improving her confidence and language skills.
Simona Koleva, who won the ‘Best Placement Student’ prize at the NUE Awards 2022, talks about studying BSc (Hons) Economics and Politics and her ambitions.
The latest news from our Faculty
Award-winning documentary shown at UN event to expose the ‘invisible’ working conditions in the multi-billion dollar cobalt industry.
Dr Lorraine Whitmarsh discusses climate anxiety with Vic Gill for BBC Radio 4's Inside Science.
New collaboration to provide 10,000 life-changing manual washing machines to communities around the world over the next five years.
Bath is named one of the world’s best places to study subjects including architecture, development studies and business, retaining a top 10 position for sport
Universities, local government and communities, public health practitioners and civil society groups will study how the commercial sector affects our health.
Three Bath students took part in the 2024 BISA/FCDO Model NATO event, in which they responded to a mock crisis alongside other students from across the UK.
We offer a diverse range of undergraduate courses covering economics, education, psychology, policy and languages. We also offer a variety of taught and research-based postgraduate courses, from master's to doctorate qualifications.
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