Step into Bath
Step into Bath is a residential summer school experience for students to experience life at Bath before deciding to apply to study at Bath.
Applications for 2025 are now closed.
What is Step into Bath?
Step into Bath is a 2-night residential summer school for Year 12 students who are on track to meet our typical offer and who are considering applying to study at Bath starting in September 2026.
As part of the summer school, you'll get to experience what being a student at Bath is like. You'll go to lectures, attend workshops, and spend time socially with others. You'll be surrounded with likeminded students who are also considering applying to Bath and you'll spend time with them and current Bath students. You'll get your questions about Bath answered from our academic staff and you'll get some helpful hints and tips about making the best application to Bath. You'll stay in a student bedroom and you'll also get to learn in our lecture theatres and use our purpose-built facilities for activities, sports, and recreation.
The summer school runs from Tuesday 29th to Thursday 31st July 2025.
Who can apply?
You can apply for Step into Bath if you are a Year 12/Lower Sixth student who is on track to meet the typical offer for your chosen course and you are planning to start a university course in 2026.
You will also need to be taking the relevant A levels (or equivalent) for your chosen course and provide us with the grades you expect to achieve (these do not need to be official or awarded by your school).
If you are likely to meet our widening participation criteria we recommend that you apply for our Discover Bath programme.
What will you do?
As part of Step into Bath you will:
- experience the University of Bath academic facilities and have an introduction to your prospective future at Bath, with taster lectures and placement & employability sessions delivered by our academic departments (subject stream choices below).
- attend talks and sessions delivered by University of Bath lecturers, researchers and current students
- stay on the University campus for 2 nights in actual undergraduate student accommodation
- attend interactive sessions focussed on making a competitive university application, with direct advice from admissions selectors on how to write a competitive personal statement
- have a chance to talk directly to admissions tutors of your chosen course(s).
- join in with fun, social activities (led by current university students) to get a flavour of real student life
- gain skills that will be essential for successful university study
- network and make new, like-minded friends
What subject stream can you choose?
As part of Step into Bath you will be able to select one of four subject streams to experience what studying at Bath is like. Below you will see the subject streams with some of the courses you may be interested in studying at Bath.
Engineering and Design
If you are interested in courses related to:
- Civil Engineering and Architecture
- Mechanical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Humanities and Social Sciences
If you are interested in courses related to:
- Criminology
- Economics
- Sport, Exercise and Health
- Languages
- Politics
- Psychology
- Sociology, Social Policy
- Social Work
Management and Business
If you are interested in courses related to:
- Business
- Finance and Accounting
- International Management
- Management
- Marketing
Sciences
If you are interested in courses related to:
- Biology/Biosciences
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Maths
- Pharmacy
- Pharmacology
- Physics
How much will it cost and how do you apply?
Cost
The summer school costs £350 per person. This cost covers your accommodation, food, and all activities while on the summer school.
Please note that you will need to arrange your own travel to and from our campus, and that we are unable to reimburse associated costs.
How to apply
To apply you will need to complete the online form. The form will ask you for some information about yourself and your education including the courses you are currently studying and what your expected grades might be. We ask this information to ensure that we have everything we need to keep you safe whilst at the University and to ensure that you have the academic profile to potentially be successful in applying to Bath.
This event isn't right for me, is there anything else?
Yes, we have other programmes for year 12 students. You can fill in our form which will then send you a personalised list of activities, events and resources that might be helpful for you.
I would like to register my interest for Step into Bath 2026
You can fill in this form to register your interest for next year and we will get in touch as soon as applications open.
Apply for Step into Bath 2025
Applications for 2025 have now closed. Step into Bath will run from Tuesday 29th to Thursday 31st July 2025 and costs £350 per person.Contact us
If you have any questions about Step into Bath, email the Step into Bath Team.