Arrivals Weekend is from Friday 22 September to Sunday 24 September 2023.

Welcome Week runs from Monday 25 September to Friday 29 September 2023.

Find out where to go

Look at our campus map to find where your sessions are taking place.

University Life

You must attend a University Life session taking place over arrivals weekend. Find your University Life time slot. It’s important that you attend this.

Your timetable

Monday 25 September

Start Finish Location Description
10.15am 10.30am East Building 1.1 Head of Department Welcome to Politics with Economics-Politics and International Relations & International Politcs and Modern Languages students
10.30am 11.15am East Building 1.1 Director of Studies Welcome and key information-giving session 1 (includes Welcome from Faculty Librarian, Katrin Roberts at 11am)
11.15am 11.30am East Building 1.1 Peer Assisted Learning Leaders introduce PAL and Peer Mentoring, followed by campus trail and refreshments.
11.30am 12.45pm Trail/Lime Tree Campus trail in groups with mentors. £5 voucher to spend in Lime Tree (12.15 onwards)

Tuesday 26 September

Start Finish Location Description
1.15pm 1.45pm Chancellors' building 1.12 Group A only (Surnames A-M) Director of Studies Welcome and key information-giving session 2
1.45pm 2.15pm Claverton Rooms Quiz & afternoon tea with Student quizmaster
2.15pm 2.45pm Chancellors' building 1.12 Group B only (Surnames N-Z) Director of Studies Welcome and key information-giving session 2
2.45pm 4.05pm Claverton Rooms Quiz & afternoon tea with Student quizmaster

Wednesday 27 September

Start Finish Location Description
11am 11.45am In Staff Offices Meet your personal tutor A- Students will be told which Session to attend A OR B
11.45am 12.30pm In Staff Offices Meet your personal tutor B - Students will be told which Session to attend A OR B
11.45am 12.15pm 3 West North 3.7 Social: Ploughman's share A - Students seated in cross-programme Tutor Groups
12.30pm 1pm 3 West North 3.7 Social: Ploughman's share B - Students seated in cross-programme Tutor Groups
2.15pm 3pm The Parade The SU Sports Day: Use this free time to meet the sports clubs and teams and find out how to join. This is an optional activity.

Thursday 28 September

Start Finish Location Description
11am 12pm (midday) The Parade The SU Groups Day: Find out about all of the Student groups on offer and how to get involved. This is an optional activity
12.15pm 12.45pm 1 West 2.101 Information session on use of the Library with Faculty Librarian, Katrin Roberts (for PwE, PIR, IPML)
1.15pm 1.45pm Chancellors' building 3.5 French briefing for IPML, ML, IMML
1.45pm 2.15pm Chancellors' building 3.5 Spanish briefing for IPML, ML, IMML
2.15pm 2.45pm Chancellors' building 3.5 German briefing for IPML, ML, IMML
2.45pm 3.05pm Chancellors' building 3.5 Italian briefing for IPML &ML
2.45pm 3.05pm Chancellors' building 3.10 Russian briefing for IPML & ML
2.45pm 3.05pm Chancellors' building 3.11 Mandarin briefing for IPML & ML
3.15pm 4.15pm Lime Tree Afternoon Cream Tea -Opportunity for students from all 3 Language programmes and staff to meet other students studying their language over refreshments

Friday 29 September

Start Finish Location Description
11.15am 12.15pm Online event, Zoom Be the Change: Understand the community of the University of Bath, and how you can be an active bystander and promote equality.
1pm 2pm Founders Hall The SU Freshers Fair: Use this free time to explore what's on offer at the University and in Bath and pick up some freebies. This is an optional activity.

Please check this page regularly as sometimes we need to change the times and locations of Welcome Week events. During Welcome Week, we would recommend you check your timetable at the start of each day.

Freshers' Week

The Students' Union also runs optional Freshers' Week activities you might be interested in.

Help with technology

If you have any problems with IT hardware and software, contact our IT helpdesk. You can also purchase equipment from them.