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
11.15am 12.05pm School of Management Building 10 East 0.17 Welcome to the School of Management
12.15pm 1.05pm Departing from School of Management Building 10 East 0.17 Campus Tour
3.15pm 5.05pm School of Management Building 10 East Level 0 Pavilion International Student Mixer

Tuesday 26 September

Start Finish Location Description
10.15am 10.30am 8 West 2.1 Welcome to the Department of PoLIS from Deputy Head of Department
10.30am 11.30am 8 West 2.1 Welcome from the Director of Studies of BSc in International Management and Modern Languages, followed by key information-giving session on the programme
2.15pm 3.15pm 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.

Wednesday 27 September

Start Finish Location Description
11am 12.05pm 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.
12.15pm 1.05pm Chancellors' Building 1.12 Insights Talk with Student Experience Officer and Current Students
2.15pm 4.05pm Details of room and time slot to follow via email Personal Tutor Meet and Greet

Thursday 28 September

Start Finish Location Description
10.15am 1.15pm You will be allocated one slot to attend. Details of room and time slot to follow via email The Big Team Challenge - Students attend either Thursday OR Friday Session - Groups TBC
1.15pm 1.45pm Chancellors' building 3.5 French briefing for French IMML only
1.45pm 2.15pm Chancellors' building 3.5 Spanish briefing for Spanish IMML only
2.15pm 2.45pm Chancellors' building 3.5 German briefing for German IMML only
3.15pm 4.15pm Lime Tree Afternoon Cream Tea -Opportunity for students from all 3 Language programmes including IMML and staff to meet other students studying their language over refreshments

Friday 29 September

Start Finish Location Description
10.15am 1.15pm You will be allocated one slot to attend. Details of room and time slot to follow via email The Big Team Challenge - Students attend either Thursday OR Friday Session - Groups TBC
1.30pm 2.30pm 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.