Arrivals weekend is Friday 23, Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 of September and Welcome Week runs from Monday 26 September to Friday 30 September 2022.

Find out where to go

Look at our campus map to get directions to your sessions.

University Life

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

Your timetable

Monday 26 September

Start Finish Location Description
10.15am 12.05pm East Building 1.1 Departmental Welcome for all MSc and MRes courses
1.15pm 3.05pm 2 East 3.1 Introduction to MSc Data Science, MSc Data Science and Statistics, and MSc Machine Learning and Autonomous systems courses
3.15pm 5.05pm 2 East 3.1 Introduction to MSc Computer Science courses
5.45pm 6.45pm Science Marquee behind 8 West Buddying Project Welcome event for students who have signed up for the scheme

Tuesday 27 September

Start Finish Location Description
10.15am 11.05am East Building 1.1 Careers Focus session for all courses
11.15am 12.05pm Science Marquee behind 8 West Department of Computer Science Societies and networks fair for new students
2.15pm 3.05pm 6 West 1.2 Placement Focus session 1

Wednesday 28 September

Start Finish Location Description
9.15am 11.05am Chancellor's Building 4.17 Programming Python support session for MSc Data Science, and MSc Data Science and Statistics courses
9.15am 11.05am 10 West 0.02 Intro to University Systems for MSc Computer Science, and ART-AI courses
11.15am 12.05pm East Building 1.1 Library Introduction session for all courses
12.15pm 2.00pm Microsoft Teams Optional online drop-in sessions with Director of Studies. Book your session here.
2.15pm 3.00pm Science Marquee Networking event for MSc Computer Science courses
3.15pm 4.00pm Science Marquee Networking event MSc Data Science, MSc Data Science and Statistics, and MSc Machine Learning and Autonomous systems courses

Thursday 29 September

Start Finish Location Description
9.15am 10.00am Microsoft Teams Optional online drop-in sessions with Director of Studies. Book your session here.
10.15am 12.05pm 1 West 2.101 Computer Science International Forum for UG & PGT students
12.15pm 1.05pm East Building 1.1 Unit Q and A session for all MSc courses
2.00pm 3.00pm Microsoft Teams Optional online drop-in sessions with Director of Studies. Book your session here.
3.15pm 4.05pm MS Teams Be the Change: Understand the community of the University of Bath, and how you can be an active bystander and promote equality.
4.15pm 5.05pm Zoom Climate literacy : Work with other students in this interactive session to explore the climate emergency, how the University is responding and how you can get involved.

Friday 30 September

Start Finish Location Description
10.15am 11.05am Chancellor's Building 5.13 MASH workshop for MSc Computer Sciences courses
11.15am 12.05pm 6 West 1.2 Placement Focus session 2
2.15pm 3.05pm 1 West 2.102, 2.101, 2.104 and Foyer Meet your personal tutor
3.05pm 4.00pm 2 South 0.22 Lab introduction

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

As well as these compulsory events, you can also get involved in optional activities run by The SU.

Help with Technology

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

Link to other students on your course

We have set up a Microsoft Team for your course. You can use this to ask questions and start to get to know the people on your course. You will be able to access this from early September.