Raising the bar

Today

We are anchored in the beautiful City of Bath, world-renowned for its UNESCO World Heritage status, for its hot springs, Roman sites, Georgian buildings, and as one of the Great Spa Towns of Europe with a long history in health, wellbeing and discovery.

We were founded as a technological university, operating at the intersection between science and society. Our distinctive strengths in science, engineering, social sciences and business continue to drive areas of international excellence and impact through global academic, societal and industry links.

Our international and inclusive community is drawn from 170 countries around the world, enriching our University with multiple perspectives and experiences. Our talented and dedicated staff are proud of the outstanding education and student experience we provide, and the impact of our internationally excellent research and innovation.

Tomorrow

Bath will be globally recognised for focused areas of research, education and innovation excellence and their transformative impacts on the world.

We will strengthen Bath’s international reach, deepen our excellence in key areas, grow innovation and form stronger partnerships, ensuring more people and places benefit from the positive impact of our work. Our community will embrace a truly global mindset and feel empowered to set new standards and support one another to meet them.

We will concentrate our resources and attention on areas where Bath can be genuinely world-class, and we will be equally clear about what we will not pursue. Our rolling five-year plans will make these choices explicit, naming what we are stopping as well as what we are starting.

How we will get there

Starting today, and over the 10 years of our strategy, we will:

• concentrate our effort on a smaller number of areas where Bath can achieve world-class impact. This builds on our inception as a specialised University from our very foundation, enabling us to focus our choices and our resources with confidence
• retain the excellence and focus of our education provision, but diversify how we deliver it through outreach, innovative pathways, meaningful partnerships and global employability initiatives, ensuring more students around the world benefit from our outstanding education, graduate outcomes and opportunities
• invest in focused areas of world-leading research strength, increasing meaningful international collaborations and driving more breakthroughs with greater impact to tackle global challenges and support sustainable development
• accelerate the positive societal outcomes we create by growing focused, high-impact innovation activity
• build our capacity to be a partner of choice, making Bath easy to work with and more responsive to strategic opportunities
• activate our valued alumni network to amplify our impact and enhance our reputation in key regions
• empower staff throughout the University to embrace a truly global mindset and develop our ability to attract and welcome talent from all walks of life, so everyone feels they belong at Bath