Our Department of Physics offer holder events will take place between February and May 2026. Programmes for the upcoming dates will be available on this page prior to each event.
You can attend these on-campus or virtual events if you're an offer-holder for one of our physics courses.
On-campus Offer Holder Day programme
Saturday 21 February 2026, Friday 10 April 2026 and Saturday 25 April 2026, 10am - 4pm
| Start | Finish | Description | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10am | 4pm | Drop-in information fair - pre-booked campus and accommodation tours | Campus-wide |
| 1.15pm | 1.30pm | Arrival and registration for departmental activities | Outside 8 West 1.1 |
| 1.30pm | 2pm | Course overview talk | 8 West 1.1 |
| 2pm | 3.30pm | Offer holders: Tour of 8 West - view our physics murals and find academic staff to talk to | 8 West |
| 2pm | 3.30pm | Offer holders: Taster Session - offer holders to attend one of three sessions | 8 West |
| ‘Shining Light on Pixels: unveiling mobile screen resolutions through laser diffraction’ | East Building 2.03 | ||
| ‘Cosmic Calculations: using Jupyter notebooks to determine the Hubble constant’ | East Building 0.7 | ||
| ‘An introduction to quantum computing’ | East Building 0.9 | ||
| 2pm | 3.30pm | Guests: Q&A session plus optional 8 West visit | 8 West 1.1 |
| 3.30pm | 4pm | Optional drop-in session in our undergraduate teaching lab with an opportunity to speak to current students | East Building 2.03 |
| 4pm | End of day |
For the on-campus offer holder days, we recommend that anyone travelling to our campus by car uses our East Car Park. Parking will be free in all campus car parks on these dates.
There are many different ways to travel to our University of Bath campus. Find out more about travelling to our campus.
Department Visit Day programme
Wednesday 4 March 2026, 1.30pm - 4.45pm
| Start | Finish | Description | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.30pm | 1.45pm | Arrival and registration | East Building Level 1 Foyer |
| 1.45pm | 2.15pm | Course overview talk | East Building 1.1 |
| 2.15pm | 3.15pm | Offer holders: Taster Session - offer holders to attend one of three sessions | East Building |
| ‘Shining Light on Pixels: unveiling mobile screen resolutions through laser diffraction’ | East Building 2.03 | ||
| ‘Cosmic Calculations: using Jupyter notebooks to determine the Hubble constant’ | East Building 0.9 | ||
| ‘An introduction to quantum computing’ | East Building 0.7 | ||
| 2.15pm | 3.15pm | Guests: Campus tour with current students | Campus-wide |
| 3.15pm | 3.45pm | Drop-in session in our undergraduate teaching lab with informal Q&A (refreshments included) | East Building 2.03 / East Building Level 0 Foyer |
| 3.45pm | 4.45pm | Offer holders: Campus tour with current students | Campus-wide |
| 3.45pm | 4.45pm | Guests: Student support discussion | East Building 1.1 |
| 4.45pm | End of day |
If you are attending the Department Visit Day on 4 March, you will need to download and print a parking permit. Please check back here up to two weeks before the event for a link to download the permit. Please note, having a parking permit does not guarantee you a space in our car parks.
Virtual Offer Holder Day programme
Saturday 2 May 2026, 10.30am - 12.15pm
| Start | Finish | Description | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.30am | 10.45am | Welcome course overview | Microsoft Teams |
| 10.45am | 11.30am | Online physics taster activity | Microsoft Teams |
| 11.30am | 12.15pm | Q&A with Admissions Tutor, current students, and staff | Microsoft Teams |
| 12.15pm | End of day |