The right place to be
BATH was recently awarded the prestigious title of University of the Year by The Sunday Times. It is now ranked fifth in the Sunday Times rankings, with many subject rankings in the top five. The University of Bath is home to 15,000 students, including almost 4,000 international students.
It offers a wide range of opportunities for studies in engineering, humanities and social sciences, management and the sciences, and has a strong professional emphasis to its programmes, making its graduates among the most employable in the UK. The university occupies a modern parkland campus two kilometres from the centre of the city, offering an outstanding environment for study. Academic strengths Bath has consistently been ranked among the best UK universities by independent league tables and is invariably placed in the top 10% of UK institutions when rankings are published. The programmes are academically rigorous, and also have a strong focus on technical, vocational or business applications.
Over two-thirds of the research is ranked in the top 10 nationally and considered to be internationally recognised in terms of originality, significance or rigour. The undergraduate students benefit from this research directly as it consistently feeds into learning and teaching at Bath. Facilities Bath’s Students’ Union boasts a new £5.5mil (Rm26mil) Student Centre which has created additional social space for students and provides a buzzing focal point for student life on campus.
It also runs the university’s sports teams which are ranked in the top five nationally in the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS).
The university is home to a world-class £35mil (Rm171mil) Sports Training Village facility which is also one of British Swimming’s five Training Centres. In the run-up to London 2012, Bath has been chosen as the training base for the Malaysian Olympic team, and it will also host the Paralympics GB team’s preparation camps. Malaysian students at Bath Bath has a growing population of Malaysian students, many of whom are studying undergraduate programmes like engineering, pharmacy, accounting and finance, and economics. The International Office and Student Services Centre supports the Malaysian students at the university and help them to have a successful and enjoyable time while they are at Bath.
There is an orientation programme at the beginning of each academic year, as well as a programme of year-round trips and events to help students make the most of their time in the UK. The Students’ Union has been recognised as one of the best in the UK, ranked in the top three by the National Union of Students (NUS), and the society for Malaysian and Singaporean students, known as BAMSA, is one of the most vibrant cultural societies on campus.
Bath deputy vice-chancellor Professor Kevin Edge says, “We are very pleased to see that our Malaysian student population continues to grow. In addition to their academic excellence, our Malaysian students add greatly to the community at Bath through their enthusiasm and willingness to engage both socially and academically.”
Prof Edge and academic representatives from each school and faculty at Bath will be in KLCC on March 3 from 4pm to 6pm to meet with offer holders and Bath applicants.
They will also be offering one-toone sessions on March 5 and 6 in KLCC and Petaling Jaya for an informal chat about Bath and life at the university.
To book a place at either of these sessions, contact MABECS at 603-7956 7655/439, e-mail ukdegrees@mabecs.com or log on to www.bath.ac.uk/international