教学及研究质量是我们学院的主要特点之一。在英国的高等教育领域里，只有极少所的主流大学及学院能够与我们高水准的教学质量相媲美；而在科研水平的评估中，我们也成为了同行里的佼佼者。英国政府机构也已将我们校系所开设的全部课程做了最优秀的级别鉴定。
完善的援助是我们的特色
一直以来，我们都将能为国际留学生们提供全面而完善的服务视为自身的骄傲。学院专门安排了十多位老师，专职为国际留学生在学习生活及社交活动方面遇到的问题和困难提供全方位的帮助。巴斯思帕为留学生们开设了多种水平段的英语语言课程以及学习技巧的培训。从您开始咨询，完成申请并被录取，离家起程，到您到达我们的学院并开始新的学习生活：我们都将热情细致地给予您全面的信息咨讯、建议以及充分的帮助。
Introduction to the Bath Spa University
Formed in 1983 by the merger of Bath College of Higher Education and Bath Academy of Art, Bath Spa University College counts painter Howard Hodgkin and sculptors Nicholas Pope and Veronica Ryan among its alumni. Along with art and design, courses here focus on education, social sciences, music and performing arts. More than 60% of students are women.
At its peak as a fashionable social centre in the 18th century, the dandy Richard "Beau" Nash (1674-1761) enjoyed considerable influence in Bath. As well as banning pipe-smoking in its public rooms, Nash promoted gambling and dictated that balls should always start with a minuet.
For the large proportion of mature students who attend Bath Spa the college is characterised as small and friendly rather than boisterous - but they may still feel his influence if they travel in a taxi to the main campus, Newton Park, four miles from Bath: Nash is credited with regulating the hustling sedan chair owners of his day and, in doing so, creating the foundations of the rules that govern modern taxis.
Tobias Smollett described with satirical glee Bath's vibrant contemporary social life and the city, though not the social hive it was in his time or Jane Austen's, still offers entertaining nights in its pubs, clubs and gigs. If the scene palls, Bristol is close by.
Sion Hill - Bath Spa's second campus which hosts the art and design faculty and which is located in a splendid Georgian crescent - is about one and a half miles from the centre of the city and some students prefer living there for that reason.
Students at Bath Spa, where many courses work on a flexible, modular basis, benefit from the institution's rich links with establishments overseas and the diverse student and academic body this has encouraged. As well as its European ties, for example, last year Bath Spa signed an agreement with Dongguk University in Seoul, one of South Korea's larger universities, to facilitate academic co-operation between the two organisations that will include student exchanges and joint conferences.
Accommodation:
University: ￡50-￡73.50 per week
Private: ￡50-￡75
90% of first years in college accommodation, so it pays off to apply early.
Bath Spa University College, Newton St Loe, Bath BA2 9BN
Phone: 01225 875875
Students' union: 01225 875875
E-mail: enquiries@bathspa.ac.uk
