Bath Spa University (reviews)

There is a fantastic amount of creative freedom. The staff are there to support you at every turn, and there is facilities available to take your creative vision and make it real.
The learning feels tangible, and your progress is celebrated along the way.

I am a student at Bath Spa University – RAK, their main campus in the United Arab Emirates. As far as I know, there are other Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Ajman campuses. I’ve only been to the RAK and Ajman campus and I could say that their campus and environment needs some work. Their walls, hallways, classrooms, and canteen need some decorating to entice their students. Their campus is also fairly small compared to the students that are enrolled in their university. Despite all the improvements needed in their environment and campus, their education standard is pretty good as it is a British curriculum. If you are looking for a university with a British curriculum, is cheap, and has accommodating teachers, Bath Spa University could be the choice for you. They give out free scholarships that could range up to 50% off your original tuition fees. This could be a big help to students who are looking for high education quality but at the same time managing their finances.

The best thing about the university is that the system does not ask too much for outputs, which emphasizes learning and student self-discovery.

As a business student, there is no better way of learning to think for oneself than when a student has time to venture out into the real world.

Other universities, as far as people who informed me, still use exams and quizzes to gauge a student’s ability. While these can be helpful academically, a student would have no time other than the aim of passing the modules.

Bath Spa University does the opposite: it requires at least one or two maximum outputs per module in a given course (business administration, e.g.).

The best thing this year is the weekend class option. I am only required to attend my classes once a week. This shows how the university is willing to provide flexibility to working or generally busy students.

Regardless, besides being attentive to the student’s learning and schedule needs, the university also does a great job at providing modules that are important.

What I did not like so far is that we had no general finance modules. As a business student, learning about stocks and IPO is crucial and this was not covered in my BA program.

The university understands different situations of the students. They provide flexibility in class schedules especially to the students who are working at the same time. Also, the lecturers provide quality support to the students.