University of Bath (reviews)

Bath University has been nothing short of transformative in my educational journey. Their demanding academic programs, supported by devoted faculty and state-of-the-art resources, have been instrumental in shaping my intellectual growth. The vibrant campus atmosphere and diverse student interactions have not only facilitated personal development but also forged lasting connections.

Doing education with psychology I was eased into the jump into university and was made aware that we had support surrounding us if we ever needed it. I feel extremely comfortable I lectures to speak up and discuss my opinion as there isn’t a lot of people on the course. 60 in most modules at the moment for my year; This allows it to be easy to have a better understanding of topics and have the ability to debate and question your view and others. I don’t live in the city but it is gorgeous and haven’t found living in another city to prevent me from making friends and socialising. Everyone is eager to make friends so this aspect makes it easy. The university is highly diverse with many people coming from different countries; there is a lot of international students so this allows you to learn about other peoples cultures and it’s so interesting. The feedback for essays is also pretty helpful as many of the lecturers go in depth.

Most lecturers do the bare minimum and don’t really care for students success. You can tell that a lot of them are there for their research and are forced to teach which is something they don’t want to do. There is also a very strong lack of support for students, many lecturers ignore student emails, barely provide question that can help students practice for exams and if you have any issues with anything they tend to blame the students and most importantly do not try to help, and instead they usually just say it’s always been that way. Honestly, it just feels like the department it out to get you instead of support you and help you. The course overall is a mess. The mechanical aspects of it are the better part of it, better organised and more useful and better lecturers. Whilst the electrical part is not well structured at all, with some modules that are extremely useless overall, and could easily be swapped for more generally useful modules. The workload is pretty extreme, especially taking into account that, unlike most other students in the humanities and management, engineering students do not get a reading week. In terms of non academic aspects, the uni is nice, I have made good friends and there are a lot of societies available. However, withing sports clubs it’s hard to feel included and “belong” If you are not good enough to make it to the team. Team members tend to be clicky so it ends up feeling a bit like you are in high school with the “popular kids”.
Overall, I feel like the academic aspect of it has really affected my mental health.

The modules chosen for my course is exceptional and welcoming from a job standpoint. Although there’s quite a rush in everything the aim of understanding is completely fulfilling. The campus is welcoming and charm. I love the library and my sources to learn is wide open. The encouragement to learn more and activities for wellness purposes are truly to be appreciated. I’m proud to say I belong at Bath