Step into Bath – University Of Bath
- Company: University of Bath
- Location: Bath
- Closing Date: 31-05-2025
Year Group
Year 12
Description
What is Step into Bath?
Step into Bath is a 2-night residential summer school for Year 12 students who are on track to meet our typical offer and who are considering applying to study at Bath starting in September 2026.
As part of the summer school, you’ll get to experience what being a student at Bath is like. You’ll go to lectures, attend workshops, and spend time socially with others. You’ll be surrounded with likeminded students who are also considering applying to Bath and you’ll spend time with them and current Bath students. You’ll get your questions about Bath answered from our academic staff and you’ll get some helpful hints and tips about making the best application to Bath. You’ll stay in a student bedroom and you’ll also get to learn in our lecture theatres and use our purpose-built facilities for activities, sports, and recreation.
The summer school runs from Tuesday 29th to Thursday 31st July 2025.
Priority will be given to students who meet our widening participation criteria.
Who can apply?
You can apply for Step into Bath if you are a Year 12/Lower Sixth student who is on track to meet the typical offer for your chosen course and you are planning to start a university course in 2026.
You will also need to be taking the relevant A levels (or equivalent) for your chosen course and provide us with the grades you expect to achieve (these do not need to be official or awarded by your school).
If you are likely to meet our widening participation criteria we recommend that you apply for our Discover Bath programme.
How much will it cost and how do you apply?
Cost
The summer school costs £350 per person. This cost covers your accommodation, food, and all activities while on the summer school.
Please note that you will need to arrange your own travel to and from our campus, and that we are unable to reimburse associated costs.
How to apply
To apply you will need to complete the online form. The form will ask you for some information about yourself and your education including the courses you are currently studying and what your expected grades might be. We ask this information to ensure that we have everything we need to keep you safe whilst at the University and to ensure that you have the academic profile to potentially be successful in applying to Bath.
What will you do?
As part of Step into Bath you will:
- experience the University of Bath academic facilities and have an introduction to your prospective future at Bath, with taster lectures and placement & employability sessions delivered by our academic departments (subject stream choices below).
- attend talks and sessions delivered by University of Bath lecturers, researchers and current students
- stay on the University campus for 2 nights in actual undergraduate student accommodation
- attend interactive sessions focussed on making a competitive university application, with direct advice from admissions selectors on how to write a competitive personal statement
- have a chance to talk directly to admissions tutors of your chosen course(s).
- join in with fun, social activities (led by current university students) to get a flavour of real student life
- gain skills that will be essential for successful university study
- network and make new, like-minded friends