University of Bath in Swindon ===
The university opened a second site, Oakfield Campus, in 2000 on Marlowe Road Swindon, on a site leased from the council. Formerly Oakfield School, the site was jointly funded by the university and Swindon Council. Officially The University of Bath in Swindon, the campus offered undergraduate courses in childhood studies and social work.
The campus was closed in the summer of 2008.
Under the Gateway Project, the university had planned to build a major new campus next to the Great Western Hospital and the Coate Water nature reserve. The project had met opposition from environmentalists and locals but had met with Government approval. The university withdrew from the project in March 2007 citing "prevailing planning and funding conditions".
== Organisation and administration ==
The university is divided into four faculties and each faculty into various departments.
=== Finances ===
In the financial year ending 31 July 2024, Bath had a total income of £390.5 million (2022/23 – £362.9 million) and total expenditure of £308.1 million (2022/23 – £358.8 million). Key sources of income included £219.5 million from tuition fees and education contracts (2022/23 – £205.9 million), £41.2 million from funding body grants (2022/23 – £46.7 million), £49.2 million from research grants and contracts (2022/23 – £44.8 million), £7.6 million from investment income (2022/23 – £5.6 million) and £3.4 million from donations and endowments (2022/23 – £1.5 million).
At year end, Bath had endowments of £8.4 million (2022/23 – £6.9 million) and total net assets of £1.146 billion (2022/23 – £911.9 million).
== Academic profile ==
The university's major academic strengths have been engineering, the physical sciences, mathematics and technology. Today, the university is also strong in management, humanities, architecture and the social sciences. Courses place a strong emphasis on vocational education; the university recommends students to take a one-year industry placement in the penultimate year of their …
