Bath Spa University is about more than studying. It’s about getting stuck in: thinking, making and doing. About bumping into friends on campus, embracing challenges and genuinely caring. We push boundaries and ourselves. If that sounds good to you, you’ll fit in well.

Our origins date back to 1852 and the original Bath School of Art, so we've built our reputation on more than 160 years of tradition and success. We're growing steadily too, with exciting courses and areas of research.

We have partnerships with businesses, organisations and institutions in every corner of the globe. You'll see our students at international conferences, tours and events, from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to the Canadian "International Next Way". You'll leave Bath Spa as a global citizen with ambition, drive and focus.

Accessibility and equality are important to us. The unique study and social environment we offer is a key factor in our popularity. Our students come from a range of backgrounds and cultures, from all parts of this country and overseas, and with a variety of academic credentials.

Great graduate prospects: 93.7% of Bath Spa graduates are in work or further study 6 months after graduating (HESA: 2014/15 Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education, published 2016)

Top 5 for creativity: We’ve been voted one of the top five creative universities. (Which? University Student Survey 2016)

You’ll be safe here: We’re the 2nd safest university in the South West and 6th when ranked against nearly 130 other universities and higher education institutions across England and Wales. (Complete University Guide 2015)

Sustainability and environmental commitments: It doesn’t stop with the people – we care for our environment as well. Our Green Focus policies earned us a "First Class Honours". (People and Planet Green League 2015)

Bath Spa University is in the Top 10 Countries to Study Abroad

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This flexible course adapts to the ever-changing world of culture and the arts. It will expand your theoretical understanding and professional knowledge of arts and cultural management, through hands-on experience and work-based learning. We’ll give you the unique opportunity to engage with an extensive range of regional, national, and international arts and cultural organizations. These cover the full range of creative industries including dance, theatre, music, digital creativity, fine art, fashion, and heritage.

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MA in Arts Management

This Business and Management degree provides you with a broad introduction to the fundamental principles of business and management in a rapidly changing, increasingly globalized world. Supported by practice-based interdisciplinary teaching and research, you’ll develop your business expertise alongside the practical and professional skills needed to effectively manage the challenging issues affecting organizations today.

MA in Business and Management

This program enables graduates to gain a career-enhancing postgraduate management qualification that will equip them to become the business leaders of the future. The advanced program of study develops commercial acumen, knowledge, business, and professional skills. It is ideal for those wishing to secure a credible postgraduate Business & Management qualification.

MA in Business and Management (Accounting)

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MA in Business and management with Integrated Placement

This creative, industry-focused MA Children’s Publishing course is the first of its kind, offering a deep and immersive learning experience across editorial, sales and marketing, rights and contracts, and design and production. You’ll explore various aspects of the industry such as business strategy, audience and market research, user experience and digital product development, collaboration, and project management.

MA in Children's Publishing

On our Commercial Music MA, you'll build on your current skills and experience whilst focusing on a particular area of the music industry: Songwriting, Music Production, or the Music Business. You'll choose your modules based on your career aspirations, and work towards a major project focused on your specialism.

MA in Commercial Music

Our MA in Creative Writing, available full-time and part-time, will help you to bring a novel, book of poems, book of short stories, or work of non-fiction as near to publishable quality as possible. Full-time students take the course in one year; part-time students in two.

MA in Creative Writing

Within the context of contemporary movement practice, our postgraduate dance program is designed to build your knowledge and skills of creative dance practices and will appeal to entrepreneurial dance artists who are keen to develop their practice. We offer a range of creative opportunities to enhance your studies. Alongside guidance from your tutors, our Master’s Dance degree is supported by several high-profile associations with artists and industry specialists to enhance your study experience.

MA in Dance

The boundaries between design, visual communication and visual arts practices are becoming increasingly blurred. Our MA Design encourages a healthy interplay of work and ideas between disciplines. This is a practical design course, grounded in professional development and research. We encourage you to work independently and collaboratively alongside students of curation, graphic design, photography, illustration, and other Design and Fine Art specialisms to build a strong professional and critical context for your practice.

MA in Design

MA in Education: Leadership and Management In a globally connected and rapidly changing world, education offers each individual the best chance of navigating an unknown future. In this course, you’ll explore the opportunities and challenges that educational leaders face as they are given greater autonomy to have a positive impact on pupils and learners.

MA in Education: Leadership and Management

This MA is taught within the School of Writing, Publishing, and the Humanities, in collaboration with the Research Centre for Environmental Humanities. On this pioneering course, you’ll acquire new research skills, as well as a more holistic understanding of environmental issues. You’ll address specific issues such as climate change and biodiversity loss, alongside broader ideas about human relationships with place, technology, and the more-than-human world, drawing insights from across a wide range of disciplines and cultures.

MA in Environmental Humanities

This studio-based MA Fine Art course allows you to develop your creative potential in a cross-disciplinary environment, using specialist equipment and drawing on the expertise of practicing artists and skilled technicians at our Locksbrook campus. Working with students from across the Bath School of Art, Film and Media, and School of Design, you’ll study a range of approaches including painting, sculpture, live art, and photography, to further your skills and knowledge in your specialist area. You’ll identify your position as an artist, develop the appropriate technical skills, and learn how to promote and exhibit your work professionally.

MA in Fine Art

MA Fine Art (Ceramics) at Bath Spa is designed to fully develop your creative potential as a ceramicist within a Fine Art context. We encourage you to experiment and take risks before going on to establish your strategy for practice. You’ll develop skills and knowledge through an exciting combination of practice, research, and professional development.

MA in Fine Art (Ceramics)

The Master's in Inclusive Education focuses on the issues that concern the inclusion of learners. These include the philosophical, ethical, and legal aspects that can impact the provision of education in different settings. The concept of inclusion is challenging and wide-ranging, and you'll be given the opportunity to engage critically with the policy and practice of inclusive education, as well as opportunities to develop your knowledge in specialist areas of SEN.

MA in Inclusive Education

Marketing and Brand Management at Bath Spa University provides you with the skills and practical experience that organizations need in an ever-changing business environment. It provides opportunities to develop your professional networks and enables you to experience the aspects of marketing and brand management most relevant to your chosen career path.

MA in Marketing and Brand Management

The course delivers a mixture of advanced technical skills related to sound design and audio post production for film and other visual media. It also provides creatively-oriented insights into contemporary sound design practice and encourages students to push the boundaries of the field. Subject areas include:

MA in Sound (Design)

Based at our beautiful Newton Park campus, this TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) course is for those who wish to teach English as a second or foreign language. We aim to develop confident and well-informed language-teaching practitioners who are capable of designing and teaching comprehensive language programs.

MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

This specialist creative writing MA is designed for writers for children, teenagers, and young adults who aim to complete a novel, series of picture books, or shorter stories for young children. Taught by published writers for children and young people and by publishing professionals, this practical course will help you refine your craft while learning about the interaction of creative and business considerations in the modern publishing industry.

MA in Writing for Young People

Creative Computing is everywhere. The collision of good ideas and technological innovation continues to enhance how we communicate, learn, play, work, and live. Our growing reliance on computing tools and experiences nevertheless demands a new form of talent - people who are technical yet creative, analytical yet playful, and experimental yet business-minded.

MSc in Creative Computing

Want to work in the criminal justice sector? Or do you already work in policing or criminal justice, and want to progress your career? Gain an advanced understanding of current debates in criminology, in areas such as crime investigation, offender interventions, and the aging prison population.

MSc in Criminology (Campus Based)

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Explore sound and music at an advanced level, and focus on the areas that interest you most. This course develops your core skills, such as working with instruments and sonic objects, notational strategies, soundscape recording, sound design, spatial audio, sound design, and interactive audio (e.g. for live performance, gaming, VR, immersive environments, and installations).

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