[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA]The Romans may have built the first settlement in Bath, but it was in Georgian times that it became the [ITAL]truly beautiful[EITAL] city it now is. [ITAL]Radiant [EITAL]golden local stone is everywhere - hardly a brick building to be seen. Now it's one of the country's top tourist resorts. They don't come just to see the Roman Baths and [ITAL]pretty [EITAL]city, but also the local countryside, the Mendip Hills, the Cotswolds and the Severn Estuary. [ITAL]Unfortunately, [EITAL]the University, being on a small 60s campus 2 miles from the city centre, [ITAL]shares very little of this elegance. [EITAL]The buildings, [ITAL]which epitomise some of the least attractive excesses of [EITAL]modern concrete construction, [ITAL]are definitely not the University's best feature, but students soon become anaesthetised to them.[EITAL] After all, there is the [ITAL]pleasant [EITAL]greenery of the extensive grounds and the small University lake. The expanse of the site, the golf course next door, and its high, exposed and windy situation[ITAL] makes it seem remote[EITAL]. The University offers mainly science and technology courses (often with a language element) and many include a sandwich placement in industry. There's no Arts faculty [ITAL]but an active dramatic, musical and otherwise arty element exists nevertheless[EITAL].[HDNG]ATMOSPHERE:[EHDNG][PARA][ITAL]Students are serious and bookish, but friendly; however their warmth isn't enough to banish the deathly hush that sometimes descends on the campus, which is a bit isolated. There's no Arts Faculty (although extra curricular luvviness is very popular). Students would object to the 'nerd' label and rightly so, but the 1993 Freshers' Week was given a Sci-Fi theme, including all the Star Wars films, and free play on the arcade machines, so they've only got themselves to blame. [EITAL][PARA][PARA][ITAL][HDNG]THE TOWN:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA][ITAL][STAT][BULL] Population: 79,900 [BULL] London: 100miles [BULL] Bristol: 11miles[ESTAT][EITAL][PARA]Tourism not only means that Bath has plenty of amenities, museums, galleries and entertainment facilities, [ITAL]but also that these things cost a lot. The Roman Baths have to be visited at some time. [EITAL]The Victoria Art Gallery and The Royal Photographic Centre [ITAL]are worth a look.[EITAL][HDNG]TRAVEL:[EHDNG][PARA][BOLD]Trains:[EBOLD] Bath Spa station is 2 miles from the campus in the city centre offering services to London Paddington (1:25hrs, 1/hr), Birmingham, Edinburgh, Bristol (1/hr) and other places.[PARA][BOLD]Buses:[EBOLD] National Express and Badgerline services from Bath to a number of destinations including London (ú12.50, 2:15hrs, 9/day), Bristol (ú2, 30mins, 8/day), Manchester (ú17, 5:15hrs, 1/day).[PARA][BOLD]Car:[EBOLD] Bath is 9 miles off the M4 down the A46 and on the A4.[PARA][BOLD]Air:[EBOLD] Bristol Airport 18 miles away has flights inland and to main European destinations.[PARA][BOLD]Hitching:[EBOLD] Many students cadge lifts to the city centre from the campus and [ITAL]the M4's good for thumbing down to London.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Local:[EBOLD] Buses run every 5 minutes from the campus to the city (ú1 return/85p single).[PARA][BOLD]Taxis:[EBOLD] [ITAL]Not cheap, but special offers for students.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Bicycles:[EBOLD] Bath's a humpy bumpy ride and the campus is at the top of a steep hill -[ITAL] okay for turbo-powered limbs and it does mean it's not worth nicking bikes.[EITAL][PARA][PARA][ITAL][HDNG]FACULTIES and STUDENT NOS:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Architecture[EBOLD] 276[PARA][BOLD]Biology[EBOLD] 454[PARA][BOLD]Chem Eng[EBOLD] 157[PARA][BOLD]Chemistry[EBOLD] 190[BOLD][PARA]Education[EBOLD] 78[BOLD][PARA]Elec Eng[EBOLD] 297[BOLD][PARA]Management[EBOLD] 559[BOLD][PARA]Materials Sci[EBOLD] 98[BOLD][PARA]Maths[EBOLD] 337[BOLD][PARA]Mech Eng[EBOLD] 403[BOLD][PARA]Mod Lang[EBOLD] 343[BOLD][PARA]Pharmacy[EBOLD] 345[BOLD][PARA]Physics[EBOLD] 191[BOLD][PARA]Soc Sci[EBOLD] 592[HDNG]LIBRARIES and COMPUTERS:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Books: 300,000 [BULL] Periodicals: 2,000 [BULL] Study places: 540 [BULL] Computer workstations: 450[ESTAT][HDNG]CAREER PROSPECTS:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Careers Service [BULL] No of staff: 6 [BULL] Unemployed after 6mths (1992): 10%[ESTAT][PARA]Many graduates find work in engineering and accountancy.[HDNG]FAMOUS ALUMNI:[EHDNG][PARA]Neil Fox (Capital Radio DJ); Martin Hedges (canoeing champ); Chris Martin and David Trick (England rugby players).[HDNG]FURTHER INFO:[EHDNG][PARA]Undergrad and postgrad prospectuses, and an alternative one from the SU.[PARA][PARA]
