The University of Bath (informally known as Bath University, or simply Bath) is a campus university located in Bath, United Kingdom. It received its Royal Charter in 1966. According to The Sunday Times University Guide, Bath is ranked as the 3rd best University in the United Kingdom behind only Cambridge and Oxford and awarded the institution the title of ‘University of the Year 2011/12’. In the latest Research Assessment Exercise released in December 2008, two thirds of Bath's individual subject submissions are ranked in the top ten nationally, including over a third in the top five.
The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the Association of MBAs, the European Quality Improvement System, the European University Association, and Universities UK. Until 30 October 2012, it was also a member of the 1994 Group.
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