9th Annual Student National Conference 2026
Photo of the Chancellors’ Building, University of Bath. Credit University of Bath.
When: 8 and 9 April 2026
Where: Level 2, Chancellors’ Building, University of Bath, Bath, UK
About the Conference
The 2026 Society for Natural Sciences Student Conference will be hosted by the University of Bath on Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th April 2026. This is an opportunity to meet with Natural Sciences students from across the country, and get some real-life experience in presenting your results – both poster and oral presentation opportunities will be available. We encourage finalists to present their final year research project, but students in any year can attend and present.
Who can attend?
The conference is aimed at students studying Natural Sciences undergraduate programmes from all across the country. Students in any year can attend and present, but finalists are particularly encouraged to present their final year research project.
You must be a staff or student member of the Society for Natural Sciences in order to attend. If you are not already a member, please visit our membership page:
Registration
Registration is now open, please follow the link below to purchase your attendance. A ticket is £80 and does not include accommodation.
Abstracts
Student delegates will be invited to present either an oral presentation or a poster and will be asked to submit their abstracts (approx. 300 words) at the point of registration. These resources from the RSC give some good advice about putting together abstracts, posters and presentations:
Posters should be on portrait orientation, with a maximum size of A0. Oral presentations should be around 15 minutes each, with extra time available for questions.
Accommodation
Hotel Suggestions
There are various hotels available around the City of Bath at various price points, we recommend looking where to stay in Bath on this website to find the perfect spot for you. You can choose the type of accommodation ranging from budget hostels to spa hotels across different areas and select your preferences such as accessible facilities, swimming pool or electric car charging point.
Conference Programme
A complete conference programme will be released in the coming months.
Provisional arrival: 13:00 – 14:00 on 8th April
Provisional close: 16:00 on 9th April
Contact Information
You can contact the organisers at snsconference@bath.ac.uk