Nimbus cloud supercomputer
Optimal compute and data storage solutions for your evolving research needs, including AI and machine learning capabilities.
High Performance Computing
Our powerful research computing environments are available to academic staff and doctoral students from all departments.
Cloud, on-site and GW4 service
Achieve your research goals with Bath's large diversity of compute and data storage options.
Anatra HTC cluster
Technical specifications for the University's new on-site high throughput computing (HTC) cluster named Anatra.
GW4 Isambard HPC
Bath has 15% of the compute time on Isambard. Contact Research Computing if you would like to use the environment for your research.
Research Computing Teaching Cluster
The Teaching Cluster is used to deliver UG and PG courses and supports final year research projects across campus.
Start using Bath's supercomputers
About HPC, how to get access, and funding to cover your computational costs
High performance computing as a tool for research
Join our growing community of academics using high performance computing to generate valuable research output.
Start using Nimbus
Bath's Nimbus cloud supercomputer supports academic research in all disciplines.
Training material and courses
Join an online training course or work through our self-guided training material covering the Unix Shell, HPC, RCAM and our HPC environments .
Apply for funding to use Nimbus
Open to academic staff and PhD students from all disciplines.
Events
Join our events for staff and doctoral students.
Intro to cloud HPC
1 Jan 2025 12.00am
Online
Training course covering all your need to know to start using Nimbus. From Linux and job scheduling to software modules, VMs and running jobs in parallel.
Research Software Support
20 Sep 2023 10.00am
Online
Request a 30-minute appointment with Georgie Wellock who supports researchers and doctoral students in all departments.
Case studies
Find out how high performance computing has helped researchers across the University.
How HPC and Machine Learning are improving the analysis of renewable materials
Dan uses HPC to reduce the amount of time it takes to analyse new sustainable materials.
Creating environmentally friendly plastics using HPC
Megan uses the University's HPC facilities to experiment with sustainable plastics that could change the way we live everyday
How HPC is improving research at Bath
Jack Betteridge, a PhD student, talks about how he is using the High Performance Computing facility to boost his research.