Birmingham

Birmingham has a beautiful city centre surrounded by modern and also aged buildings . It has a wide range of shops for peoples budgets and spending limits and it's also host to many many types of restaurants and places to eat.

Birmingham is a great place with lots of things to do, however I can't give 5 stars because you can never quite feel fully safe walking around town.

Beautiful city. Absolutely love it. There is so much to do during the day and so slang great bars and clubs for the night. You will never get bored in this city

Amaying City! Always somehting going on and there's loads for everyone do. The university is so close to the city centre and has it's own train station on campus which goes direct into birmingham centre and further afield!

Wetherspoons is life, broadstreet or gay village will be your main nightlife, and grand central is definitley over priced.

Birmingham was a great experience, and it is definitely an upcoming city. Living in Birmingham pushed me out of my comfort zone I found myself exploring different areas such as Perry Barr, Edgbaston and even go as far as Wednesbury (to IKEA lol) there’s great places to shop and great food outlets in and around the City centre.

Great facilities, awesome night life. There’s everything for everyone in Birmingham :) There are hundreds of amazing restaurants to choose from to eat at and plenty of stuff to do too! Especially in the hustling bustling city centre.

I love Birmingham. The city is not too big but also not too small. For me, it’s just right. The uni I attend is within walking distance of the city centre which can be very convenient. However, parking fees can be very expensive if you’re in town for too long.

Birmingham seems to have opened loads of new restaurants, bars, and other venues recently, especially in the city centre, meaning there’s loads of interesting events, so much different food, and always somewhere good to drink! There are also loads of great things to go outside of the city centre, like cannon hill park. Transport outside to the rest of the country is great, and there are a lot of trains and buses... but they don’t often run on time... Always a choice of places to go and not as expensive as other big cities!

Birmingham is perfect if you like to go out but don’t like to travel far (like in London). All of the bars and clubs are close to each other, and only about a £5 uber away from the centre of you want to go to broad street where all of the clubs are. It’s a cheap city to live in and the shopping is amazing.

The location of the major universities in Birmingham, in my opinion, perfectly suits students' lifestyle, especially when it comes to nights out. When choosing a university (UCB), I was excited to move to Birmingham and begin my study years as I knew the location will be easy to get used to and all the places (shops, clubs, accommodation) will be super simple to access. I would recommend this city for students who do not feel like stressing out and wondering in a new strange city, especially as freshers.

Nights out are amazing mostly because you're spoilt for choice. There's a club for every mood and music style and it never gets dull, plus everyone here knows how to party! Too many good places to eat, it makes dare night a struggle when everywhere is so good. For a not too expensive lunch I'd recommend Yakinori in Selly Oak or for a more pricey meal Mowgli in Grand Central is incredible. Shopping is fantastic, between the Bullring and Selfridges it's second only to London for half the price. This is because the whole city is excellent value for money. Plus with the O2 Academy you'll always find shows to go to which won't break the bank.

I love the fact that my university is located in the city center close to many bus stops and train station. However, I live in the very city center which makes my journey to uni a 25-minute walk, which sometimes can cause missing lectures or being late. Nevertheless, I prefer knowing that if I would ever need to get to uni asap, I will not need to stress out rushing to some public transport. In worst case, I can easily take a taxi which would not cost me much because of the distance. Also, it is good that a shopping centre and many places to get food at are located super close to Uni as well. That can save some long breaks during lectures or tutorials.

Many things to do, the area isn't always the safest but as a whole it's a very friendly and welcoming community. Great nightlife, digbeth is my favourite area to go

I absolutely loved the University of Birmingham! The university is a green heaven in the middle of Birmingham! I loved how close it was to the city centre but whilst also maintaining it's green and open space. The student accommodation on the Vale is fantastic, and the nightlife is so good! I wouldn't change my three years there for anything!

Best thing about Birmingham isn’t the city centre but Selly Oak, where all the students live after first year. There is always something going on

The actual uni is a campus and is located in selly oak which is a student town so its relatively cheap and lively but mainly full of housing. Need to either get a train or walk 40-60 minutes into the main city centre for shopping, cinema, etc and there are a lot of Uber’s for nights out on broad street

very diverse city which is amazing, surpassed my expectations of how diverse universities generally tend to be. A lot to do during the day aswell as night, very similar to london which I love, honestly didn’t expect this from the midlands. Everything is within close proximity and transport links are fairly good, easy to get between towns and even cities, suprised to see it only took 15 minutes to get to coventry!

Birmingham is a nice big city to go to university. The heart of Birmingham city there is the Bullring shopping centre containing a range of restaurants and retail shops including Nando’s, Pizza Hut, New Look, Footlocker, MAC and the Apple Store. There are multiple nightclubs and bars to have fun at on Broadsteet such as Zara’s and Revolution Bar. Birmingham is very similar to London city.

It's very nice around edgbaston, lots of parks and bike friendly The city centre is perfect for shopping, visiting the canals (brindleyplace), loads of amazing clubs on broad street

Great city with loads to do but unfortunately, the uni (of Birmingham) is a bit further out. There are some great areas nearby for nice afternoons and the city centre has great nightlife, shopping and loads of places to eat - fully recommend Digbeth Dining Club which is now on three times a week!

Compared to other standard universities Solihull college and university centre was a lot cheaper. It saved me £3,000 a year on my course fees. With that though I felt that the facilities were not as good as a traditional uni. That being said I enjoyed my time there and felt very supported throughout my course. I would recommend it to anyone who wants qualifications without the traditional university life.

I think that the location where my university is amazing because its close to city centre, there's loads of shops locally and the area is very multicultural.

Birmingham was an awesome place to have my uni experience. Given it's location in the Midlands it was super easy to commute between there and home - or anywhere else me and my flatmates wanted to go on a day out! Broad Street has such a crazy variety of clubs that you can have any type of night out you fancy, and the city centre is brill for shopping. Not to mention if you want to feel a little fancy the city is heaving with theatres and independent cinemas to add a little swish to your nightlife experience!