University of Glasgow

I enjoyed my time at Glasgow, but as I am not in any minority groups, I feel like my time here has perhaps been better than some others. Glasgow is not one of the more diverse universities.

Beautiful campus, great views of the city and near lots of nice cafes and parks, though there are a lot of stairs and hills which I imagine could be an issue for some. However, the courseload is heavy and semesters are short so there is a lot of intensity and stress. I found the student psychology service and financial services to be very helpful and overall lecturers and tutors tend to be easy to contact and helpful. Certain departments are more helpful than others and you can get unlucky with lecturers that are reluctant to help and that lectures themselves are not hugely relevant to the exams but most lecturers seem to want to help you pass.

The organisation of the course is not really satisfactory, due to the fact of including compulsory courses which are not very focused on our careers' perspectives. Furthermore, there are many schedule collapses, and many times classes are one right after the another, but in opposite locations of the campus. The career services should be more present and available. The student unions should have more social events where people can get to know each other well.

University focuses on "bringing world changers" and building new facilities year by year but does not oversee the mistakes within the University. Recently, a scandal regarding one of the Union's policies came up regarding sexual misconduct, Barclays medical centre is now under fire as well for not treating students and just turning them down; apart from that, academic wise, this University falls behind in delivering quality lectures that would keep students interested as well as it fails to oversee departments (faculties) that are clearly a big mess (Humanities in particular) where in November students still have no dissertation advisors and the courses they take make them feel like trial mice.

Due to attending a newly structured course, the course is not organised and without a strong structure

Not a great university. Doesn't feel like they care for their students, more interested in their ratings and rankings and appearance rather than student satisfaction and health. Mental health services and support are extremely poor with month long waiting periods, no follow ups and not given enough of the much needed funds or attention. I wouldn't rate the university itself highly at all. The only thing that salvaged my experience was the gorgeous campus and the people I met. Halls are extremely poor and horribly organised, during my year the main halls didn't pass their fire safety inspection so got placed in a brand new facility the other side of town, further away from campus. Didn't get any reimbursement for the cost of travel which amounted to £500 and the halls were barely furnished, done quickly in a last minute job. Regarding the courses I took their wasn't enough attention given to all the students. Lecturers found their favourite students and were given preferential treatment in a lot of cases. And there was no consistency across the years in grading meaning previous graduates graduated with higher qualifications. There was also no consistency in aid or advice in advancing with your degree. I got into the uni to study French and psychology but wasn't permitted to repeat any psychology exam to make up the one mark I was missing in order to proceed to honours. None of this was made clear when applying for the course and had it been it would have changed my decision to attend the university. Furthermore they oversubscribed for the psychology course that year which is why there was a higher pass mark and why I wasn't allowed to proceed to honours. But the year below me had fewer people and a lower pass mark to get into honours. Extremely unfair and no consistency. Especially when considered I knew people who were allowed to repeat exams in other courses several times and even when they failed them they were allowed to repeat the entire year, twice! There was also no contact with the university throughout my year abroad to see how you were getting on. Student unions were also extremely cliquey and American-sorority-group-like with sport groups making for uncomfortable experiences at times. The careers services were poorly organised. They had events for graduate jobs organised and available only for final year students where at that point the deadline for applications were already passed and if there were things required for graduate jobs there wasn't enough time to do this. I also booked an appointment with a careers advisor to discuss how to get into a masters course and the advice I received was to look on the university website which I had already done and couldn't find what I was looking for. Overall a superficial university with very little substance. I expected a lot more from it. Not worth the money by a long shot.

Beautiful university however there is a huge stigma attached to it. I am from the east end and sometimes feel very self conscious when speaking out in classes or lectures due to my east end accent. There is even such a thing which is known as the “Glasgow uni accent” which is horrific and put on by many people.

Regarding the campus and facilities, they are pretty good. My course belongs within the medical school, so most of our classes are taking place in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, which is in a location not convenient for anyone. The student union is good and organises a lot of stuff. In general my course is completely unorganised, the deadlines by the lecturers and the secretaries are not met and they are informing us about everything in the last minute.

The university overall is great and beautiful and was a great experience. However, the psychology department is a mess. I'll be graduating sad and disappointed. No hands on experience, no fair assessment, no fair marking. Bad.

The campus is very nice and the area is by a park which is very pretty. The location is great. There are bus stops and subways stations nearby. Very easy to travel to even from a distance.

The university of Glasgow has become more of a business than an academic establishment. The research done there seems to take more of a priority than the students and many courses are poor and loads are new, making it tough to understand what is going on or difficult to work out what to expect in exams. However, the unions and the student life is great and there are plenty of services. Just a poor effort from some lecturers.

It's a very stuck up university, everyone thinks they are great, but when you find the right people enjoyable

Good campus facilities and buildings. Poor student support - difficult to get in touch with advisors.