Environmental Sciences with a Placement Year

University of East Anglia UEA

As an international student, one of the most rewarding aspects of my university experience has been the supportive and student-friendly environment. Adjusting to a new country and education system can be challenging, but the university’s approachable faculty, student services, and peer support made the transition much smoother. The staff are always willing to help, and there are numerous resources available to assist with academic, personal, and cultural adaptation. The university’s inclusivity is another key strength. It celebrates diversity and provides a space where everyone feels respected and valued, regardless of their background or nationality. This inclusive atmosphere has helped me build meaningful connections and collaborate with people from all over the world, enriching my learning and broadening my perspective. Furthermore, the welcoming and accessible environment has made a huge difference. From orientation events to student societies, there are constant efforts to make international students feel at home. The campus facilities, online learning tools, and support services are highly accessible, ensuring that all students can participate fully in academic and social activities. If I can point out something that can be improved is Food. It’s funny how something as simple as food can make such a big difference in how “at home” you feel in a new country. Encouraging more international food options on campus or hosting cultural food events could make a meaningful (and delicious!) improvement to student life.

Campus easy to navigate, not too big but not too small making it easy to make yourself feel at home and part of the UEA community. Amazing selection of courses, interesting modules and knowledgeable and passionate lecturers. Great nightlife and student facilities like the BarSU, Shop at UEA, post room, library, Unio etc. Great support services like the SIZ and residential life team! Good transport links by bus to city and close to shops.

I love the campus and the city. The green space is what attracted me to UEA and I just love the feel of being here in Norwich. Studying in the library overlooking the lake is one of my favourite ways to get through a tricky assignment.

Best aspect is definitely the social part- so many clubs and societies to choose from and loads of great nights out on campus! Worst aspect is probably the timetabling of lectures.

Student atmosphere is great and some of the lecturers are brilliant. There are amazing facilities with the likes of a new science building with brilliant labs in. A wide range of modules and topics fo choose from which is good and lots of opportunities for field trips as well. However we pay alot of money and yet we still have to pay for the likes of printing and there are alot of things that need fixing and are broken e.g lots of plug sockets in the library are useless as are broken. Some lecturers are not great at teaching and judt expect us to read off of the PowerPoint slide and be done with it. Some modules could be simplified as are over complicated and a price of coursework I was given was incredibly confusing to the whole class as it wasn't clear. There are so many different branches to the uni that if you need help with something you're basically going in circles trying to get to the right person - not too organised in that area Regarding the post-graduation continuation scholarship, the university did not inform students that they had reduced funds from 50% to 30% and have shut down any room for negotiation which has impacted nearly 300 students wanting to do a masters.