MSc Advanced Computer Science

University of York

There are so many important and helpful facilities and resources are provided by my university. For example, university library is full of resources such as so many high end PCs for working, library writing center for help with academic writing with one-on-one appointment, kind and polite helpful staff, so many different category of books to borrow and read, good amount of sitting spaces to accommodate high volume of students etc. In addition, there is also a free 3D printing machines to explore and so many academic skills sessions are available to learn life changing skills along with Creativity Lab for high computing task and so many VR headsets for the research purpose. University also offers free subscriptions to useful softwares and free to use laptops, DSLR cameras, high-end equipments on certain duration of loan basis which is very helpful for us to learn new things. Talking about the campus look and feel, I have now words to explain how much beautiful our campus is. It covers so many different type of birds such as duck, geese, swans, grebes, moorhens, coots and so many different animals including fox and hedgehogs which creates a beautiful wildlife around the campus. Furthermore, university has a huge peaceful and calm lake in two separated campus , Campus East and Campus West surrounded by accommodation and departmental buildings. About the student support, there are so many helpful people around the campus including campus staff, university security campus safety huge thanks to them, and most importantly our professors. They are always there for us to solve whatever queries we have. Also, my university accommodation helps us to maintain our well-being and metal support. There is also a visa compliance team and career team is there to makes us understand about visa rules and regulations along with career opportunities and job guidance. Talking about a Student's union, we have two separate unions GSA(Graduate Student Association) and YUSU(University of York Student's Union). Those two unions are key important part of our student life because they always organize important university events apart from academics such as cultural events, festivals, and day trips around the various cities of United Kingdom. Personally I have travelled a lot to some beautiful cities in last 5 months since I came here, like Durham city, Newcastle, Leeds, New bay hall, some of the amazing experiences I had. So, overall our student unions put their so much efforts to make our student life more enjoyable and life-time experience.

Theres a great student community which helps it feel more like home. The course is pretty good and the look and feel of the campus is great! I have no issues with flatmates and making friends, and the nightlife is pretty good as well :)

East campus feels nice and modern with lots of catering options but I think the sport facilities are lacking especially for big clubs like the badminton club where there are too many players per court.

Russel Group university with a great campus in nature, buildings have differnt styles, a variety of courses and good mix for student life.

After researching many Universities in England, I chose UoY, because it offers a course which can be very flexible to study online. Even the very top University which is in the Russels group is not offering the computing course. I really feel blessed to study in UoY. I do not have worst aspect to discuss about UoY. Even it is a online course, they are providing much better guidance and help to full-fill the modules within the time limit.