Great people such as staff and students and Belfast is a great student city.

Its a great course blend, making first year easy to adapt to, with many different methods of teaching

Very expensive, but great facilities and very modern in some places.

Best: - Community in PhD office - Nice places to go for walks nearby - Friendly staff Worst: - School of Natural and Built Environment is a bit incongruous - I don't feel like I have much if any connection to anyone in civil engineering.

Great contact with supervisor. Always available and very helpful. (Research PhD so there are no lectures). Downside: I do not receive much funding, so I find it difficult to get the funds to go to the conferences that I would need to in order to make the most of my experience, and to allow my research to have the biggest impact.