Overall it has been extremely stressful and I don’t know a single person that doesn’t have some kind of mental health issue. There are also issues with mental support (and general support) if you choose to do a year abroad. But the student community is diverse so you are likely to make a couple of very good friends. The learning experience really depends on the subject but the business school tries very hard to improve.

All facilities are absolutely overburdened. If you ever wanted to feel like cattle here is your chance. It is impossible to get a seat in any of the eating areas, and if you manage to somehow find a seat in the cafeteria after standing in line for 20-30 minutes at peak times you get to enjoy your water with bits, because all sauces/curries/stews really tastes like no more than water. The library isn’t any better, if you do not live close you better hope that your material is accessible online because there are no available seats from 11am-3pm during the semester and unless you come between 8-9am during exam time you won’t get a seat all day.

Counselling services are awful, you have to wait half a year to get an appointment. Academic support is quite good, there are weekly office hours or your questions and lecturers and tutors are always happy to answer questions, especially when you show that you are not lazy but want to learn and are involved in the learning process. Feedback is currently very constrained as it usually is a couple of ticks on your exam that are impossible to interpret.

The SRC has annual elections, however they need to learn to communicate better what students achieved (this is true of all Glasgow uni feedback mechanisms, things do change but unless you are the one who changed it and even then it is not always clear how and what you achieved). The business school also has an extensive programme on student feedback and listens to students and their representatives.

Glasgow has a lot of opportunities to party. More cultural activities are rather scarce but that is ok. You are also close to Edinburgh so you generally have a lot of options. The public transport is horrific sadly and quite expensive.

Clubs and societies are amazing and as diverse as you can imagine. If there is something you want to do there is definitely a club for it. From volunteering to sports to games to engineering or computer science projects, everything exists and is usually student run.

Courses are currently taught at a very low level, this makes some boring and also means important skills are missed out. Especially important is that currently (and this might change) by far not enough maths is included - this is a crucial part of economics as a discipline of applied maths. Also a lot of the lecturers have a bit of an English language barrier or at least a heavy accent so if your English isn’t great you might have problems understanding them. There are a lot of good lecturers like Herve Moulin or Michele Lombardi who actually teach at a more advanced level - much more what economics should look like and better to prepare us for future challenges, it also makes the whole programme more credible.

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There is a wide variety of employability options including internships (also exclusive research internships), CV and mock interview session, and skills workshops (e.g. on how to use econometric tools like R). The programme is currently under review and it is possible that much needed (currently missing) skills are going to be added including programming knowledge and a deeper mathematical understanding (both of these will be crucial for future job prospects and ask graduate studies)

Excellent opportunities for bith national and international students as well. The 55th rank on the worldwide list shows that this is an excellent faculty of knowledge.