1,330 Cardiff University reviews

The course is quite new and offers insight into a field that is rapidly developing. The course has many unique projects with the 4th year offering the most applications into engineering and has a lot of practical work. Blended learning has occurred due to COVID but it works quite well and is slowly transitioning to in person for the majority which greatly increases learning.

Online uni was appalling and there was very few support for mental health. However, the actual accommodation for remote learning was good, covered most things that needed to be considered, plus at the end of the year, they listened to student feedback to try and make the new learning as “normal” as possible.

You get to learn a lot of new things. The pace of module delivery is fast.

Academically the course had all the modules which i wanted to study and no university had it. The way of teaching is really good and the professors here are actually for you. I wish the course was fully on campus would’ve got more experience and better learning options

I appreciate how much of it is in person. Some modules (strategy, finance) are taught brilliantly by people who clearly understand the topic and have an interest in it. However, other modules (managing people, marketing) are taught by people who don’t seem to care at all. In assignments they change their mind on what they want on a weekly basis and leave students unsure on what we’re expected to do. Also, the majority of assignments I’ve had have been returned late and the feedback has been a single sentence at most, how can I improve without knowing where to improve?

In terms of safety it seems the same issues as every big city. I’ve not experienced any issues but there are certain places to avoid at night, and sticking to main, well lit routes. Cardiff is quite removed from some places and as such can be expensive to get to on the train, however the city itself is a great location with the Brecon Beacons and the coast so close by.

It’s a great halls with a lot of amenities and friendly staff. However you pay a premium for this and I’m not sure if the amenities justify the price.

Great course that is so accessible in terms of learning and teaching

There is a to of support on Biomed: there is always someone you can contact with questions and they typically respond quickly with a helpful response. We can also access all of our reading for free through the library and the digital library. There's even something you can install through the university that automatically accesses articles that you've clicked on without having to search it in the digital library. The subjects taught are typically really interesting and in depth, although about half the lecturers are clearly there just to research and have no real interest in teaching which can make certain topics very dry and hard to follow. But the other half are very passionate about what they teach and because they are experts in the fields they teach it can be really exciting and insightful, especially with all the current and novel research we get to learn about. There are also a lot of workshops and stats clinics, especially in first year, which can be helpful to discuss certain topics more in depth with peers and lecturers. Unfortunately there's not really a lot of bioscience specific study spaces besides the main building sciences library, which is very nice to be fair, but nowhere to really study quietly in the bioscience building. We also don't get a ton of lab time, and when we do it's often very simple and/or irrelevant to what we are learning.

Cardiff is the perfect size, with tons of things to do so you'll never be bored while not being so big that you are overwhelmed. There are also a couple beautiful parks when you need to take a break from the city and enjoy some outdoor time, and it's easy to get out of town to go hiking in the Brecon Beacons. There's lots of great places to eat and shop, with awesome student deals and prices. It's insanely cheap to live here and quality isn't necessarily sacrificed.

Senghennydd Court was much better than people make it out to be. It is the best location to live because it's closest to the main and bioscience buildings as well as the engineering building, and closest to the city center as well as the SU. So you're perfectly distanced from everything you could possibly need in first year. On top of that maintenance is done quickly after being called, it's super safe, and there's a wide range of students living there so you're not stuck with people from your degree. It's also a shared bathroom with 4 other people which isn't that bad because everyone tends to have different schedules, and it leaves more space in the rooms so you're not so cramped, as is often the case in ensuite rooms. On top of that, when you move into private accommodation in second and third year you're guaranteed to have to share a bathroom with your housemates unless you can afford a super expensive place, so you might as well get used to it in first year.

Blended learning at the moment, but it was completely online from the beginning. Should host more in class lectures instead of online lectures. because that's when you are motivated.

Relevant and practial

Italian is amazing, lots of contact time and individual support but English Literature has hardly any contact time and everything feels rushed. Hard to keep up with sometimes.