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4.03.83.8600 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsNice experience but the accommodation contracts can be better managed
University has great history and the campus is beautiful, teachers are also great. Only thing that I can think that can be improved is the temperature of the lecture halls and the seats being too small.
Overall the course and university is informative and exciting however, sometimes there is a lack in communication.
Very much struggle to do things other than uni. I guess this could be due to me just readjusting to the new style of life, I feel as if uni takes up a lot of my time (a lot more than high school ever did). The past papers available online do not contain any sort of marking instructions which basically makes them useless. other than getting an understanding of what the paper would look like when it comes to the exam. Apart from that my uni experience has been good and Aberdeen has been great so far.
18-24 years
The University of Aberdeen is a warm and welcoming place. I have been overly impressed by the quality of student support and teaching from the University professor's. I have been taught by many hardworking and inspiring lecturers as Aberdeen and it is for this reason I would recommend this University to everyone. The University of Aberdeen also provides many academic opportunities for you to challenge yourself and learn new things. One of these which has benefited me greatly was the opportunity to do an Erasmus. Aberdeen supported me in finding a University in Europe to spend my second year there and to learn in a new environment and adapt to a new culture. This experience matured me, strengthened my resilience and ability to learn. Moreover, there are some areas in which the University could improve itself such as extending the term times and not rushing through the semester. Semesters should last for a full duration of 6 months and at Aberdeen this is not the case. Some of my semesters only last four months which makes term time extremely stressful and crowded. I wish the University would take more time to deliver lessons and leave exams to the end of the semester instead of trying to fit everything in to a short period of time.
some buildings quite outdated and in need of some form of rebuild/renovation, some buildings are more modern, and "look" better. Campus close to accommodation and facilities such as local gyms and supermarkets, bus that goes through campus into town very useful as well
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Very nice and friendly staff/students in campus, bunch of well organised events planned for exchange students!!!
The campus, the scientific discoveries uni is involved in, all the professors. I wish there were more dual courses.
It has a good amount of student activities however the medicine students could have more classes at the main campus instead of just forresterhill
More involvement through different events gigs cultural festival celebrations
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Everything is amazing here, everyone seems so supportive, the environment is really beautiful and I already feel good here even if it has been only 3 days since I have arrived. Thank you for all that you're doing to support students !
The university seems great and easily to live. There is a real willing to include all sort of people
I am from France and the difference is unbelievable. Here, it's far more welcoming and people seem to really care about the students. Plus, there is a lot of things to do.
25-34 years
First gen student
The campus feels genuinely like home. It motivates me to study and strive for more. But AUSA should do more to help student activities. They are very disconnected from students. And although they get paid for their work, they shift a massive amount of admin to student committees. They are also supposed to be on top of all requirements for sports clubs, etc., yet I have experienced real difficulties because they didn't stand up for our club in a dispute.
Aberdeen is the most friendly and welcoming place i have been. if you are lost, there is always someone who is happy to show you where to go. the lectures are fun and exciting and there is always something to look forward too. i continuously feel safe around the campus and after a night out, and there are support networks in place if something goes wrong. the union has amazing options from Chinese to Mexican and vegan options. if i could improve one thing it would be the engament with older year groups who could help us on our journey.
4.4
In my opinion the University of Aberdeen is a very welcoming place which has many facilities to make any person feel welcome. It is very inclusive and if any student needs support they seem to be very good, from my perspective. The only thing I would like to see the University improve is a lot of the work done by students is marked by one person and this can lead to biased marks, I would prefer to see work being cross marked.
My course is taught completely in person. The ratings that I have put are difficult to judge as different modules have different styles of teaching and course content and in my course there are no work placements or internships. If I could change anything about my course I would like to see the opportunity for work placements in the field that you want to join, or as close as possible to it. I would say this would be a great learning experience as in the field of Zoology it can be quite hard to choose what filed to go into. If there were work placements for even a short period of time, this would be able to give people a true insight to what career they want for the future.
North Court was a great place to stay for the first year of my degree as I felt safe in this place and I made a lot of friends. The utilities were included in the price which was very helpful and the building was very insulated and warm at all times. This is very important to me as living in Scotland, especially over winter, can be extremely cold. At all times of the day and night there were security walking round, this made me feel very safe, especially walking home at night as a women. The student union was in the middle of the campus which also had a receptionist at all times of the day and night for anyone that was in need of help. The student union included a restaurant which was very affordable, a games room which was free and a Co-op. The Co-op was quite expensive but apart from that it was good to have a little shop very nearby if needed.