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4.04.14.3788 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsUniversity of Leeds is an amazing university, I cannot fault it atall. I don’t know one person who doesn’t love their time there and the city. The student life is lively and buzzing every day. The support is next to none. The facilities are great, I still find out about new ones that I hadn’t heard of even in my third year. The lecturers are engaging and involved in lots of research around the world. Personally, the university have helped me financially, academically and pastorally in so many ways. I am incredibly grateful to them and would recommend it to anyone. They have supported me financially through bursaries and emergency hardship funds. They have supported me academically through flexible mitigating circumstances and the plus programme (for disadvantaged students). And, they have supported me pastorally through student support officers and free counselling. Their study abroad options are also amazing and accessible to anyone. These are just a few points on why the University of Leeds is a great choice!
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The student support at the university is great providing an opportunity for students to share any concerns and address them accordingly
Best: research based Worst: not many guest speakers
I love the location of the student house area in relation to campus and the city centre. The campus has a great variety of study and social spaces and outdoor areas. To improve, I would say it would be good to have more companies come into campus and set up stalls for students looking for graduate jobs and opportunities.
Best bits are the location and the facilities on campus especially study and social areas, worst part of the university is the constant strike action that has effected my experience
18-24 years
I love Leeds! The campus has such a nice feel and doesn’t feel as big as it actually is! I also love how close it is to the city centre. Teaching is of high level aswell with lectures being really intresting!
Love the green spaces around the campus. Saint George’s field is my comfort place that I live to visit often just to unwind, feel the wind and the sun and sometimes even to sit and read a good book.
A decent campus with lots going on. Close to the city centre so good nightlife. Many buildings are outdated and the main lecture theatres are very poorly designed. Uni cafes are very expensive.
Feels like support is not too easy to access sometimes especially regarding mental health
University gives lots of opportunities to get to know new people so there's always someone you will be with. The struggle with finding a second year house and not getting much help from the university was hard. Even more, struggling to find people to move in if your flat already were moving in.
There are lots of opportunities to meet new people and partake in many events and socials. I think it could be improved if there was more support for students and staff (well-being wise)
The university experience has been amazing to this point. The university offers several channels of support and opportunities.
worst was when i joined during lockdown in 2020, everything was shut or restricted due to lockdown rules. The best has been my final year when I have had a more normal Uni experience
35-44 years
First gen student
I feel the university is a great place with plenty to offer, however I would suggest having clearer signs directing to different buildings as the size of the university campus can be daunting to a new student.
Leeds is a great place to live while at university - you truly feel like you're part of a student community rather than feeling like an outsider. The facilities are great, the location of the university in relation to the city is decent, and the student life is amazing. The main criticism I'd give would be the impact of industrial action on my overall university experience. I'm not assigning blame to anyone in particular, it's just a shame that there have been so many issues with it since I came to Leeds, which has been disruptive to my learning for a number of years.
Great facilities and course, very active students union and the city is lovely and very social.
It’s all good as there a good student community
18-24 years
First gen student
Worst - lonely and expensive Best - freedom
4.3
The range of social activities in this university is what makes it great. I think that what could be improve is a timetable that could let you go into the different classes without rushing between each other, for example forcing the lessons to end 10 minutes before the next one
I think everything is good now, what you learn in lectures is taking into practice in the seminars and you get the chance to comprehend whatever you didn't get before
What I like most is having flatmates to spend time, but I think more activities could be done to improve socialising between everyone in the residence