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5.04.04.63494 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsBefore arriving at Cardiff university I was really nervous about it. I didnt feel like I would be able to cope with being away from home. But when I arrived I had so much support from the residence team, tutors and lecturers that I soon was able to feel settled here. So far my course has been great and I know I've got the support of my tutors while on placement as well as in the lecture hall.
Location- able to be in the centre of a busy town in the same amount of time as it would take to be in the countryside with no-one around!
The student support could be improved with better communication between departments and there was an extreme lack of support on my year abroad. Staff do not always follow my reasonable adjustments. Huge array of societies and the Student Union has brilliant facilities. Often the classrooms are not set up in a beneficial way for the class - eg. being in a computer room in rows in a conversation class
So many opportunities and things to do whilst you’re here
I think that Cardiff University has one of the best facilities in the country. The SU both for sports night Wednesday and working is amazing. Containing so many areas to work in the day if you don’t enjoy working in the libraries- which there are plenty of as well. Every student still lives around the same area which creates a lovely sort of environment to live around.
Loads of tables and space, needs Quiet areas
Cardiff University is such a great place to study because, compared to France, you really feel like you matter as a student. Lecturers are always here for you whenever you need help or have any question. This is something very new for me. I also really enjoy the fact that it is a real campus with so many different buildings, back in France it was only one building and that's it. However, I feel like sometimes we have two classes scheduled in a row in two different buildings and cannot make it in time to the second class because they do not take into account the time it takes you to go from one building to another. I feel like that could be improved. Overall, the facilities of the university are really great, though I feel like some buildings would really need to be modernised like the Education building or the lecture theatre in the Law Building.
enjoyable su with places to go out and study. being able to study in a variety of library’s. the humanities area is a bit tired looking
Cardiff is a great place to study as the people are lovely and the city is incredibly compact making it easy to bounce between campus and town. Furthermore, the student union has a wide range of facilities such as pristine study spaces, a wide range of coffee shops and good selection of food as well as the taf for cheap drinks. Furthermore the Wednesday club nights at y plas in the student union are guaranteed to be a good night out with cheap entry and drinks. Their is also a comfortable study lounge with table tennis so you can fluctuate between breaks and study easily as their are optional activities available for free to take part in like table tennis right by the study spaces. Overall the student union is great, the facilities are new and it is a cosy place to chill or to study.
The best thing about Cardiff Uni is how active the Student’s Union in providing various supports and initiatives for the students. Our active Union ranked 2nd among all UK uni. What can be improve is the scholarship provided by the University. Was hoping to get more scholarship to secure the living.
Nice people, best su around, and its just the perfect location as it is close to everything! What i would improve is maybe the outsides of the buildings. They look quite dirty and i think they bring the aesthetics of the university down. For example, black dirt and old mold windows and windows with paper work piled up/ dirt ragged up blinds. These fantastic buildings with amazing statues should be washed and preserved not left to look rotten.
The SU is really good, always putting on good events and provides a safe environment. I haven't experienced the best support from the my course though, particularly when on placement.
The SU is brilliant, but due to it not being a campus uni there is not a huge cohesions of buildings. However, the buildings that I am in are pretty and old - the toilets definetely need re-doing, but some buildings look very unpleasant, especcially the tower that looms over cardiff.
Great student union for both a place to study and for Wednesday socials. Love the Taf and how close everything is to the city. Rather than having 5 shorter days, lectures could be condensed into 2 days with 1 practical day (biomed specific)
Cardiff is a lovely city with the university being extremely central. Cardiff university has so much to offer from great night life to sober socials. Overall, not much could be improved but perhaps the number /placement of the student gyms could be improved since they are quite far away from some accommodations
More support in specific departments
18-24 years
A great range of facilities and opportunities focussing on students well-being. A way to improve could be to have more bus transport options during the day time especially on rainy days.
more desks and plugs for study spaces
The SU is a great place to study, eat, hang out and go out on a night out — coming to Cardiff I’ve had such a great experience I have no regrets in picking Cardiff Universitu
4.5
Thé SU is incredibly active and had loads of activities going on, same with pastoral support. The location is great because it’s near the student area of Cathays and so it’s a community, but it’s only two mins from central cardiff.
Staff are always contactable and happy to be contacted and are friendly and approachable.
Location is amazing, the quality of the accommodation is mixed as rooms are quite small and it’s a shared bathroom