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4.04.04.4281 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsThe staff are amazing and help answer questions ranging from pure daft to incredibly complex. The course is enjoyable, and engaging and offers a range of opportunities. I feel appropriately tested in my academic abilities and am encouraged to expand my knowledge to better my future. As per the campus, the student union is currently being refurbished with little communication to students on what is being implemented. I am grateful for the improvement but it feels as though we are waiting to see the result blindly - the true result may not match the current rumors. The location of the campus is perfect for walking into the town for a night out or a coffee study session. The free bus travel for under 24s is ideal for taking trips to the ice arena or cinemas on the outskirts of the city and can create a perfect life-study balance. I would completely recommend Dundee as both a university to study at as well as a city to be in. Could there be improvements? Yes. Would I consider doing my undergraduate at another university? No. All in all, nowhere is 100% perfect but the people of Dundee and what is offered make up for anything lacking.
Great library facilities, a range of sources of student support Not the most exciting location, campus is quite small and not interesting enough, medical school far from campus and within a very old hospital
Up-and-coming, feels young and progressive. Many efforts are made to engage with the student body and improve circumstances highlighted as less-than-ideal. Great facilities for art students. Could be better in terms of accommodation prices.
18-24 years
First gen student
The student union has plenty of spaces to go to, for example a cafe and two bars then becomes a club at nighttime the university have been supportive during the cost of living crisis by introducing free breakfasts for all students and a student pantry the builldings around campus are clean and welcoming there is rarely a time when the facilities are not acceptable
The University of Dundee has brilliant modern facilities, along with amazing lecturers who are very passionate about their subjects.
Very rudimentary facilities, unhelpful staff, low inclusivity, no social events, archaic campus interior
First I would like to talk about the students union. In first year there was constantly something on. 3 club nights, all with different events and more than one floor open for different activities. The pool floor was always busy and the bar was a great place to have pres or even just spend the whole night. It was a safe and popular place to go out. Due to constant handovers in management the union has fallen into disarray and is disregarded in the minds of the public. It seems all attempts at getting back on their feet fall flat when what they really need to do is get some ideas from the students. There is a wide range of specialisms in dundee. And all which enjoy socialising and have educated and creative ideas. It seems the biggest flaw within the uni is its inability to connect and use its student population to its advantage instead of trying to ignore them. Societies are welcoming, affordable and have a vast range from activity based events to purely social platforms. They are open to anyone. its also easy to make a new society which engages the student populous and makes Dundee a vibrant creative place exist in. However the resourses, organisation and support given to the students who run the societies voluntarily with limited experience is thoroughly lacking. They lack access to email lists for support in events, have abysmal organisation in bookings and often leave societies to their own devices which can lead to safeguarding issues. The union employs a staff of students and professionals, but doesn’t give students the flexibility or at times the mental health support to balance both their job where they can have harrowing experiences on the dancefloor or their own studies which need to be prioritised. everyone I meet in the union is kind, thoughtful and helpful, they really try to help you grow as a society and as a person. I feel it’s the lack of communication which causes these problems. My course has been a disappointment and a constant source of both pain and joy. I enjoy having studio space to meet and form ideas with like many minded people. I enjoy the buildings which are labyrinthine in the most aesthetic way. The resources are often praised when in reality they are very hard to access. when you do access them they don’t have the software or updates reeded to run the files you have. The specialist suites are not advertised widely, causing many students to pass through the uni not even knowing resources existed. The tutors themselves on my course are the highlight. They are dedicated, empathetic and try their best under difficult circumstances to make sure everyone is supported and learns what they need, sometimes at their own expense. It’s the uni governing body that prevents the animation course from changing their gaping problems for the better. The course is outspoken and speaks about their problems to student rep teams but nothing ever seems to change, no matter how hard you push. It seems like the university is incapable of treating their students with respect or agency. We are left to suffer as adults, yet are not given the consideration of professionalism when it comes to our own leaning and wider experience. Dundee is a city that can be fully experienced in the span of an undergraduate. Its affordable and placed conveniently in the heart of Scotland for good access. It has green spaces, industry and people all worth of attention and adoration. The people make the university of Dundee even with mentioning. It’s the governing body which needs to be torn down and built back from scratch. The professionals know how to teach what needs to be learned, why give someone who has no idea about the principles of your degree, the power to destroy your course through their ignorance. I've enjoyed being in Dundee but wouldn't recommend any new students to study here. unless you're really skint
I like Dundee University as it is modern but still authentic and friendly. The city lacks acitivities and things to do, especially for young people. For example, there isn’t a bowling alley or a cinema in the city centre, whereas in sterling, glasgow, edinburgh etc there is an array of mini golf, bowling lanes etc. The uni lecturers need to improve on deadlines with marking - how can you expect students to adhere to assessment deadlines when lecturers take months to simply mark the assessment, often late by a week or two after the said deadline of returning marks. It makes it difficult to do well in future assessments when we don’t have feedback or an idea of how well we have done in previous assessments. Moreover, lecturers lack detail in feedback; i’ve had two assessments with no feedback whatsoever, just a mark, whilst my peers have had long lengthy feedback. How can I be expected to improve if i am not told where i’ve gone wrong? Overall, it’s an ok uni but if things aren’t improving then this uni will decline drastically
In the short, Dundee Uni has ‘gone down the Swanee’. The Social sciences, humanities and politics department is the pits. Lecturers have left in their droves over the last year and the limited number of modules available is laughable. The principle ignores every and any email sent to him. His personal assistant doesn’t even answer which is funny because I once had a personal email response from Jim Ryan (CEO of PlayStation) a week after the launch of the PS5, yet the principle of Dundee uni simply does not respond or even acknowledge. Moreover, I am about to write a history dissertation on a topic I’m hardly interested in and don’t even know much about because there’s only 1 lecturer in the whole university that can supervise the topic I want to study and since there is a cap of 8 students per lecturer I’m left with few other options. Furthermore, all I hear about is students moaning about the student union DUSA on a Facebook forum as well as talking about how bad the uni is im general. And finally I won’t have much teaching this semester as yet again everyone will be striking. So apart from all that, Dundee uni is a hoot.
Supportive lecturers
18-24 years
It is a nice small city, with a small but full campus. that is what attracted to me, the thought of everything being so accessible and close. It has certainly lived up to those expectations, now I think that the campus is perhaps too small and confined. However, that was the initial attraction. Everything is so easily accessible on foot and campus accommodation is great, there is also a large amount of places to live within a reasonable walking distance from campus. The student support is great, I used them a lot in my 2nd and 3rd years and they helped me out when I needed it. I think the union has gone downhill a lot since I started uni but Covid took a toll on a lot of places so hopefully it will bounce back soon.
18-24 years
First gen student
Its a really good uni, studying wise, and I've always enjoyed my modules. However, the actual student life is kind of terrible. Student housing is overpriced and not very nice and the union/night life isn't great. Library is amazing, buildings are a mix between modern and older. A lot of striking and switching of professors makes some modules really confusing and stressed.
I think Dundee university is a good place to study. They try to support their students. The individual schools could do more to support students however, and they could be more organised.
Best is that the campus is clean and modern. Not much helpful services for students. long waiting times and short staff
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The staff are incredibly supportive and helpful when it comes to academic and social success.
There is more of an independent learning process compared to my previous university.