Student Reviews
SUGGESTED KEYWORDS
Course
Choose one or more
Read honest reviews from real students at this uni
The overall ranking is decided by students from this institution rating them in a 2026 Whatuni review. This forms the basis of the Whatuni Student Choice Awards (WUSCAs for short).
4.04.23.6745 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsLoved my time in Exeter. Would ward anyone off studying Human Geography at university, completely different to school but my fault entirely for not researching the course enough. The university facilities and atmosphere in the town are hard to fault
An amazing community that truly feels like a home away from home. There is something for everybody to enjoy at Exeter, a place for everyone to fit into. The academic standards are being pushed higher and higher every year, the new facilities are second to none, the Guild is inclusive, diverse and represents everyone. I cannot recommend this University highly enough.
The University of Exeter is a fantastic place to both live and study. The campus grounds are absolutely beautiful, the infrastructure and facilities are excellent and ever improving thanks to continual investment and the academic experience is engaging and challenging.
I attended the Cornwall campus of the University of Exeter and it was absolutely fantastic.Being a shared campus between Exeter and Falmouth made the mixture of people at the university really varied and gave the whole place quite a relaxed and arty feel which makes it a really unique place compared to purely academic institutions
My best academic experiences were at Exeter University! I have made great friends, learnt different cultures from international students and enjoyed my course of study. The lecturers were always there to help especially in my final year. Exeter isn't a big city like others but the university life is wholesome and one will grow to love it at the end of three years.
Exeter offers the quintessential undergraduate university experience which is agreeable to most people. If you're looking for a beautiful campus university based in a manageable but functional student city, with strong academic credentials and a good work/play balance then Exeter is probably the best you can get. The stereotype of the university being full of grammar and privately-educated Oxbridge rejects is true to a certain extent, but this won't be adverse to your university experience. What it doesn't give you: Oxbridge academic clout, a large exciting city, Bristol/Manchester/Leeds nightlife, historic old buildings.
Great Uni - best 3 years of my life. Everything about it was brilliant. Loved the campus, the structure, the staff - just wonderful. Also really good career support
Exeter is a fantastic university. Due to its slight lack of a clubbing scene it won't be for everyone, but in terms of the quality of teaching, I don't believe it can be beaten. All teachers are always prepared to go that extra mile, giving extra private classes when necessary to ensure every student reaches their potential.
Great teaching, beautiful campus, uni staff are really friendly and helpful and the accommodation varies but you get what you pay for so there's cheap rooms if that's what you want and really nice rooms too. The city is beautiful and has everything you need. I love it!
A great student experience, as there is a great sense of community in the residences and a high calibre of teaching. However there's never enough library space.
A high-end university, with very nice and helpful staff. A beautiful campus, although the forum hill is a nightmare... Located quite centrally, only a 15 minute walk away from the city centre. The content within the Economics course may however be criticised; it is majorly compulsive subjects, consisting of a lot of un-necessary subjects such as history of econonic throught, and too much macro- and microeconomics; should be optional! Also £15 000 pr. Year is painfully expensive.
I seriously love it here. the hills are amazing, people are uber friendly, courses are good too! Only downside is that a lot of things can get expensive but that teaches you how to budget!
Absolutely love Exeter. All the campuses are lovely but I live on Streatham Campus and I'm enjoying it so much. I study BSc Geography and I (mostly) always look forward to lectures and reading because the course is so engaging and my lecturers are great!
A fantastic university; great teaching, great module choices and great student life. The campuses are beautiful and make a really great place to be and go to everyday.
Beautiful campus, and loads of accommodation, both in the first year halls, and in later years in the city. The university is really well placed to be close enough to town to make it an easy walk, while still being beautiful, green and not really busy.
Nightlife is terrible, Library doesn't seem to contain resources written after 1975, you go to find a book and it doesn't even seem to be there. Plus its far too small, I can't get a space to study at like 6pm on a Sunday let alone during exam periods. The accommodation is overpriced and they couldn't even be bothered to paint the walls. £9,000 a year for three lines of feedback on an essay? I wouldn't bother.
Overall Exeter is truly a great place to be. The sense of community is amazing and you're bound to have found a million new friends by the end of Fresher's week. Don't be disturbed by people who have never heard of Exeter because the reaction you get from people who DO know what (and how good) Exeter is will make up for anything else.
Good solid university which is better than most but not as good as Oxbridge/LSE/UCL ect. Maybe a shade worse than Durham or Warwick but about the same as Bristol in terms of rep. Good academic courses, good mix of people actually wanting to study/being academic and also being social
Uni life at Exeter is wonderfully entertaining. I have met lots of friends, played lots of sport and have even had time to go to the cinema on numerous occasions. I struggle to go to my lectures, but enjoy the fact that I am not restricted to staying at Exeter and can go home whenever I wish. All in all, Exeter is brilliant.
4.3
Exeter University is really a great place to Study. It has beautiful surroundings, whilst also being a pretty and well-maintained campus. Exeter City is a short walk away, and has lots of great shops, restaurants and bars. The teachers and seminar phd students are really good, and we get to learn from people who are at the top of their respective fields, and do tons of research. there are also lots of extra-curricular activities, with all the sports you can imagine, as well as intellectual activities, like debating and language classes.