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Sort:Latest reviewsTalybont North & South are quite cheap and very good socially. I'm enjoying my experience at Cardiff University so far.
5/5 for overall experience! The Student's Union is really good and there are lots of shops and nightlife in the City Centre. Talybont South is expensive and there are no seating areas.
I think it will be very easy to get a job after University, as I will have gained a good degree from one of the top universities in the country. There are lots of student support services and my accommodation is very good (but I think I got lucky!). I'm enjoying my course as there are a variety of modules and excellent teaching staff. There are lots of things to do in the City Centre, and everything is within walking distance. A few facilities around the University could do with being updated though.
There should be more food places around the University. The Student's Union can also get too crowded with people & too warm.
I don't regret choosing Cardiff for a second! All around, from course to sport to social life, I couldn't ask for anything more. Great university, would definitely recommend!
Cardiff university is awesome. It's really good academically, whilst not being intimidating like Oxford or Cambridge. The city is really pretty and there is always something to do! All in all, Cardiff uni is the best.
Don't think I could have chosen a better university for my personal wants. Experience has been authentic and fun and I have met some of the nicest people ever here. Although its not a campus uni, that makes it more of an adventure and gives you a better more independent feel. The ease at which you can get around the city itself is brilliant with an amazingly well equipped town centre just minutes away from the university itself. Absolutely love it and wouldn't change where I am for the world!
Cardiff University, the Law School specifically, is highly inconsistent in its approach. It really is a lottery of what lectures and tutors you get. Some are fantastic, but sadly this is a rarity as many as well below the standard you'd expect and this really hinders the course. It also seems as if the Law School has just been left without any funding whatsoever, for such a big course the facilities are inadequate and very outdated, especially in comparison to the Business School.
Great university, lots of nightlife in the city pretty much any night of the week, university has just gone up in national ratings and other than the rain it is a great place to live
A fantastic university of high class, high ambition and high prospects for the future. I'm proud to have cardiff on my cv and am privileged to be part if such a fantastic institution, I wouldn't have rather spent my four years at undergraduate level anywhere else.
Brilliant university. Everybody is so friendly and there are plenty of ways to meet new people and make friends. Accommodation is all pretty good and the cost to live in Cardiff is really cheap compared to other cities in the UK. Couldn't fault the uni.
Cardiff Uni, well what can i say...the courses are good. Accounting is great, but the parties are even better. Cardiff offers all the versatility of a Capital city without the hassles of living in a huge city (commuting, accommodation costs etc.) The whole town is geared for students, with loads of variety in fashion and places to eat. Come to Cardiff if you want to learn from high-quality lecturers on interesting courses and if you like partying. I have to warn quickly against missing lectures though...it only takes a couple of hangovers and you'll find you've missed most of a module....there's only 10 teaching weeks a semester on my course!
I am a Bioscience student at Cardiff university in my first year, and it has been awful. We were admittedly mis-sold the course by the year co-ordinator and used as guinea pigs in an experiment first year reorganisation. Course work is handed back late up to months after it being handed in. Lectures poorly organised with rooms being doubled booked and lecturers not turning up, lecturers being very rude, demeaning and patronising. Exams have been poorly written with some questioned based on subjects that have been made up as admitted to by staff. Assigned tutors who are suppose to be there to support you don't care and many of my peers have not heard from their tutor since first meeting them. Lecturers have gone on strike many times during the year, interrupting our studies by not showing up to lectures and not bothering to inform us in some cases, all because their £80'000+ wage isn't enough. This year they ran as a common first year which for students who aren't sure what they want to do specifically is great but not for those who are, as a Biomed student I was made to study ecosystems and animal adaptation which is no use to me, look carefully at the prospectus first because this first year was not advertised correctly and I fear they may carry on to deceive. Lastly the student halls I'm in is terrible, my room in directly off the kitchen which not only is a safety hazard but very distracting, I can hear everything in the kitchen as if I was in their myself, along with the poor soundproofed walls and windows I can barely sleep or study. Sockets hang off walls, mould grows on the bathroom ceiling and we were denied things that other flats had like a shower screen, doorbell and phone because the halls were being re-done in the summer for next years students.
Appalling university, very disorganized and really rude lecturers. The course is badly structured and the atmosphere is drab and dull. They are incredibly inefficient, and don't provide enough good opportunities on the course. Don't go here. A waste of time and money, and not worth getting into debt for. Choose another Uni.
I loved being at cardiff uni, its always fun and soothing is always happening. Everyone is friendly in face I'm pretty sure I've made friends for life here and I'm glad I didn't go anywhere else. The city is incredible, especially for music fan and for gigs and press radio. Get involved in anything you can, go to lectures even when drink or hung over and learn. Cardiff is the best place ever!
Make sure you know the exact structure of your course and enjoy as much of the social aspect of uni as you can. I've had a great time here in Cardiff uni.
If your looking for an uni full of attractive people that are also intelligent, look no further. That rare commodity of smart yet pretty is abundant here, and combine this with a great city and university- what more could you need?
No matter how bad your accommodation or your course is you can always go to the union and meet new people and have new adventures. Don't drop out of cardiff uni keep at it it's awesome!
Great university, meet so many brilliant people through my society that I will be friends with for life. Lectures are generally enthusiastic and helpful. Definitely would recommend. Always something going on especially in the SU.
4.5
The Students' Union has nice places to eat and is a good night out. My course is difficult but it's a good course with excellent lecturers. There are good job prospects for Pharmacy after I leave University.