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Sort:Latest reviewsEveryone I have met has been friendly and helpful. There are plenty of societies to join and the student union bar is great for a bit of socialisation on the side. I wish there were more green spaces to sit and quiet areas like the library dotted around. Parking is a bit hit and miss but there's plenty of buses.
It’s good support and a nice city
Welcoming, supportive and friendly uni.
Good IBMS accredited course, not many in person exams but would be better if they went through with all of the opportunities they offered.
There is nothing bad here. All of the teachers are very friendly. Students are very friendly. The staff of the university offer help at anytime i need help. Facilities are good as well. We have lab practicals, computer lab sessions.
Best - good lecturers and facilities Worst - student accommodation and course structure
The university is filled with extremely welcoming, uplifting staff. There have been a few times that I have felt anxious, or nervous, particularly when starting or needing to get support with technical issues, but every time, the staff and fellow students have been exceptionally kind, polite and helpful. The location is perfect, in my opinion. Chester is a great city, and has very good links to larger cities (Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham). Lots of places to hang out, and I have no doubt I’ll be discovering new spots continuously through to my first year. Chester is also the perfect size to have everything you could think of in very short distance. The campus is great (Exton), but admittedly would look much nicer with more greenery in places, but so far, the course, staff and support have been exceptional, and there is something for everybody!
The campus is beautiful and the food available is reasonably priced and pretty good. All the staff are lovely and ive never needed any extra support myself but ive heard from others that its good. The worst aspects is some of the stupidly overpriced accomodation like tramways. Tramways is only good for people who have enough money to not care how they waste it. They also increased the price halfway through the summer so if you booked later you got a higher price. Unfair to anyone such as myself that didnt know how much money id have until the student loan people finally responded. There's a decent amount of stuff to do in the city but not loads. As expected for a smaller city like Chester.
Small campus, nice walkable distance, great laboratory facilities. The university has an amazing School of Natural Sciences, greatly organised and variety of module choices as well as supportive staff. There’s currently lots of construction in 25/26, but otherwise the campus is lovely. Some departments in the uni could improve by allowing access to recorded lectures, as I find revisiting content after the lecture helps me process the information from the lecture.
It's a great university specially for international students like ne. I find it very comfortable to study in,the facilities are great Also the lectures are delivered by great teachers
There are great spots for independent studying/reading. The teaching is great and supportive and there are plenty of activities on campus and opportunities to meet new people and make friends
Its beautiful and interesting, people are great
I actually don’t think there’s anything bad, there’s help when and where needed and the campus isn’t too big
Great: lovely place and people, love my course Improve: timetable issues that have been previously brought up
There are lots of facilities to offer as well as handling animals in the lab.
Really enjoyed the whole uni experience everyone friendly and I feel at home
18-24 years
First gen student
Plenty of facilities for studies, large spaces and friendly staff. Only thing to be improved is the location, Kingsway is distant from main campus and you feel the disconnect
I think the support is great. The course is good however I personally do not enjoy the lectures in third year. I feel the atmosphere is great and the library is a lovely place to study. My only complaint is that parking is quite limited as you have to arrive 1-2hours before just make sure you have time to find a space.
Lectures are very supportive with emotional wellbeing. The location of the university is lovely with the town centre being 5 minutes down the road.
4.4
Staff are great Facilities are good Food and drink is expensive
Really like the new layout of double honours (half of the year doing Criminology and other half doing Counselling) Course hours could be better (not a peak times of travel for commuters)
Location was great Very confined Not much security