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).
759 Student reviews
18-24 years
First gen student
Na
25-34 years
Na
18-24 years
N/a
25-34 years
First gen student
The campus has a amazing feel and in summer you can sit outside and enjoy the nature and in winter with the mountains behind the the university it just looks magical. The worst part is the parking situation while at the moment it is easy to find a place go park (covid-19 and blended learning) as soon as full-time on campus learning starts again, the search for parking will be annoying again as its nearly impossible to find a parking space. Maybe the University should start a intensive campaign to get more students to take a bike to university or expand the Unibus to the surrounding areas as well
18-24 years
Fantastic facilities available, support is easy to access, scenic views and outdoor seating, as well as instant access to the Macrobert Arts Centre, showing movies and live theatre. A wide variety of catering is available. Switching tracks is easy, with a simple discussion allowing to change even a year in.
The campus is beautiful. The university has been supportive both financially and mental health-wise when I've had difficulties. Unfortunately, the seating areas are inadequate for the number of students. The silent study area of the library needs to be supervised because it is certainly not even quiet most of the time, which means there is nowhere on campus I can go to get work done in peace.
The campus is beautiful and I really like all the clubs and societies! But you don't have the opportunity to connect with your study peers since you just see them once a week for one hour or so...
18-24 years
Worst aspect is during the strikes when we have no information given but we are expected to deliver the same quality of work Best is I feel that my teachers appreciate me reaching out
18-24 years
University of Stirling has a great green space and lovely scenery. They have a lot of activities for students but as a nursing student I feel there should be more engagement with us or for us. Sometimes we feel left out as we are always on placement and activities clash on days we are occupied. Nursing students should be encouraged to have a good social life. Not everyone enjoys going on a night out but may love to go to events organised by the university. Please give your students nurses a good university experience too.
18-24 years
First gen student
The best part about Stirling university is the open feeling of the campus where in between lectures, there’s a nature walk around the entire lake to ensure we’re using enough self-care to stop burnout The worst part of the university has to be that there is no support available for Young Carers and Young Adult Carers and there is also very little support for students struggling with their mental health
18-24 years
Stunning campus, prime location not far from centre. Brand new gym and sport centre, next to the great quality 4G, grass pitches, running track, and hockey pitch. Massive social aspect, especially if you are part of a sports club with compulsory socials/nights out, one of the best parts of Stirling, and makes the first couple years really enjoyable. Student union was good in 1st year to meet people as there was events etc but haven’t really engaged with it much since.
Great campus and super lecturers that really take pride in their job and teach very well.
Stirling is a great place to study because it has everything a student possibly needs. On campus there is a lot of useful facilities, e.g. a 4 storey library, cafes, a union, cinema, gym, 25m and 50m swimming pool, tennis courts, rugby pitches, football pitches, an athletics track and so on. For those living on campus or travelling into campus, have everything they need there. It is also stunning. On a good day students/staff can see the Wallace monument from the campus itself and also there are a couple of ponds which have paths surrounding it for people to use and walk round.
18-24 years
The campus, in my opinion is beautiful. There are many different sports clubs and societies to join, and the student services in my opinion have been good
25-34 years
First gen student
The campus is great as it has a lot of wild life, a small lake and offers a lot of places to relax between classes. The food court offers many different stores for everyone. While the bus connection to the city centre is great and cheap, the connection to the towns around the university is not as good and pretty expensive. Sadly there are no students discounts available to these areas. The worst about the University are restroom in the teaching buildings. These are very small and outdated and a renovation of these facilities would be nice.
18-24 years
There are some really amazing things about the University of Stirling, however, there are also some really, really terrible points. Let's cover the good first: -The new campus central looks good -The library has an extensive book selection with further titles available online -handy having a coop on campus -handy living on campus -campus is stunning, amazing walks, all year round -the students union is quite cheap and does a whole host of themed nights such as karaoke and quiz, and there are loads of clubs to join. -course content is interesting, and most lecturers/tutors are interested in their role and actively try to support their students -moving on from online only, the university has a good hybrid/online/in-person mix of seminars at the moment, with plans to move to full in-person soon in the future Now let's move onto some negatives: -the state of the accommodation is terrible - I have been embroiled in a battle with the accommodation team over key maintenance issues that have went unresolved for an incredibly long time. I'd advise being very wary of accommodation, the only buildings that they actually care about are the three new ones, and the townhouses which cost an insane amount of money -there isn't that much study space on campus, the new campus central building doesn't actually provide much more than was there before -the library opening hours are terrible -the coop on campus is too expensive, very poorly stocked -the university food outlets are expensive, unreliable, and inconsistent -the students union building is so underutilised, there is a whole club space which is never used, there is claims of a juice bar in the 2022 prospectus, but no such juice bar exists, you can only get coffee from Starbucks in the union, not from studio, despite studio having the facilities
Pretty campus but stirling uni does not care about the welfare of its students. It silences disclosures of gender based violence and fails to do risk assessment when a student is reported for sexual misconduct. Their GBV prevention is not survivor informed despite their claims, and they do not provide adequate support for disabled students.
Overall i am supported well. , i am supported well as i’m dyslexic. The lectures and online learning hasn’t been the best as i think more could be done such as live lectures instead of pre recorded ones and also were in a pandemic group work and paired work isn’t exactly easy so i think this should have been took into account when creating assignments for this year
Personally, I haven't really enjoyed university at all. I'm a mature student and have struggled to make friends, so a lot of my university experience has been very lonely and quite a struggle. I have enjoyed the course material and content, but have struggled quite a lot with assessments and exams which have really affected my mental health and taken quite a toll on me.


18-24 years
N/a
N/a
N/a