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5.04.04.63494 Student reviews
Sort:Latest reviewsIt’s great ! Has great facilities and I love Cardiff the city !
Campus is the best of both worlds as you are slightly separate from town but can easily get in if you want. The city feels big enough that there’s plenty to do but small enough not to feel overwhelming.
The university is a very open and welcoming place with a wide range of opportunities for students. The societies available make it a great place to study, allowing you to meet lots of new people and make new friends. The worst experience would have to be the queues for yolo on a Wednesday before they got improved.
the uni is located so close to the city and is such a good vibe and very supportive for all students!
There was more study space, I constantly find myself having to search for places to study
Great
I love the area the university is in everything feels close and friendly although it’s not a campus university.
Not the most attractive uni building for Psychology. Impressive computing suite. World-class researchers make the lectures interesting, however poor layout of online resources (can be confusing). Central uni location, not far from city centre.
I absolutely love Cardiff uni! It’s in the most amazing city that after studying here I never want to leave! I’d say the uni has amazing facilities, especially on my course, I would say the amount of contact hours could be improved so you feel like your getting more for the money, but this is a nation wide thing not limited to Cardiff.
The places to study! Never had a day where I couldn’t find a nice quiet space to sit down. Also I feel very safe at my university and the city center is also very close. As a city to study University in, feel welcomed and feel safe for nights out or nights in, Cardiff University is really the place. Just to be honest, our Law building is quite old and looking at the lift that’s there, I hope I am not going to break my leg, because no one is getting me in that !
18-24 years
Cardiff university is in a lovely central area near housing and the city, and has great staff and pretty good facilities- some parts of the university are a bit outdated though like the music building, and the ASSL library
It has a blossoming Student’s union that is accessible and sought out by so many. It holds incredible club nights and also acts as a student space during the day. The lecturers are approachable and give good criticisms towards helping you improve your work and there is support available for mental health as well which is vital
The university is excellent for studying and support with great library facilities and beautiful buildings which help with motivation. Sometimes the signposting for support is lacking, but once accessed this support is fantastic.
There are constantly things going on in Cardiff, many free activities in the Students' Union. The city is amazing and really student friendly. Only problem is that some of the facilities are really showing their age, especially in less funded courses.
Cardiff is a very cheap place to study, and the "city" is nice and well maintained, but feels more like a town. Cathays is not the cleanest, there were mould problems and the buildings hadn't been maintained, the furniture was broken, the kitchens were tiny and many rooms (including the one I've been forced to stay in) don't have proper windows. The student union is great if you're part of a sports society, extremely cliquey and isolating if you're not. The queues for the club nights there are ridiculous. There are lots of services on offer at the student union which I haven't gotten round to using yet. The lifts are always broken.
Good - Student Union - Maths Building - Quality of teaching Bad - Not enough study space - Student support really hard to access - Disorganised with timetabling etc
I said don't worry
The campus is lovely and very close to everything, especially the city centre. I'm in University Halls as my accommodation which is not very good because of the distance, which is the biggest downside for me at the minute.
Good University and course
4.5
They really make an effort to include heath park campus students feel involved within the normal uni. The staff have been super helpful with the course and have made any improvements that has been fed back ready for the new term !! The course itself is very interactive and enjoyable
Some parts are online an some in person, which is great but there has been a few lectures where they’ve been online and I’ve thought I would have preferred that in person and vice versa. That being said lecturers are really quick to answer questions and are really helpful