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Great uni to study at, very supportive of students with additional needs
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| Luneside | #1 |
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| Cable Street | #6 |
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| Denton Holme Student Village | #8 |
| Brampton Road Halls | #9 |
| Carrock Hall | #10 |
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Great uni to study at, very supportive of students with additional needs
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88-120 UCAS Points
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University of Cumbria Reputation
The University of Cumbria is spread across the North West of England, including campuses in Ambleside and Carlisle. 10,055 students are enrolled at the University of Cumbria:
- 9,815 of these students come from the UK
- 100 come from EU countries
- And 145 are students from non-EU countries.
(Source: HESA 2022/23)
The graduate outcomes for the University of Cumbria show that six months after leaving university, 90% of graduates are in work or further study. The typical graduate salary six months after leaving the University of Cumbria is £24 - £27K a year.
(Source: HESA Graduate Outcomes Data Survey 2023 for 2020/21 graduates)
Updated: 4th October 2024
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Great uni and great location, love the small uni
Great uni to study at, very supportive of students with additional needs
The uni of cumbria is a great place to study with great tuters and
Do not live here if you want to keep your sanity. I hardly slept for the entirety of living in Carrock halls, the walls are thin and the doors are loud. Absolutely every noise can be heard, and the bangs of the doors continuously through the night is scary! The rooms and kitchen are so dirty no matter how much you clean them, and the location is depressing. So happy I never have to return.
Haven't really been to campus, but the online teachers are mediocre
There aren't many clubs or activities but the lectures are all lovely and helpful.
Really good for studying nursing as it’s a small intake compared to others in the area. Supportive staff on the whole.
The staff aren’t helpful on camous
It's a very strange year with the lockdowns and online Teaching so I don't really have a lot to say about this category
I was on the Ambleside campus. all though it was small it was good. all the staff are friendly and willing to help. if you wanted a peace of equipment that you do not own yourself then you are able to get one form stores for free as long as you return it again at a later date. the gym was small but it did have enough to get a good work out. to be honest, I didn't get the full experience due to covid. I'm hoping next year everything is open up a bit more so I can get a better experience with it.
I was on Ambleside campus and it is small but you all get to know each other and you’ll form your own little community. Campus is nice but small with basic facilities and societies were hardly talked about due to COVID. Students Union is good if you have any problems regarding the university or personal issues.
It's hard to give an opinion on this, because of this year's limitations, but I'm very familiar with the blackboard interface
The university is in a nice area.
In normal circumstances I'm surethe university of Cumbria would have been a bit more informing in regard to clubs, societies and career services. Other than that the university of Cumbria has provided possibly the best year of my life so far. The campus creates a pretty familiar atmosphere due to everyone being in such close proximity to one another and due to this I have made friendships that I know will last a long time.
Decent uni, huge lack of communication from the uni to the students
They have been very good during the pandemic at providing live online lectures and practicals when government allowed. Lecturers are very knowledgeable and easy to get on with and are very open to any questions. I have really enjoyed my first year despite the pandemic :)
Overall it has some amazing courses and is at a great location but the admin is shocking and student union is a disaster to work with.
Ambleside is an amazing area to study with very good lecturers, but the university and campus staff tell you very little about events or what is happening on campus. They are very bad at responding to emails or queries.
With an excellent location in the heart of the Lake District, I have never not been able to find an adventure. From Kayaking and hiking to cycling and climbing I have never been bored whilst at uni. They also have excellent stores facilities and clubs designed to get you out and exploring whilst studying an amazing degree!
Had quite a horrible experience with this institution to be honest. Staff were very unfriendly and unprofessional. Dismissive with concerns and the quality is teaching is very low. If you want a fair, unbiased environment that actually encourage learning, please choose elsewhere. Otherwise, nightlife is not that brilliant either.
Two degrees from this uni and I love it, best years of my life here! The lectures have been there - their knowledge and know-how was learnt on the front line, not just from books. The campus has had a lot of investment over the years although the library badly needs a facelift and the curtains in halls look like something my nan had up in the 70's the rest of it has been a sound investment! Careers are next to useless really, the only time I sent a CV in to be reviewed I was told everything but my name was wrong with it, disagreed and sent it in anyway as I wrote it and got the job. The Students Union are passionate and really helpful and just lovely people and what they do get the funding to do is brill but they are so underfunded it is unreal. I heard from a friend still at uni that they recently lost multipul staff members when they were a small team anyway.
I did my MBA at Cumbria and loved every minute. The in-residence was the highlight. The professors were awesome; the students from all countries and were middle to executive management, were a delight to work with at our intimate sessions. The course work was challenging. I highly recommend it besides being an affordable university to attend for furthering an executive education.
It's a wonderful uni with amazing people and lecturers in it.
i took a foundation illustration course and honestly it was so bad that i left a few months after my first year there. the course was absolutely boring and didn't really help into my future career, the tutors are lazy, rude and only care about themselves, they keep saying to put education first and everything second which is not what you should do. you actually have to pay to print stuff out, as if studnets don't spend enough money of you know, living and that. i'm transferring to another uni, i've already got my place so i just have to wait till september this year. honestly i'm so glad i left.
Campus facilities overall are good, the internet doesn't always work.
UOC is a fairly new University that, like any big project. Has some teething problems. The quality of education is great for my course in particular. With Brand new labs having been opened. However there is a limited range of clubs on offer at the university due to low numbers of students. The only downside of having smaller classes.
It's archaic, welcome diversity in terms of bums on seats equals fees. Witnessed and experienced appallingly blatant discrimination practices which those in offices to protect try to deny or worse still, seek to proportion blame to the victims - so be warned!
lazy tutors who focus on their own art careers as apposed to teaching, limited art facilities and 0 opportunities
The uni campus is nice, the bar is a good place to sit and get some food between lectures and the learning gateway is open in late hours to study
Anybody who claims that this place has quality teaching/lectures or staff blatantly hasn't attended any other institutions. Came here for a professional Postgrad course having a Bachelors and 2x Masters from elsewhere. I can honestly say its a disgrace all round. If you are happy here its because you are content in ambling along for 3 years without being pushed in a rigorous educational environment. Standards are sloppy and now as an employer I would not take on a graduate from UC.
University is what you make it to be, whichever you go! The university is not good for student life but excellent with education, if you want to have a good education. This is the place as I have been to 2 universities and this is the best one, the staff is supportive and friendly! It is more intense as you lose 10% if you reference wrong, but it makes you improve your writing skills, meet deadlines and grow more mature as a person which is what university is about? I love it! but everyone will have different experiences, they don't spoon feed you - many don't like that. It's just so welcoming and staff are very helpful :)
Terrible uni. It's true that this university is disorganised. The course is a mess. We are given hardly any work to do. It seems like everyone who got onto my course got terrible A Level results and/or got here through clearing. I feel like a degree from this uni is worthless. Please don't come here. Believe the reviews. The campus is beautiful and the city is lovely, but it's the degree you want.
Haven't been to any other uni's so I cannot compare but it had everything I needed.
Illustration here is poorly run, rude staff and if you talk about ur opinions and stuff the tutors get defensive and tell you whats good and bad in their opinion. Full of rude egotistical people, don't waste your time here doing this course.
This university is average at best! Unfortunately one particular lecturer I came across I wouldn't even expect to see at primary school level. I don't know how she had the cheek to even think this was suitable move for herself after leaving her job, in which she claimed to be a professional in? Instead I had to listen to a women talk(I say talk). She would be talking about "crime " but for some strange reason instead of saying crime the women would say "crisps ". Some days there would some 24 year graduate with a 3*3 called drew with a fringe talking about about how the crimes in the local community are caused by drunk swans. Some days I thought no I have that lecture with her it would be less painful if I was forced to watch the whole of the transformers films back to back on loop for 53 hours straight. Some positive there were good looking girls in my lecture but then again t was mostly monsters. I did meet some lovely people though and the WiFi worked well.
No student union presence. Difficult for students to get to know each other as a result and no clubs or societies (sports especially) as a result of no funding or support and far too stringent rules and regulations surrounding getting said funding or support.
Needs a revamp and modernising rapidly
The only university where you see undergraduate with a 2:1 teaching a postgraduate students.I am not kidding. Check out the M.A social work department. Just only two reasonable lecturers there who are actual social workers. Just ask others for their certificate. I couldn't bother wasting my time there. A complete joke of a university. Please do something with your life than bother with that university nor department.
I'm on Brampton Road campus and everyone there has similar interests which is good. Carlisle is a nice place with some nice bars and limited clubs but overall, a good place for University if you want to actually get work done!
SU try very hard and are wonderful, but unfortunately have very little funding. Biggest gripe is accommodation. Sub=par and expensive.
Cumbria Ambleside is good university given its small size, but it does have benefits by being small meaning lectures are more interactive and you get to know your lecturers really well and vice versa
Ambleside campus is a great location if you're interested in any kind of outdoor studies. Knowledgeable lecturers and good facilities.
Living in Ambleside is great, the lecturers for forestry are great and realize that we are in the Lakes so plenty of field trips. The forestry course is fantastic learning loads. Lots of potential employment in the surrounding area and opportunities to volunteer.
Very welcoming and a in great location
Great uni pleased with all on offer
I'm studying outdoor leadership at the Ambleside campus and it the perfect location for a fantastic course! The lecturers are briliant and its a small campus bringing a homely feel! There's not a lot going on in the way of societies but with so much to do in the lake district, who needs them :) For anyone interested the the outdoors or animal sciences, I 100% recommend the university of Cumbria
the lectures are good, the campus is good but he accommodation is rubbish compared to other universities... however the en-suites are £110 for a single bed that is to small for tall people. some people are paying £110 for tiny rooms while others are lucky enough to get disabled rooms which are huge. The showers in eerything but the disability are tiny and tall people look over the curtain rail making it difficult to shower. lucky people who get twins to themselves get the best features except the fact that they do not have en-suites which would make them more appealing (new category please!) the worst bit of this is that i have just started the course and 4 weeks into this and we already have diggers outside tearing down buildings, we were told this would not disturb students or at the most cause little disturbance so okay, i would expect the builders to be working from say about 9-7? maybe 10-7 for late starters? nope, 7:30 start. Ambleside... sort it out
Absolutely fantastic university. Ambleside campus - best place to be!!
University of cumbria is great, it offers loads of opportunities for furthering in a career and has some amazing courses that a lot of university do not do.
My course is enjoyable and the campus is beautiful, for people who want an intimate cohort, it's perfect!
I love the university, my course is perfect and the campus is beautiful!
Really stunning location, area is amazing, staff are friendly and course is fantastic. SU is a bit lacking on campus but due to other options for pass times not a real issue. Loving this uni, very well put together with a good library.
Beautiful place to live, amazing for the course .poor for the social.
Well its no Bristol that's for damn sure.
helpful staff set in lovely grounds
Campus is really nice, very small but a mix of modern and traditional which I like. Could be a big bigger as currently it looks like a school. Many societies, could be better there's lots at the Lancaster campus which are better than Carlisle. Students union is average, compared to others it's pitiful. Tiny with a few sofas and a cramped bar area could use a huge refurb. I'm a student nurse so there are many career opportunities everywhere, not sure on other careers but I can't imagine many opportunities going here. Uni wifi is pretty decent in the buildings
depends on what course you are on.. Some courses get more money put into them than others as the drama course has just lost their rehearsal hall due to cuts. The campus itself is nice and has plenty of catering facilities. Lacks in SU bar.. Cant say i even know where it is as it isnt very popular! There are a lot of open days/career days ect and the uni is partnered up with quite a few schools if you are coming to do teaching.
Halls are really bad, but the university as an educational institution is great! Great tutors and facilities and great opportunities at a university who cares about it's students!!
Great location in carlisle! Fantastic nights out!!!
Facilities are old fashioned but for sports science courses they isn't many better out there in the lab every week using equipment and career opportunities are really good at the end
Soul crushing waste of energy. If your course isn't notably financially beneficial for the institution they'll cut it down until it stops all together. More interested in getting awards to gloss up the website. Dreary, underwhelming.
the university is a great close knit university, with students from all round! They are good at what they do, all teachers have had in job experience and are assistive o your learning! The facilities are ok, the library is very small and only a few computers also not 24 hour! The class rooms are decent with good equipment, the old buildings are a bit run down but it used to be a hospital so what do you expect! It's a new uni, opening in 2007 and therefore still developing! They offer a wide range of courses for everyone! All courses have great career opportunities! The student union is s***, barely any classes, clubs, events! If your into gardening or helping the local community your ok! The student union club is a small licensed cafe on sight, not near town! They are in need off development! However I love uni, I've made great friends and love my course! I just do my own stuff in my social life aha!
Tiny campus shockingly bad social bar, no events worth going to are ever organised by the students union