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Very good uni from an academic perspective. The careers service is very useful and lecturers actually care. The new buildings are stunning, the old ones not so much. University halls here have to be some of the worst i have seen. Social life can vary depending on where you choose to live
Great university with multicultural exposure.
The University of Manchester is a great university with a great environment, a team of professors, a student support center. I am very happy every day in school. I love this university very much and enjoy every day here
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Zobia, Lexi and Dave are so lovely and welcoming! Thank you so much for looking after us :)
Unfortunately whilst you are a student at the University of Manchester you are seen more as a number rather than a person. There is not enough support or care for students whilst at university and out of it.
Good reputation, good campus but can be improved for student services
It offers world class education from extremely knowledgeable professionals. Diverse and multicultural that provides exposure to me as an international student. Safe and secure environment for all students is provided.
It is a fulfilling experience to study at the University of Manchester.
Has everything we need. Good facilities.
The university is very good, however the programs are too research based.
Very good university. Provide a lot of different options in their courses across all their departments.
Good social life and societies.
Good social life and academics.
Great university, good location, and very nice career service, helped a lot!
Just an overall disappointing university outside of the lectures, the university cares so little about student wellbeing
expensive fees for international students, limited services if you dont ask for it.
Amazing university when it comes to teaching and academics! Lovely staff and such dedicated professors.
The University of Manchester is a great mix between city and student life.
good teaching resources and good student service.
It’s a great university. And give me 170 pounds, thank you UoM.
the university of manchester provide the valuable chance to study my undergradate course and to get the higher level in the future. the environment is great and provide the necessary instructions for students
perfect university, Outstanding and state-of-the-art campus and facilities for study and leisure purposes.
Beautiful campus with great facilities and many study and social areas. Friendly people. In a fun city
We would like to thank Ms Chao Chan Sou, an employee of unite student. She did a great job, had a great attitude and was willing to help us.
The library and public study rooms have a good environment and provide convenient self-study space.
To study in this university makes me feel so happy. The lecturers in my class are all professional.
The inclusivity, the diversity is out of the world. The professors are all very articulate and amazing.
Everyone is always stressed, never seen so many people under so much pressure in each subject. Uni support is a joke and honestly the only thing to distract yourself with is going out.
This is a great uni if you are ok with doing a lot of work on your own. In my experience you are just expected to know how to write uni essays or do exams, but there is support if you look for it.
Its pretty good and fun, just very clear the services are over run.
I've only been here three months so far, so I can't say a ton, but so far I have really enjoyed my experience here. The study spaces are great and support is easily accessible, whether it's academic or personal. Only thing is Blackboard (the main software used for lecture prep) is quite difficult to get used to using (but from what I can tell, most unis use the same software so it just takes some getting used to, and I feel pretty comfortable using it now.
Absolute shambles of a university. I studied Japanese here for 2 years just for the uni to cancel my year abroad and give me as little support as possible. Then shrugging their shoulders and saying 'oh well' when I couldn't get into the advanced classes in final year. The atmosphere around the uni is anxiety inducing. The marking is so inconsistent and lectures are pretty much non-existent if you do anything other than Maths and Physics. The Student union too only seems to care about rich international students. £9250 a year for lies and a couple of PowerPoint slides. Whoopee!!
Low amount of contact hours for certain courses, but decent level of support overall
Most buildings are pretty nice and well maintained, but some of the newer buildings are really amazing. The engineering building in particular has great study areas that are a go-to for getting work done, even if I'm not scheduled to be there for a lecture; Big tables with charging ports and lights, and people are considerate so you won't often be bothered by noisy people. Don't engage with the student union much, but it seems like it has a load of stuff to offer. The SU building is also super nice, and host to lots of cool events. The internet in some of the bigger buildings is prone to being unreliable during peak hours, specifically in the engineering building. Otherwise, its very fast and has alright range on campus, usually working on the street right outside. If youre in uni accommodation (i.e. your dorm internet is eduroam for wifi and hornet for ethernet) its a different story though - its totally reliable and its also extremely fast on wired.
Good stuff, would recommend to anyone.
The university of manchester is a beautiful building. It has a lot of places to study and a good connection with the wifi.
Great university with a great social life and all the teaching staff are brilliant
I’ve received a lot of support from my department, however the university can be a little disorganised. Whether that is timetables being incorrect, not being given at all, receiving no email replies from your lecturers, waiting months for your mitigating circumstances request to be responded to. The university definitely could be more organised, but I really enjoy studying here otherwise. There are a lot of events held and some really nice societies too.
The best academics in the UK - they are experts in their fields! Amazing curriculum as well, but facilities and accommodation must improve!
Staff are generally helpful and friendly. Lots of great study spaces (I was in the business building), but Alan Gilbert is also a great place to study, although often full. Has a variety of great resources and useful learning material. Still on my 3rd year, but its been a great year so far!
It's a vibrant place, with lots of opportunities and nice people.
Very little support from the university on anything at all
Great experience in the first two years of uni. Support services and accessibility to those need improving
A respectable uni which I have enjoyed studying at
Some parts are questionable. They like giving out large fines and unjust marking but like you’re going to have a good time. Met some really good friends and it’s a good city so
It's one of the best Universities in Manchester and it shows. It is huge and has beautiful campus stretched around the city, with very aesthetic construction. The professors are mostly great and are all very competent in their field. I enjoyed attending the classes most of the times, and the academic focus is very strong.
Not best but not the worst. Teachers don't listen to feedback and are generally pretty bad
Great uni! Good facilities e.g. lecture theatres, libraries.
Very good! I've had an amazing time. I just feel like advertising if events it's not always good. Feel like i miss a lot.
Honestly the biggest scam I’ve ever fallen for was coming to this University. Everything is a lie, the course I do is a mess and has no academic trust behind it, there are no support services for students, the SU is there to make money off international students, it’s all a big scam.
The campus itself is very nice, both a mix of new and old buildings which make it pleasant to study at.
Manchester is a great university to go to if you want a great social life, you will meet many likeminded people who love to party but also care about their degree and work hard. The campus isn’t the prettiest, some buildings could do with redeveloping and some investment. Teaching is good, a lot of dedicated staff who clearly know what they’re talking about and teach it clearly. Very much lacking is communication from senior management and the SU however, as a student you can just feel like a number to them sometimes, but I’m not sure this is specifically a Manchester issue.
The campus is nice but I wouldn't necessarily recommend this university to other international students. The teaching style is very "hands-off." Personally, I do not see any benefit to that. I want to make sure that I understand everything thoroughly; that is why I'm paying to be taught by experts. I could read about things on my own without paying tuition. I often feel frustrated and wonder what I am paying so much international tuition for if I am going to teach myself. Some people might see value in that kind of teaching style, but I do not. I think that most students would develop critical thinking skills and problem-solving skills anyway by managing deadlines, etc., even if they were given clearer instruction. I just don't think that this learning style is beneficial; it seems inefficient and unnecessarily stress-inducing to me.
Good place to study ! excellent staff and the modules are very interesting.
Physically, it's fine. It's a russell group in a big city that isn't London, aside from that it's about the same as everywhere else
The University of Manchester is a really nice university specifically in Physics. The people are kind and helpful. So far, I’ve found my experience really good.
Couldn’t have made a better choice
Love the uni so much. The location is unbeatable and the course is fantastic
University of Manchester is a sociable environment and I enjoy my degree
I’m in second year at UoM studying History. Despite the terrible modern architecture, there’s enough facilities and places to study. Experience depends heavily on modules / lecturers. The obvious heavily socialist, liberal propaganda everywhere, a ‘gender less’ bathroom which makes me feel SO unsafe and uncomfortable. Sometimes it’s unbearable, but basically every uni is liberal and infected with modernism, so be cautious particularly with humanitarian subjects where we’re often taught incorrect things/essentially anti-everything propaganda. I digress - it’s a good Uni. I have nothing to compare to though. If I reviewed in first year I’d say I hate it bc they provided hardly any support, but right now I’m contempt.
The University of Manchester is a well rounded institution with world-class facilities
The wifi goes out in some buildings it depends where you go, theres a lot of socities but a lot of them are dead and it doesn't clear out the dead ones on the website, I'm sure some good services exist it's just not that clear how to access them
Campus an facilities are quite modern and there are lots of them. Student union has a great bar and advice service is always helpful. Wifi very hit or miss, the system they use is confusing and annoying with updates every 2 months.
It’s been a great experience, totally worth it !
Great community feel, with great student services and facilities.
There’s always something to do at Manchester and people to meet. Even the ‘worst accommodation’ is homely. One of the best city’s to live in too.
Great campus!!! Live the business building
Really good experience here so far, would recommend to anyone
Great University to be in: good student community, amazing SU, great facilities and teachers.
There’s a lot of online learning and not a lot of on campus time at the minute, and some of the work could have been done in person. The lecturers are really nice and the course is really interesting. Overall, I really like the uni.
It’s a great uni but my course is mainly online so don’t got to experience it!
Nice range of accommodations and courses, loads to do in the city and so many different people!! Lots of events and clubs. Can have a lot of IT issues so if your course is online then it can really be a struggle. Quite a lack of support unless you specifically ask for it and make a big deal of it otherwise they just expect you to get on with it completely on your own. Great libraries and study facilities. So far all the lecturers are really experienced and very good teachers
It's great! And we got amazing facilities here!
All the staff convey clearly through the quality of their lectures and seminars that they are passionate about their subject, the facilities are recently renovated, clean and functional and the accommodation has a strong sense of community.
Highly reputed and wonderful university.
I like my school very much. The professors are really nice
Very nice, really big community with soccer for everyone
Poor teaching and lack of clarity on online/offline status. No support from faculty with regards to the pandemic and treat students as a number to fund them.
I like my university, but the UoM Wi-Fi doesn’t like me:(
It’s a really amazing place to study.
beautiful campus, lots of support
Awesome University, Great Experience, Nice Campus, Labs and Buildings
The University of Manchester is a world-class University, comprised of Students from all across the globe. It provides a multicultural learning environment and awesome opportunities for the all-around development of an individual
this is very cool place. you can easily find friends and socialize
UoM is one of the top university. The location is amazing and the campus is even better.
UOM is the best decision I’ve made not just in terms of the academic experience but the all round development that it facilitates is a major plus.
The UoM campus is huge and beautiful. It's spread across the city and has amazing facilities.
I am a freshman at the University of Manchester but I am already impressed by how professional and experienced the professors are. I am really looking forward to studying life at this uni.
Really nice university. hope there can be more activities
Due to Covid, I lost the university experience for my first year so I think I can leave the review only after the university has opened.
Very clean, organised and fun university?
I moved from London so it was nice to see so many people that also migrated from the south of England. Fantastic gay community here and in the city, lots of clubs and societies here to get involved in including subject-specific societies, charity-affiliate societies, research societies, lgbt societies, christian/catholic societies and political societies:)
I wish I could say more but everything was delivered online so I barely saw the inside of the campus. To be honest the individual tutors are what made anything worth it, so it's lucky dip as to whether you get good lecturers or not
A thoroughly enjoyable university experience through and through. The campus is walking distance from the city centre; meaning clubs, bars, gay village, theatres, shopping centre. I’ve been fortunate enough to achieve my undergraduate, masters and doctorate at the University of Manchester. University staff in all departments have been genuinely fantastic, and allowing students to excel and participate in groundbreaking research.
Beautiful campus and interesting courses.
The campus is large and nice, facilities is modern and good
Large campus, city centre location. A mixture of historical (gothic period) buildings and modern architecture, really beautiful
The University of Manchester is pretty solid, although I came here as a Master's student and it pales in comparison to my undergrad in terms of its level of organisation for courses, which gets infuriating as the year goes on.