1,917 reviews for University of York

Nisa is cheaper

Decent uni in general.

There are excellent lecturers and student support services (particularly academic skills). The campus has a good feel and has a lot of outdoor seating which will be nice when the weather is warm. Lecture rooms are good but the seats are very uncomfortable. There is little impact from the students' union, for example there was no 'refreshers fayre' for January intake students, which also impacts the student life score.

The only negative is that the accommodation is really expensive. Otherwise, the course is well structured, interesting and there is lots of support from lecturers and supervisors. The college system and socials gives a strong community feel and makes it easy to make friends. The city is lovely and in walking distance and has a great night life. There is always something going on

The community feel at the university of York is wonderful. The campus is always buzzing with students and has so many nice areas outside to sit and chat or decompress between lectures. Sitting by the lake and watching the swans and ducks is one of my favourite places to eat lunch with friends. Overall, I've had a great experience with interesting lecturers and supportive supervisors for lab projects, and would recommend York to anyone looking for a welcoming, well-rounded and high quality education experience at University! Improvements could be made in the delivery of information between management and students, especially regarding the future of departments to ensure all students feel represented, respected and informed about the next stages of their teaching.

Connectivity between the campuses is better than most other universities but still a struggle. Expect a 30 minute journey time between campuses often on the same day due to timetabling.

There are so many important and helpful facilities and resources are provided by my university. For example, university library is full of resources such as so many high end PCs for working, library writing center for help with academic writing with one-on-one appointment, kind and polite helpful staff, so many different category of books to borrow and read, good amount of sitting spaces to accommodate high volume of students etc. In addition, there is also a free 3D printing machines to explore and so many academic skills sessions are available to learn life changing skills along with Creativity Lab for high computing task and so many VR headsets for the research purpose. University also offers free subscriptions to useful softwares and free to use laptops, DSLR cameras, high-end equipments on certain duration of loan basis which is very helpful for us to learn new things. Talking about the campus look and feel, I have now words to explain how much beautiful our campus is. It covers so many different type of birds such as duck, geese, swans, grebes, moorhens, coots and so many different animals including fox and hedgehogs which creates a beautiful wildlife around the campus. Furthermore, university has a huge peaceful and calm lake in two separated campus , Campus East and Campus West surrounded by accommodation and departmental buildings. About the student support, there are so many helpful people around the campus including campus staff, university security campus safety huge thanks to them, and most importantly our professors. They are always there for us to solve whatever queries we have. Also, my university accommodation helps us to maintain our well-being and metal support. There is also a visa compliance team and career team is there to makes us understand about visa rules and regulations along with career opportunities and job guidance. Talking about a Student's union, we have two separate unions GSA(Graduate Student Association) and YUSU(University of York Student's Union). Those two unions are key important part of our student life because they always organize important university events apart from academics such as cultural events, festivals, and day trips around the various cities of United Kingdom. Personally I have travelled a lot to some beautiful cities in last 5 months since I came here, like Durham city, Newcastle, Leeds, New bay hall, some of the amazing experiences I had. So, overall our student unions put their so much efforts to make our student life more enjoyable and life-time experience.

I like the college aspect, it helps makes friends and makes things less scary when first joining. There are good facilities and transport links surrounding the campus.

Contact hours are minimal, to an extent that it is enough time spent learning and enough time spent to yourself for the course. This allows me to gain other experiences as I have more time throughout the day. It’s a great place to study during exam times as the library remains open 24/7, however the library does not remain open during the rest of the semester which is something I wish they did do as it’d help me get my work done, as someone who struggles to study in the safety of her own room.

The Student support, especially around helping to afford accommodation- most people did not get any of their first choices for colleges and have ended up in more expensive rooms.