Biology, University of Edinburgh

Bit boring but great flexibility

Courses are interesting, tutors are mostly good (you'll get bad eggs at any university). It isn't as rigorous as my home institution but not everyone will have the same experience.

Coming to Edinburgh has been one of the best decisions of my life. The people are very welcoming which means you will rarely get homesick. I am enjoying my course a lot and cannot think of a reason why anyone would not want to study here.

A great city to live in and a great course

I didn't really go to uni much cause it's based at King's and who can be bothered going there. But overall the course is pretty swell and there's loads of options for specialisation.

Interdisciplinary course with lots of resources

All above are fine - the problem is that the university is too focussed on getting grants for its research - they boasted this year of getting the biggest grant ever awarded to a UK university. Research is obviously important and prestigious when you can say the man who invented anaesthetic effects of chloroform hailed from Edinburgh University but a bit more focus could be put on the students themselves and attention to their mental health and wellbeing - there is a serious imbalance between the two at the moment