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International Foundation (Art and Design) CertHE
The International Foundation Programme (IFP) is designed specifically for international students (non-EU), and is made up of 4 components
Studio Practice (Art and Design) Cross School Project English
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Most relevant Student Reviews for Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow School of Art
Except for the overly large rent increases, the rest is good, Includes fast repairs, friendly staff and security read more
Glasgow School of Art
Some good staff in isolation but as a structure it is very beaurocratic and does not put students interests first. read more
Glasgow School of Art
Did a good job. Nothing to complain about. read more
Glasgow School of Art
I study undergrad Architecture at Mackintosh School of Architecture within GSA. If you are looking for passionate + inspiring professors, bustling student communities/events/club nights & relaxed studio culture then put your application in! It’s noteworthy to mention that at GSA there are students/professors which come from a vast array of backgrounds and everybody is welcome at the art school. read more
Glasgow School of Art
I was a Product Design Engineering student of Master Degree. There’s not even a closed classroom for teaching. You could hear people talking whenever they passing by… Except the poor facilities, the professor is the biggest problem. For PDE, an old professor takes in charge of all the courses, which is unbelievable. What makes its even worse is that he gives low score to every nonnative student without being rational.(Uk students always get high scores, even they are absent for classes many times). I’m not sure if he’s racism but he definitely has a bias on ethnicities… Anyway, for those who want to come to PDE , I could only say that you need to get used to the unfair issues… read more
Glasgow School of Art
Plz repair the gym…anyway staffs are really nice and patient especially Nadia☺️ read more
Glasgow School of Art
Good place for art study, good atmosphere. read more
Glasgow School of Art
Good staffs Nice courses Various activities read more
Glasgow School of Art
Great community of students. Love studying here!! read more
Glasgow School of Art
Great. I love going here so much read more
Glasgow School of Art
Management is not very transparent about practices, and as a Product Design student we do not get schedules for projects until the brief is released on the first day of the project. It makes it hard to plan ahead if you're working part time as sometimes tutorial days change every week. Workload is very light but they keep saying it's a full time course and that they don't condone part time work. Tutors do know their stuff and are passionate, but generally you're going to feel very dissatisfied with your education. And you'll need to do more self study if you really want to be up to industry standard. read more
Glasgow School of Art
A morally bereft institution in steep, prolonged decline read more
Glasgow School of Art
The worst experience of my life! I came to Glasgow school of art excited by alumni who studied there and eager to meet lots of people but within a year of my studies the union bar shut down completely there were NO societies I could join (there were only the lgbtq+ soc which I couldn’t join as an ally and pornography society) so I joined certain societies at the uni of, but wasn’t allowed to join sports teams. I made next to no friends as everyone was caught up in the ‘image’ of the art students and closed off, if I went to a lecture in leggings and a hoodie I felt like I was getting dirty looks. My accommodation was soundproof and you could not hear when anything was going on, making it impossible to make any friends. It was truly the worst experience of my life and made me suicidal and I dropped out and transferred to a uni with over 300 societies, uni bars, etc and I’ve never been happier. I would never recommend gsa, the tutors even showed up half an hour late to tutorials!! read more
Glasgow School of Art
Awful! 4 years at GSA and I've never felt supported or listened to. Would rate the Students Union 0 stars if possible because it doesn't exist. There are barely any clubs/societies, none of which are funded and the student morale is horrendous. It's a corrupt business, which is currently being sued by its own students. The only thing keeping GSA afloat is its reputation, which it will lose if it doesn't invest more care into its student's wellbeings. I even hear from staff the frustration with it as an institution, with many of them leaving. University was supposed to be the best years of my life, but GSA has made me question my choices and regret a lot of decisions/career path. Do not go to GSA, there are much better institutions elsewhere. read more
Glasgow School of Art
The tutors are largely brilliant, the technical staff amazing and I met some great people here but it was overall an extremely disappointing experience. read more
Glasgow School of Art
The Bachelor of Architecture programme leads to an Ordinary or Honours degree and to exemption from Part 1 of the Examination in Architecture of the ARB/ RIBA at the end of Year 3 full-time study or Year 4 part-time study. read more
Glasgow School of Art
Do not come here. I would give the Student Union zero stars if I could because we do not have one!! The Glasgow School of Art is a corrupt institution, which works to feed those in higher power on council board committee and not the tutors or students. The communication between higher authoritative staff and tutors is appalling. I am in the Sculpture Course and four days before a public art exhibition across the city of Glasgow, the tutors informed us that we were banned from “going outside to do art work” as commanded by GSA because of COVID. Why was this informed to the department at such a late notice? If we are part of 100% studio practice course then why do The Glasgow School of Art not pause our education, refund our money that we have paid for school fees and restart our teaching in the way that they advertise. The course is uninspiring, I was advised to change department from sculpture because I was focusing on photography for several weeks. read more
Glasgow School of Art
I studied Sculpture and Environmental art between 2017 and 2020 and I am honestly so so disappointed by it. I genuinely learnt far more on my foundation year than my 3 years at GSA. The school relies entirely on its reputation nowadays and invests nothing in its students. You'll have nothing but a cramped studio in the Stow, barely any contact time with tutors (I only ever met 2 out of the 4 of mine in 4th year) and you'll learn no technical skills (you'll be lucky if you ever manage to make anything in the workshops as they are so unaccessible). Students and tutors alike are miserable as the institution treats everyone so badly. After we were abruptly thrown out the studios in March and never got our degree show due to covid, GSA promised we would have access to the degree show budget for independent shows later on which has obviously never materialised even almost a year later. Also there is no consistency whatsoever with marking and your degree classification is like a lucky dip. read more
Glasgow School of Art
while the school has seen issues across the different sub school's as a member of MSA (mackintosh school of architecture) i can say it is organised very well. A lot of the other reviews are linked to their individual school and i wouldn't say reflect GSA as a whole. I know MSA students as very realistic about the past year and while its not been GSA's best they are aware of the challenges the institution has had in light of COVID and the flip flopping of the movement on what can and cannot be open. Other schools have not been treated as well as some however MSA is a grand faculty, the staff are so hard working and if you want to make something happen there are measures put in place to make them happen. While studios have been closed the staff have done their best to facilitate a learning experience as much as possible such as Post Graduate Events that have been very successful and the introduction Miro that has allowed for virtual pin up. read more
Glasgow School of Art
Horrendous. Barely any tutor-student contact and not much is actually taught in regards to theory or technicality. No support for students, minimal clubs and societies that aren’t well organised - doesn’t even have a students union building. Support and tutoring throughout the pandemic has been totally useless; no access to studios or workshops, one 20 minute tutor zoom call per week and all this for 9k a year (or more for internationals). Shocking how this quality of education and level of student experience is allowed. 3 years at GSA so far and it’s always been ridiculously underfunded and I’ve always felt it’s never been worth the money however it’s reputation has always been its backbone to attracting and maintaining the students but now I question whether that’s even a thing anymore! Where GSA’s reputation comes from I have no idea. Would not recommend. read more
20 aggregated reviews by students studying at Glasgow School of Art.