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Really nice study spaces and there are lots of places to eat on or near campus. There are so many societies to be a part of too. Teh student union is good and has good representatives as well! The careers service constantly send emails to check in and send advice and resources for us too!

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University of Birmingham Ranking


University of Sheffield #1
Ulster University #2
University of Birmingham #3
University of St Andrews #4
University of Southampton #5
Queen's University Belfast (QUB) #6
University of Leeds #7
University of Warwick #8
University of Exeter #9
Loughborough University #10

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University of Birmingham Hall Rankings


Altura #1
Onyx #2
Edge Apartments #3
Calthorpe Court #4
Brook Studios #5
The Recording Rooms #6
Staniforth House #7
88 Bromsgrove House #8
The Toybox #9
Belgrave View #10

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member735000 On 21st November 18 verified Verified student

Highly reccomend UoB. The campus is insane and clubs/societies are so good.

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Student Review: 4.2 /5
By member734915 On 15th November 18 verified Verified student

uni is beautiful but birmingham itself i didn't like

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Student Review: 3.6 /5
By member834711 On 1st November 18 verified Verified student

Luv uni life made lots of new friends found a manager who is unpleasant with no respect for staff at go mex will not be using that place and looks like a cleaner not a manager

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member1333274 On 1st August 18 verified Verified student

Love uni and all the facilities and opportunities. Have made lots of good friends and couldn’t be happier with my course. Love it

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member1333097 On 25th July 18 verified Verified student

Loads of developments going on for the campus. We have the best facilities and accommodation, just the sheer number of students can cause some overcrowding in areas like the library.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member633041 On 23rd July 18 verified Verified student

This uni Is a right f****** laugh

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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By member1132883 On 17th July 18 verified Verified student

Such a dissapointing let down of a first year! I studied drama and the league tables all said it was the best course in the UK for drama, but the course was so boring, bland and just generally really terrible. 4 of my best friends dropped out of the course within the first year, and that was just my best friends, about 13 people i was friendly with dropped out of the course. I didnt relate to anyone else everyones a bit immature and weird. The night life is absolute s*** aswell. Steer clear birmingham aint a good time. You're much better off going to bristol/manchester/leeds. Thank f*** I've finally got together the courage to drop out

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Student Review: 3.2 /5
By Hbhowrse On 16th July 18 verified Verified student

Wi-Fi poor in library aha, or walking building to building. Closing all these buildings down and destroying them, building up all these new buildings that are taking much longer than promised - but not telling us where our money is going, that they don't have money to pay for printing our dissertations and binding them, but do habe money for building all these things???? Makes us angry and annoyed. We want to see fill detailed costings: how many lecturers are there, what are they paid? Outside workers, supporting staff? Then courses alliances? Running costs of all the brings and maintenance? Then all the other costs? Just have it all out so that we can see it?

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member632849 On 16th July 18 verified Verified student

UoB has an incredible campus and SU in particular, including a very strong medsoc for students in the healthcare profession. There is wifi available throughout campus just requiring your uni log in. The “green heart” is being built which will make campus even more beautiful. However, this means main library is incredibly crowded particularly around revision season, so its good to make use of the study spaces tracker showing which buildings have space to revise.

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member432748 On 6th July 18 verified Verified student

Fantastic first year experience

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member1332742 On 5th July 18 verified Verified student

Incredible, best uni in the UK hands down. Best graduate prospects, best nightlife, best people. Constantly growing to become even better. Amazing.

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Student Review: 2 /5
By member1332679 On 4th July 18 verified Verified student

The campus is nice but they are wasting huge amounts of student money and instead of investing it back into the support such as mental health support they knocked down the old library and are making a lot of noise to create a 'green space' and instead created a new library with nowhere near enough study space, furthermore, the library is always too hot and stuffy, it is relatively loud in there and the floors shake as people walk across them. Most places you might want to eat on campus are full and overpriced. A lot of lectures and seminars, instead of being taught in the main building for the subject, in my case arts, are instead held in random rooms in random buildings across campus.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member532656 On 3rd July 18 verified Verified student

Phenomenal, the best place to go to university

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member1332653 On 2nd July 18 verified Verified student

Gym and facilities in general WAY too expensive. Meal plan is an absolute scam, waste of every single penny

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member732652 On 2nd July 18 verified Verified student

Beautiful campus, the university has everything you need to help you through your degree. The sport science department are amazing, interesting lectures which are engaging and the staff are brilliant!

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member1332642 On 2nd July 18 verified Verified student

Excellent uni with a brilliant famous

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Student Review: 4.8 /5
By member1132641 On 2nd July 18 verified Verified student

Had a great first year, the students union is out of this world. Campus facilities are great including the campus train station that takes you straight into the city center. The campus restaurants and cafe's are really good quality including a noodle bar and a burrito stand.

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Student Review: 4.8 /5
By member1232581 On 27th June 18 verified Verified student

It has a beautiful campus and so far I loved my course. The lecturer and career networks are really supportive. Had a fantastic experience so far!

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Student Review: 4.8 /5
By member1232575 On 27th June 18 verified Verified student

Great work feedback, physics labs are good with great instructors

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Student Review: 4.2 /5
By member1232559 On 26th June 18 verified Verified student

Fantastic university both academically and in terms of social life.

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Student Review: 4.2 /5
By lemonandgravy On 28th May 18 verified Verified student

Liked the university, very welcoming and friendly. Lots to do most of the time.

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Student Review: 3 /5
By member1231590 On 10th May 18 verified Verified student

internet is good mostly but then randomly doesn't work for a whole day/doesn't let you connect. annoying.

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Student Review: 1 /5
By member1130437 On 20th February 18 verified Verified student

Absolutely appalling. I've never been so disappointed in my entire life. I chose to take a course in Accounting and Finance and, to my disbelief, I realised what a favela the University actually was. The worst part of the University would be the fact that I need to be on-guard at all time, as one of my mates had his dormitory robbed of all his belongings and they even recorded it and slapped Vaseline on his head. DO NOT GO HERE UNLESS YOU ARE IN A GANG, IT IS LITERALLY A YOUTH CLUB.

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member1330249 On 6th February 18 verified Verified student

Love the university! Some of the wifi drops in and out but the facilities and opportunities available to students is incomparable!

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Student Review: 1 /5
By member1030042 On 26th January 18 verified Verified student

Worst experience ever. Horrible course structure with unrealistic workload expectations. Facilities are overcrowded. Social aspect isn’t great. Not particularly welcoming either.

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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By member1129685 On 16th January 18 verified Verified student

Student union bit of a joke. Far more expensive than all other Birmingham student nights. Seems more of a profit earning venture than a student union. As a second year economics student I wouldn't expect to have lectures finishing at 1900- given that the working day finishes at 1800- yet I find myself finishing lectures at 1900 on not one but two nights. Clearly the university is operating over its capacity to fund stupid ventures such as a poorly designed sports centre- which again does not have capacity for all student to become members- and a nice new garden in the middle of uni. Yet there is a distinct lack of study spaces with room for approximately 2% of student population in the library. 493k a year chancellor needs to sort himself out and start focusing on student needs.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By User On 4th January 18 verified Verified student

Had the best time at Birmingham. Anything you’re interested in, there’s a society for it.

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Student Review: 3 /5
By Business Student On 8th December 17 verified Verified student

The business school is highly disorganised! They are always lost and have no idea that students find it extremely difficult to contact them in case of an urgent need

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member1128609 On 4th October 17 verified Verified student

The campus is a bit confusing but there are all the facilities and societies one might need. The student union is really helpful. The careers service is accessible. the wifi is not too reliable.

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By tamarab123 On 4th October 17 verified Verified student

The campus is like its own little city! It's got everything you need

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member928584 On 3rd October 17 verified Verified student

Excellent WiFi, easy to connect to in every bit of the campus. The guild is huge and very useful, friendly and welcoming. They can sort close to any issue you have. The range of shops on campus is fantastic with even an beauty salon, which is fairly reasonable. So many societies and sports - there is definitely something for everyone. Sports are fairly expensive, but actually quite good value for money once you break it down for the number of hours you do. Societies are very cheap- most only £5-10 for the year.

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member928583 On 3rd October 17 verified Verified student

great place, something for everyone, looks pretty

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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By member926911 On 30th June 17 verified Verified student

Good modern uni but have a terrible attitude to security. Hold on to your belongings at ALL times EVERYWHERE. Buildings, lecture rooms etc wide open to the public and CCTV useless.

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Student Review: 1.8 /5
By Anon123766484 On 16th June 17 verified Verified student

Don't go here. Absolute snobby s******. All my confidence has been knocked, I hate my course and I've made no friends.

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member926769 On 10th June 17 verified Verified student

Fab is a bit pricy but I love uob

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Student Review: 1 /5
By member826579 On 26th May 17 verified Verified student

360 UOB sports centre staff are very rude & not helpful at all. The first week of opening I was unsure about the equipment & they were very disrespectful about showing me how to operate the machines & also I've emailed them,gone to the front desk,phoned up for a login number they just are simply too slow on customer service. Personally I have had a very upsetting experience at this new gym

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Student Review: 5 /5
By efeneh On 19th December 16 verified Verified student

UoB is a brilliant uni, no doubt about it.

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Student Review: 4.2 /5
By member925258 On 18th December 16 verified Verified student

Could provide even more variety of societies

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Student Review: 2.2 /5
By UObAnonStudent On 22nd November 16 verified Verified student

First year student, I absolutely hate it here. I haven't felt welcomed or that I fit in here whatsoever. Workload is disgusting and flatmates are disrespectful. 25 minute walk to campus in the rain is intolerable

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Student Review: 3.8 /5
By member1124319 On 19th October 16 verified Verified student

It's a good uni with very nice environment. It's a very international university with people coming all over the world

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Student Review: 3.2 /5
By member424266 On 11th October 16 verified Verified student

I have made a mistake coming to this Business School as they are so disorganised and dont know what the hell is going on, honestly. NO-ONE has a timetable, rooms are double booked and we are sent from lectures half dont have a tutor despite going to the office almost daily I have wasted 2 weeks doing nothing really and if they are teaching about business I would go bankrupt if I followed their plan. amazingly we have to learn and load work onto a special software program and it has not been explained and this Business Department is pure chaos, If thats your subject interest look elsewhere as they just cant be bothered here its so disappointing and my Dad who is paying would go mad if he knew about this shambles

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Student Review: 4.2 /5
By tleach On 26th August 16 verified Verified student

Student living in Birmingham is unparalleled

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Student Review: 3.6 /5
By member1323739 On 23rd August 16 verified Verified student

The campus is beautiful, definitely the best I've been to. The facilities are great however it would be helpful to know where computers or certain study areas are as the campus is so big, it can be daunting. The student union is brilliant, I've never had a bad night out there while the restaurant in the day is also excellent. The students who run the union dedicate a lot of time to what they do and it definitely pays off.

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member1022915 On 30th June 16 verified Verified student

Nice campus far from centre tho

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Student Review: 3.8 /5
By member422745 On 5th June 16 verified Verified student

As a whole Birmingham is great- it is a beautiful campus and the facilities are amazing. However, I do feel that they don't really care that much about you as a student, very little support offered and accommodation in my experience was awful.

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member822536 On 18th May 16 verified Verified student

Really nice campus and lots on

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Student Review: 3 /5
By Joseph Kassendick On 6th May 16 verified Verified student

What this university lacks, is a good small 'c' conservative society, it lacks any kind of right-wing focus group. Indeed, it doesn't even have a libertarian one! Moreover, the vast majority of folk at UoB are very politically correct, so don't even think of causing intrigue or controversy. You will be thrown out like the chap who was an alleged BNP/National Action member.

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Student Review: 4.2 /5
By TheChosenOne On 1st May 16 verified Verified student

Campus is good, very sociable, everything is very close so all easily accessible.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member922070 On 29th April 16 verified Verified student

All very satisfactory, and beautiful campus

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Student Review: 3.8 /5
By member1121902 On 16th April 16 verified Verified student

Students union could be cheaper and do more things such as gigs! Its soo pricey considering its supposed to be for us students! Good range of societies however the guild dont help to run them very much and the sports clubs dont often take novice's! Careers service were a waste of time when I went for advice. Campus is good with lots of facilities, study spaces and computers

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member921865 On 14th April 16 verified Verified student

WiFi is patchy on campus, however the uni is working to solve this.

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Student Review: 3.6 /5
By member421859 On 14th April 16 verified Verified student

Wifi could definitely be improved. Nice campus but not enough study spaces

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Student Review: 4.8 /5
By member1121738 On 10th April 16 verified Verified student

Gorgeous campus, great food and a simply awesome Student experience. Not much more to say.

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Student Review: 4.8 /5
By member921583 On 2nd April 16 verified Verified student

Everything is amazing, love UoB.

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member621523 On 31st March 16 verified Verified student

Good uni can't criticise much tbh

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member521481 On 30th March 16 verified Verified student

Love it. Could be better Wifi in the library though.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member1121452 On 30th March 16 verified Verified student

We have the Tallest freestanding clock tower in the world!

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Student Review: 4.2 /5
By UoB098123 On 30th March 16 verified Verified student

Amazing Campus, even on a gloomy day with plenty of computers to serve your needs.

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member921430 On 30th March 16 verified Verified student

The campus is beautiful and the student union is the best of the universities I visited, they are always looking for ways to improve, but they do really listen to the students opinions!

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member421426 On 30th March 16 verified Verified student

Amazing diverse uni and Birmingham is an incredible place to be a student, transport into the city is cheap, fast and easy and lots to do. The guild of students hosts regular events and hall RA's host regular events as well. The uni want you to have a great nightlife!

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member721421 On 30th March 16 verified Verified student

The wi-fi won't let me gamble. But everything else is great.

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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By violetsunshine On 3rd December 15 verified Verified student

wifi is hit and miss, sometimes you have to go hunting for study space, impossible to get computers in exam time

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member1118482 On 13th November 15 verified Verified student

wifi everywhere, great facilities, very modern

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Student Review: 4.2 /5
By member1318475 On 13th November 15 verified Verified student

love it, so glad i choose bham. the campus is one of the nicest ive seen, and the halls are all very well located

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member618463 On 13th November 15 verified Verified student

Campus is stunning and not too big/small. Theres so many societies to choose from with events on all the time so it's easy to get involved. The SU (guild of students) doesn't have much on compared to other unis with regard to nightlife, I think they have one night on every fortnight or something. Careers are really good and there's wifi all over campus

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Student Review: 3 /5
By member1318454 On 13th November 15 verified Verified student

dodge wifi, lgbt society is s***, they're not all advertised so hard to find societies

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member818246 On 13th November 15 verified Verified student

lovely campus, amazing societies and sports!

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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By member618023 On 11th November 15 verified Verified student

It looks nice during winter, but can be bad to walk through when it is windy and raining in the winter, there is a fresh food stall that sells delirious strawberries and cherry tomatoes, but lots of other fruit and veg too.

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member1117286 On 22nd October 15 verified Verified student

UoB was my back up choice and it is the best decision i ever made!

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member817024 On 19th October 15 verified Verified student

Fantastic career focused University.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member617008 On 19th October 15 verified Verified student

It's a lovely atmosphere - the campus is beautiful, and it is so easy to settle in.

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member916988 On 19th October 15 verified Verified student

The campus is breathtaking however there is some building work going on which is disruptive. The SU has many opportunities but perhaps not enough social spaces to enjoy.

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member516866 On 17th October 15 verified Verified student

Really nice campus, best for graduate jobs this year so have to give it 5 stars on career opportunities. Guild is good for a night out so yeah. And free good wifi on campus!

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member916854 On 17th October 15 verified Verified student

The campus is so beautiful and the clock tower just adds to the appeal, the choice of courses is also very broad

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Student Review: 3.6 /5
By member416849 On 17th October 15 verified Verified student

really good. But the student union is really far away and quite expensive. Lots of good places to eat with meal plan.

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member816840 On 17th October 15 verified Verified student

One of the reasons I chose the uni is the campus and it's still so lovely to walk around everyday.

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member616656 On 13th October 15 verified Verified student

Overall Birmingham has a really great atmosphere. The student union set up loade of fairs and events in the first few weeks so people could settle in and the sports and over all facilities of the uni haelve exceeded my expectations.

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Student Review: 4.2 /5
By member1316353 On 5th October 15 verified Verified student

I love the university, its amazing

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Student Review: 4.2 /5
By spricey97 On 5th October 15 verified Verified student

Campus is amazing! Lecture theatres,libraries and food facilities on campus are very good! Students union is good and has fairly cheap drinks.

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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By member616152 On 1st October 15 verified Verified student

Good location and campus but still close to the city. Also own train station which is useful.

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member1115871 On 27th September 15 verified Verified student

Lovely green campus with a ton of facilities available and endless numbers of societies.

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member515843 On 27th September 15 verified Verified student

Seems pretty solid so far I guess, been here 9 days

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member515649 On 24th September 15 verified Verified student

UoB is quite simply amazing!! Can't fault it

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Student Review: 3.8 /5
By member415592 On 23rd September 15 verified Verified student

You can't get wifi on site. The union is okay, but only if your not in private accomodation. Not had chance to rate the clubs yet, but there is alot of them

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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By member815039 On 25th August 15 verified Verified student

All buildings are amazing apart from the Mech Eng ones. And the WiFi all round campus is useless.

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Student Review: 4.2 /5
By member511036 On 10th July 15 verified Verified student

Beautiful campus and buildings.

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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By member1111033 On 10th July 15 verified Verified student

Lack of student support and poor handling of complaints of modules throughout 3 years in computer science

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member611016 On 10th July 15 verified Verified student

Being the only university with it's own train station itself makes it amazing

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member810912 On 10th July 15 verified Verified student

I loved this uni. They really made you feel like you were doing something important. The school of computer science is incredible and one of the friendliest places ever

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Student Review: 4.8 /5
By member910869 On 10th July 15 verified Verified student

Such a great Uni, the campus is beautiful and there always so much going on- the facilities are good- but with a new library and sports centre being built, they're only going to get better! Our guild of students is the nicest one I've seen, after visiting lots of friends Uni's- and the guild night out, fab and fresh is one of the best nights out in Birmingham! There's so many eating places on campus, with 3 costas, a Starbucks and subway, and then a lot of the university's own Go Cafés dotted around- and the Uni burritos are reason enough to come to Birmingham! Birmingham city itself is so great as well due to the diversity in it's night life- there's a night out to suit everyone's taste- and the shopping is fab due to the bullring! Plus you have loads of a cool places to visit such as the jewellery quarter, star city and cannon hill park!

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member710855 On 10th July 15 verified Verified student

Good experience, nice campus, fun societies and a well run Guild.

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member710840 On 10th July 15 verified Verified student

Quality university, great experiences and so many opportunities. Couldn't of picked a better place to get my degree.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member119571 On 1st July 15 verified Verified student

Attending in September and couldn't be more excited.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member129557 On 30th June 15 verified Verified student

It has been a wonderful journey so far, mate. What else can I say?

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member119556 On 30th June 15 verified Verified student

Fantastic courses, unlimited options and the view of a bright future.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member129552 On 30th June 15 verified Verified student

The university is in a central location and its medical school especially has a great reputation and the unique advantage of being associated with Queens Hospital Birmingham, one of UKs finest hospitals.

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By Sarah On 27th June 15 verified Verified student

The University campus is great; very green, with plenty of study spaces and places to eat. The Guild do an amazing job as the Student Union with a vast variety of events which cater for all. There are so many societies to chose from, all of which attend the Societies Fair at the beginning of the year and joining fees are reasonable. The internet is free for all with an intranet log in on campus, it works most of the time.

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Student Review: 4.2 /5
By UOBgirl On 15th April 15 verified Verified student

Library needs to be bigger to accommodate more students, although they are building a new one and there are other places on campus to study. Loads of different societies to join, with mostly low joining costs. Campus feels a bit rural given it is outside the city centre but the train will get you there in 5-8 minutes from the Uni's own station.Fresher's club events should accommodate more clubs and more music tastes. Most of the accommodation is a ridiculous price, for some unknown reason- this isn't London.

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member42242 On 14th March 15 verified Verified student

I <3 my uni, so glad I picked it! Couldn't have asked for a better student experience. The music life is extremely active, social and enjoyable. I have really developed as a person and an employee.

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