University of Kent Reviews

worst experience possible at a university. Nothing interesting ever happens in the cold and dull middle of nowhere. Lack of teachers caring about the subject they are teaching and students dont bother showing up to the lectures and classes. Dont bother going to this university as it is a rip off for what you are initially paying. Dont go here

Kent has been a disappointment so far. If I hadn’t made such good friends I would have left ASAP. Let’s start with the actual education: my contact hours are beyond minimal, seminars are a thing of the past, lecturers have no passion, the list goes on. All the lecture halls are good quality. Student life: EXPENSIVE. co-op will break your bank! Eating on campus is expensive; pizzas, burgers, curly fries served at ALL places to eat with no alternatives, great on the first week but you will miss having a side salad... Nights out: The venue is TINY, anymore than 200 people and you can’t breathe. Highly recommend club chem in town (NOT the Cuban - don’t do it!), get a bus pass! Accommodation: awful. If you don’t get Turing, Tyler or the brand new parkwood houses, good luck. Even then you’re miles from campus. Jobs: Non-existent. No help from the uni, they don’t hire and neither does town. Sport/societies: gym is decent, no pool tho, ENDLESS societies!!!

You'll get internet speeds of 45 mbps. Rooms get worse with the older time it was built. There is a lot of career advice. Picking the right room is essential and avoid eliot college by all means. There are thousands of fun clubs and societies.

Kent has good teachers and some good facilities. Everything else is just rubbish. Sometimes there is no hot water/heating/internet in student halls, specially during the winter. Most staff members dont care about students. Career/placement services does nothing to help students. kent only care about the students tuition. Takes in international students to get their money and then ditches them. Canterbury is a nice rural city but lacks heavily in technology. Kent=confusing

The library has been thoroughly modernised as an open plan place to access computers more than find books. I think it has gone too far in the other direction, to look pretty. Not too impressed by the essays I find in the printer tray. If you have high intellectual pretensions, try Oxbridge or Edinburgh maybe.

The Campus is quite large with a lot of open space to walk around, there is a reasonably large collection of societies that you can join and the Wifi works. That is the end of the positive section of the review. The Student Union is abysmal. During the strikes, the union (that could not organise a piss-up in a brewery) failed to organise a student response to the strikes and didn't even attempt to help students claim compensation. That caused some first-year students to have to organise it themselves while everyone was preparing for their exams which we were very unprepared to take. The Careers Service is not tailored to the students. If you are lucky and you manage to apply to get a mentor who has left the uni hold on to them as that is the only advice you will receive as the uni does not care about you at all. Lastly, I hope you are very rich as nothing at the university is free or fairly priced. The uni gym is not only overpriced but also lacks some pretty vital gym facilities.

Like any uni, the University of Kent has its failures, but it more than makes up for them in other areas. In terms of teaching/lecturing the university can be terrible, some lecturers won't even turn up without prior warning and when they do are clearly uninterested in teaching the content, BUT there are some that are gems and will go above and beyond to help you with any module not just the one they teach you. As well as this the campus is beautiful, as most of the accommodation; the library is phenomenal and the views of the city from around the campus are great. The students union is terrible and unsupportive, but they run a decent club on campus so you can't complain that much.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time as a student at the university of Kent. My course was really interesting, I was given chances to be involved in all sorts of extra curricular activities and the teaching was on the whole really good quality. The accommodation was some of the best I’d seen both from visiting other university open days and visiting friends at other unis. I was in Keynes college flats and I loved it. My course support was really good and I found Canterbury a really fantastic place to live where I had the chance to go out a lot (which I made use of especially in first year) and also be living in a nice community with lots of shops and nice places to eat in the day. The uni itself was fantastic for me and the perfect place to be. I also partook in part time work through the university as part of the student subject ambassador scheme which was paid really well and gave me really good work experience whilst also being flexible around my studies. Overall, I really enjoyed my time.

I was very skeptical about going here however it was the best decision I made, being a campus uni everything is only a short walk away. It has amazing facilities and there’s something to do for everyone, I feel proud to go to the university of kent.

It's a great university loads of things to do

Great uni all round, except for terrible support on placement year

I had an incredible time at the University of Kent. The campus is broad and inclusive with everything you could need. The facilities are great. The course was fantastic.

I studied classics and honesty had the best time from living on campus to being part of societies and what my course offered

Can't complain was a good experience, would fully go again.

Plenty of societies, good (but expensive) accommodation and food options. Decent courses.

All round pretty solid place. Also want it to look good.

Rutherford and Eliot were impossible to navigate but that's the only downside.

Pretty good Uni tbf, some solid services too

The campus and the university’s facilities are excellent. On the other hand, the clubs and societies should be more organized and mote interesting. The Students union seems to have put some work but there are things that can be improved. Lastly, in the field of Biosciences, some of the professors are excellent encouraging the students and stimulating their interest. Others’ performance is below the average.

I spent some of my best and worst moments here. I love the campus and the union and university gave me many many opportunities and have managed to get an internship through the employability scheme. Only issue is that the courses and the lecturers are very inaccessible (for disabled people) and so I and other disabled people have been penalised for being disabled as opposed to having reasonable adjustments and in turn have a level playing field with the other students.

The university campus is lovely and just the right size. Huge variety of accommodation for first years. Great student union, etc. Would recommend.

Couldn’t be happier at this uni

A great experience with so many opportunities, I wish they were better advertised though.

Amazing uni, wouldn't have gone elsewhere

The campus is pretty impressive as it's on a hill and gives a breathtaking view of Canterbury and the Westgate towers. It is also very green, making it a good environment to do work in or just chill. The lecturers are fairly helpful and pretty good with dealing with any queries you have. There is a campus shop that has most things, only criticism is that it's quite expensive and isn't open for enough hours

University that provides good teachers, brand new facilities and a lot of activities

Superb teaching in an extremely safe environment. Staff are friendly and extremely helpful. This campus has everything one needs and more. The library facilities are fab and there are loads of places to study on campus. The student accommodation is very modern and offers both catered and self catered rooms. Societies have a wide range of clubs to join from sports societies to science clubs, there's so much choice.

A great campus, good atmosphere and support whenever needed.

graduated from architecture, very tough course, very good staff helpfull and skilled in a brioad range of aspects of the profession, good campus life, a little boring at times. but pretty good weather

Brilliant university, great experience!

Just finished first year and I’m loving it so far. Really fun and brilliant location-Canterbury is great for a night out (and is always alive with things to do during the day). The society I joined (religious society) didn’t actually do anything (the one event they put on I missed because of a lecture) so I marked down for that.

Communication at the uni couldn't be much worse, and their care for student satisfaction again couldn't be much poorer

Just finished first year and it's been great!

Expensive student shop, bad support, only 4 clubs.

Loved every minute being at university of Kent. The campus/resources as amazing

No proper funding allocated for facilities , clubs etc. Lectures often bland and dated.

It’s a great campus uni with the city centre close by. In terms of sport facilities, it doesn’t have a swimming pool on campus (costing the swim team a lot of money) and has removed the outside netball courts to be converted to tennis courts. Basically removing the facilities for a bigger sport society, making them more money, for a smaller sport society. Doesn’t make sense to me.

Good accommodation, good facilities, lovely feeling campus and easy access into town. T24 drama society was a saving grace, filled with opportunities, loads of loving and supportive people and made first year extremely enjoyable!

Good accommodation, good facilities, lovely feeling campus and easy access into town.

Architecture 1st year awfully run with little guidance, unorganised tutors and poor marking with no feedback. Repeatedly felt under-supported and a large portion of my modules felt pointless or rushed. Very few of the tutors actually "teach" or don't teach well. The only saving grace this year has been the T24 drama society who are inclusive, supportive and got me through the year! Great society propping up a rubbish course!

Everything is located on campus and there is a great veriety if everything. Multiple bars, shops and a club on campus. The library is big and well established.

awful attempt to reimburse either time or money forgone by strikes. "take the money and run" mentality.

Great uni what’s all the fuss about

While studying at Kent I just didn’t feel as though there was a community atmosphere. Having friends at other universities it seemed like there was so much more going on and they were really part of the university. I wish the departments did more to integrate the students and had more to offer in terms of trips and events. I also believe that they have too much of a relaxed approach. So many of my friends had never met their academic adviser and this was in third year. We should all have a strong relationship with them as each year commenced but this was not the case. Studying philosophy I believe that we should have been taught how to write philosophically. In first year it was very confusing. Instead of diving straight into topics such as Descartes meditations why not give an overview of what philosophy is the varying sub divisions. How to attempt philosophical reasoning and begin critical thinking. Give a brief overview of the history of philosophy.

Great campus and world class lecturers!

First year was amazing, met lots of new people. The campus is so nice and open.

Not enough support of guidance from the uni. Not equal teaching efforts from schools.

Nice campus in a beautiful location. Professors help whenever they can and are not hard to approach.

Food and furniture of standardized-low quality, a hypocrisy lying on the very foundation of this European university which is clearly not fully inclusive of foreign students as a whole. Landscapes were great, people and staff not so much. UNPROFFESSIONAL AND CONDESCENDING staff in many of the establishments such as Medical Center or Kent Union. Over-exaggeration of the services they offer; they do not include problems or roadblocks options that could arise. Very limited inclusion of differences between foreign students to which teachers are not aware of which have to do with cultural differences (due to the exponential number of cultures which come together in many and unexpected ways).

This university has one of the best student wellbeing departments also.

Absolutely love doing my Bachelor degree at Kent University!

I really like that I came to Canterbury. We have a beautiful campus and nothing in Canterbury is ever truly far away.

It's a great university! I love studying here!

Great university, perfect balance between academics (taught by excellent professors) and extracurriculars.

Lectures were so boring and no one was passionate about the course.

Picturesque campus, dedicated staff and amazing facilities

Safe environment on campus and excellent student union with the most enjoyable summerball!

Horrible organisation! Literally the worst! Modules are a mess, policies are horrible and anti-student/anti-mental health. Resits now erase your coursework marks! Horrendous pricing of accommodation

As a French, I believe the university itself is very nice. However, I can not review the teaching for now.

Amazing university, great lecturers (most) in School of Physical Sciences

I have loved my time at Kent! Met some great people and thrived academically. It doesn't deserve to have dropped so many places

My course (Biomedical science), tailors to my learning skills, lecturers very good at teaching and helping, facilities are really good; mental health services and student union services amazing, lots of extra curricular stuff to do within the safety of the campus. Library is very spacious and lots of computers, however always hard to find a space in the mid day and evening when studying. Buses are very convenient with times. Students are very lovely, nice homely environment and nice scenery wherever you walk around the campus. The shop essentials is far too expensive - they should improve on the prices. Overall a very good university for my course anyways, 4/5 would recommend.

I am really enjoying it at Kent. There are lots of things to do and I have found some of my best friends there. It also has a good medical center that's always there to help. Some of the facilities aren't completely up to scratch and the on campus shop is insanely expensive while being catered to students. The teaching is usually really good for me and the classrooms are always spacious. In the end it just depends on what you need from a university as an individual on whether this uni is the choice for you or not

The University has a huge variety of clubs and societies, they are easy to find and join. It is also incredibly easy to make your own society. I am a student to psychology and the University have alot of technology that students can use when researching. There is a virtual reality machine. EEG machine and more. The University is a good place to study with lots of study hubs around campus. If they could improve on something it would be student care, but i believe that differed between departments

Campus is lively and always has something going on. Accommodation is great with great facilities. The transport service is generally very good and easy to get into the center of Canterbury

The campus is great and lively and the staff as supportive. Accommodation is great compared to other unis with easy access to lots of facilities

Great staff, beautiful facilities with a new library

It is a great university, there is a lot of opportunities for students to develop their skills and enhance their experiences. The staff is extremely helpful at all times and facilities across campus are great. The shuttle bus to go from Medway to Canterbury and viceversa is very good as it enables students to take part in opportunities happening across campus. Numerous volunteering opportunities which is great.

Food is lower-medium quality in campus, people won’t attend you 100% and the people is so picky. Wouldn’t recommend

I had to drop out during 2nd year due to personal reasons but was offered no support whatsoever. My attendance was less than 20% and I was never so much as questioned about why it was so low. When I told my “academic advisor” I was considering leaving he more or less said oh ok and nothing else. I felt very abandoned and unsupported especially as they new I had tried to kill myself twice whilst enrolled

the community is great, accommodations are pretty nice.

School of Physical Sciences is a strong, sensible department. Shame the students union is soo intrusive. The countless controversies Kent Union have knowingly caused have been just embarrassing.

I didn't plan on coming here for University to study biomedical siences however I entered through clearing and it ended up being a great experience and was provided a good amount of academic support and level of teaching

I previously attended the a university of Manchester, and dropped out due to not enjoying the experience. I have found the University of Kent to be a wonderful experience so far, and I’m excited for the years to come.

The university promotes themselves for their care towards students, but in my three years of being there, i’ve been on my own fully and no constructive criticism. My grades depend on the lectures options if they like the work, not mark on the quality. We have not been taught a single thing. Hate that i’ve wasted so much money when google has actually given me my degree.

Variegated diversity of course choices, open and spacious campus with convenient study hubs and facilities, and a good student support system and education system

S*** night life, s*** Union that is too far left, Union has basically banned all initiations anything fun, s*** gym, but good societies and decent WiFi

Kent union have no idea what they're doing. Prices anywhere on campus are way too expensive for students. There's a reason we dropped so many places.

Based in west Kent college - not good resources and constant battlers with student finance - resources are bad and you get years get more priority. Get no parking either

Amazing university I would recommend it to anyone

Great university, best university to have ever existed. Can get visited by friendly seagulls whenever you like to. Best library.

Campus - decent Clubs and Societies - shooting society is full of racists who praise the EDL Students Union - beer overpriced Careers Service - good from what I hear Internet / Wifi - fair

Good uni, lots of fun and happy people

Great university. Would recommend

Kent union is expensive and needs more help providing more affordable activities especially drinks for students

Outstanding teaching and uni services, good to see money is always being invested in facilities

I found the level of teaching I received was outstanding, the services the uni offers are great, the facilities are great and are always being improved.

It’s a great university, but as with anywhere your time there is what you make it! Don’t put the effort in to find things out and look for things etc, don’t reap the rewards of what the uni has to offer. Be proactive!

Had a productive time at Kent and enjoyed both the Canterbury and Medway campuses. Lecturers in journalism are knowledgeable and accessible but their feedback can be harsh. Overall good university

My experience at Kent uni has been average at best. The library has spent the whole time being rebuilt so was always a mess. The general campus was so not so bad, but it was the Erasmus team which was appalling and ruined my university experience. In fact all the higher people at uni were shambolic in nowothey dealt with situations. Very poor

The campus has a lot to offer while literature courses are kept small! Perfect environment to grow and study.

Medway campus sucks due to location, but campus internal is nice.

The societies and clubs have been shocking. However th campus facilities have been good

I enjoyed my experience at the University as a student, minus the stress from the course!

Amazing experience, social and motivated crowd. Campus is the perfect place to spend days.

The university staff, does not give a flying f about the questions and the problems of their students. Instead they just care about their pay and the ranking their university is placed.

Extremely unfair education staff. The university does not care about their student, they just care about their ranking. Even when students goes for help to their lecturers, some of the lecturers are so arrogant and doesn’t give a flying f about the problems or questions of the students.

amazing University life, nice town, nice campus, teaching staff are also great

Everything about the university satisfies entirely.

The BEST three years that i could have possibly had. Wouldn’t change a thing (apart from an ex haha) - but would recommend to anyone. 12/10 for UKC for me!

It’s a good uni, but more needs to be done to cater for the students. Like lecturers need to reply their emails more often and we should have compulsory academic advisor meeting every two weeks at least.

A contemporary university that has a lot of focus and freedom

I am so thankful for coming here and I know that my experience has been nothing else but amazing

beautiful campus and really modern library

I did a year abroad here and I liked it. Great student life and nightlife, a lot of fun. But it is a very posh uni and I didn't like all the profs. The burocracy tried to Rip you off at every chance. Also its hella expensive and even coming from a privledged family in Canada I felt a little out of place with all the super rich people here which is shocking. Many people are nice but there are some assholes and a ridiculous number of Tories who don't seem aware of how privledged they are and how hard it is for normal people to get by here. Thankfully its only half of the people here and you can find people like you who aren't modern day aristocrats. There's enough diversity that you can find people like you

Lovely campus, great atmosphere. High standard of teaching within the law school.

Kent university is a good university with many social and educational opportunities, I am a media student first year and I have already been given the opportunity to take part in two documentary interviews for Chanel 4

I think Kent is a good social uni

Wifi is a bit poor in some areas, wold need more areas to get water especially for students not living on campus, and cheaper food

Thé university and it’s facilities are great but there should be more areas to get water and cheaper food because a banana at £1.20 is a bit expensive

The gym is ridiculously overpriced for the facilities that it has. The students union only care about the appearance of the university to other people and not about the actual students, ignoring rape allegations in the rugby society whilst completely banning another society for a few people’s comments. The lecturers take ages to reply to emails or to give back essay results, even if there is a set date. About 70% of the plugs in the library do not work and about 80% of the laptops don’t work, which makes it hard for students who want to study for exams. There is always no space in the library, so more seats need to be placed in there. The internet is ok, not the best ever, quite slow at times.

Staff are unhelpful and lazy. Some of the buildings are old and were built by a prison architect. Course leaders are lazy and show a lack of interest in a student’s degree. Students Union is the worst in the world, choosing to punish an entire society for the actions of a couple of students, and completely ignoring rape allegations in the Rugby society. Worst Uni in the country!!

I personally love the university! The teaching that I have received so far has been really good

I really enjoy studying at the University of Kent because it has a very beautiful campus, the best facilities regarding both studying and entertainment and generally the atmosphere is very calm, friendly and joyful.

Love the campus and everyone is so friendly!

Absolutely amazing! I wouldn’t change anything about my experience I would do it all over again if I could! The university has helped me in so many levels!

My time at UKC has been nothing but amazing. Course run smooth, every society I joined enjoyable. Nothing more than exactly what I hoped for.

University of Kent is a fantastic uni, I've had such a good experience I am staying on for a masters.

The campus is lovely, quirky, relaxingly rural/wildlifey and creative. Nice library, buildings and environment with town close by. I study Anthropology Bsc. The Biological side is really good, though I have nothing to compare it to. The social anthropology side seems to leave something to be desired occasionally, though I am not sure if that is just the discipline as a whole or some of my lecturers. Overall a pleasant university. If you like somewhere countrysidey (yet still vibrant) but close to London then this is the place for you.

Good uni, but the support is rubbish and they don’t actually care about their students, just the grades

The University has catered to all my needs, and has so much to offer for everyone.