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Great time at the university, great course and facilities. The campus is beautiful and it offers a lot of fun ways to spend feee time.
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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.
The campus is really lovely and the union and societies are good
It's nice here. I enjoy the lectures and the modules are well put together.
The library is wonderful and the lecturers are really helpful.
Amazing uni, the campus is very good and the good too.
I studied here best 3 years of my life!
This university has enormously increased my confidence with both public speaking and meeting new people! I have made life time long friends and couldn’t thank the university lecturers enough for getting me through my university journey and primarily the support I was given during my dissertation!
Welcoming, accessible campus with great views and a very natural, relaxing atmosphere.
My lecturers and seminar leaders are super committed to helping us learn the think outside the box. We constantly have new, cutting edge modules taught by doctors and professors who are paving the way for new medical and scientific history. The library is well stocked and the online resources are boundless. We are also taught great research skills and to look beyond the university's library. It was a difficult step going from the hand-holding of a-level, but the tutors give you the confidence to make your owb path.
Best best best university for me to attention
Medway campus- Food on campus is overpriced and you do not recieve the value for your money. Activities on campus tend to be boring or very little people show up. Internet is ok on the Pcs but it is very slow when you connect other devices such as laptops etc. The socities are very poor, theyre not engaging. Buildings can be very stuffy
There is little to not support for mental health and the societies are not accessible if you don’t have the money to join. Very hard to make friends for this reason. There is no help in terms of career advice.
Great university especially for international students. Not only do you learn academically but also from the diverse multicultural student life
The campus doesn’t not provide good quality of facilities. The library cafe has limited options! The food on campus is average. Not many options. During exam season, there is no provision for food other than the shop on campus.
Great students, helpful staff, choppy internet, decent facilities.
Amazing, modern campus with anything you could possibly need.
Lots of events and clubs. Plenty of quirky eateries. On campus shop may be overpriced but they sell fresh food made in store and everything is local.
Couldn’t really ask for a more welcoming and friendly university. The facilities and campus are amazing and make it a lovely place to learn
The library is excellent, there are many options to go to for food, just wish they had more vegan options!
I think Kent Uni is one of the best uni I have ever seen.
Love it here, campus has everything I need and the city is beautiful
Too many gimps from London that come to this uni and think they're hard.
If the student union could do more for the students and the environment that would be fab.
My experience at Kent has been extraordinary and life changing. This university is created for students. It is well organized and the support it offers is everything a student can wish for. The lecturers and seminar leaders are all prepared and know absolutely what they’re doing; you feel like you’re in good hands. The programme is exciting.
Absolutely brilliant and wholesome experience. There are people from all over who come here. I do think that certain people here don't deserve to be here because they are uninspired and moronic. I personally studied Comparative literature and theatre studies and had an incredible education for my first year. It angers me that the school keeps plummeting.
Excellent uni, spent four years here, graduating this year, couldn't recommend a better place.
The Canterbury campus is really good, however the Medway campus leaves much to be desired. My course specifically, the contact lecture hours are tiny compared to other courses, and promises of workshops to make up for no lectures or seminars in the exam term have not been kept.
Campus is stunning, always a nice view and places to go for quiet if you need. Town is so close if you're ever bored and many things to do nearby.
Best uni ever. Had the best time of my life
Not very good at helping find a career after. But overall good experience and campus is beautiful.
Very good uni with great facilities and a friendly environment
A corrupt, unsupportive, profit orientated university within which about 90% of the lecturers are condescending, rude and unreasonable. Blatant and extreme favouritism shown to previous Kent students (I am at postgraduate level) so that they are at a massive advantage. Zero empathy and support offered by lecturers to students experiencing mental health difficulties, while being disproportionately concerned by benign absences. Countless ridiculous problems with course structure and grading systems. Extortionate fees while receiving basically nothing in return E.g. gym, clubs and societies are SO EXPENSIVE creating even further socioeconomic divides within the university. I really hate this university, and the only positives I can think of have been with relation to the student wellbeing teams. Overall, it is terrible and I regret ever moving country to attend.
The university is picturesque and well set out. Most reviews bringing it down are from the Medway campus however the Canterbury campus is great looks and quality of teaching.
It is a really good place to live and study. Cant be more happy of my choice.
Tbh I enjoyed most of my time at uni of Kent. My biggest troubles came from GK Unions a shabby organisation full of incompetence and fake people. Socialising has been encouraged by the uni but the surrounding area of Medway is life draining and no matter how many free fundraisers Kent puts on everyone would rather stay at home and smoke.
It’s not too bad but lots of my courses lecturers left suddenly reducing our choice for 3rd year modules. They also had a huge problem with our exam time tables and coursework deadlines giving them all at once basically. And to top it all off the timetable and moodle are always down ! Maybe it’s iust my course though :/ Saying this however , the campus is very nice with a friendly atmosphere
The best experience i’ve ever haf
The university puts a lot of emphasis on student satisfaction and lecturers are more than competent
Honestly couldn’t have picked anywhere better if I tried!
Student union does absolutely nothing for the students. Other than that really good uni with a nice campus.
Great uni, interesting lectures, fantastic staff. Employability service is great, so many opportunities for jobs/placements/work experience. Administration isn't great (re strikes last year) but uni as a whole is still wonderful
A great university with lots of facilities, including a new libary and a huge gym
Kent is a completely superficial university. In terms of facilities etc. it’s good, but teaching is abysmal, staff only care about themselves and their recognition, and will just exploit phd students who need to work as professors. It deserves to have gone down the tables so fast as it has little desire to help the students, especially with mental health, which there is minimal work with.
The university of Kent is an amazing University, I applied 5 times because I couldn’t imagine going anywhere else !!!
Module choices sucks. No real help from lecturers. Marking is so f***** depending on who grades you you can go from 75 to 29
nice people and help is always given to those who ask
The lectures don’t test your knowledgeable they test how much you can remember!
Lecturers aren't very helpful and don't seem to care. They say they're always happy for students to ask for help, but for my course so many lecturers were on sabbatical that there were only 5 available for everyone doing a dissertation so the support just wasn't there when it should have been. The mental health facilities for students are terrible, they even admitted that most students 'fall through the cracks' and I know a number of students who suffered because of it. Honestly regret doing my degree there and wish I could go back in time and choose a different university.
Beautiful campus with great facilities. The library is well designed and maintained, despite how busy it eats during exam season. The societies available are great and make the campus seem very sociable and inclusive.
Medway campus has lack of facilities. Greenwich Sport hall is twice as expensive as Greenwich students. Business School is far away from campus, which takes 30-40 mins walk from Accommodation.
I love university so much, I am so happy I came here. I’ve had the best three years of my life and I don’t want it to end - hence why I’m doing a masters!
Set in the beautiful city of Canterbury, the University has a very varied campus with the new buildings being drastically better than the old ones. Teaching staff all from all over the world and are friendly.
Only finishing Yr 1 but so far beautiful campus lots of activities and so many useful facilities for students!
Facilities are good, but there is not enough for the amount of students, facilities are also not always maintained: if you’re lucky enough to get a computer it is rarely clean or working. I was disappointed with the quality of education, I understand that university involves a lot of independent work, but for 9K a year I expected more hours, more guidance and better quality education in classes such as seminars. I have felt like I am going into exams and doing essays blind, not knowing what to do due to lack of guidance. When you ask for guidance you often do not get responses and if you do they are not very helpful, seminar leaders seem to have been given little extra guidance than us students. The university often asks students during and at the end of terms to give feedback, I have included all these issues in these feedback opportunities, however very little has been addressed. Lecturers are generally good.
Great university, great staff, very happy
Once in a lifetime opportunity
It’s a nice uni, but the student union could be a lot better and the careers service
Generally good facilities with excellent staff. Most of the problems that face the uni are a result of what many of us consider misprioritised use of finances, choosing to expand physical buildings etc while they have started to cut some of the the real strengths of this institution. The teaching, wide range of subjects, practical projects and arts opportunities are what brought me here - but with desirable modules slowly being cut across the humanities much of the diversity of course structure that makes education at Kent unique and very valuable are unfortunately begining to struggle. That being said, what is left is still of a very high standard, and many of the students here produce quality work and ideas. I just fear that with a changing target demographic, and what feels like misprioritised finances after multiple league table drops, that this fantastic university might not recover it's Russel Group beating status, or worse, stop drawing in the talented staff who make it great.
Apart from price it’s a good uni. Massive library and other rooms available to study
I find that the University is very good with many facilities and a beautiful campus
Lovely campus! Had a great time at uni
It’s good but a bit far from central london
I am graduating this year. Did both my foundation and undergrad here. Love the support from teachers, KLS Support and KLS Wellbeing
It deserves to be higher than #51.
Best first year. Lecturers brilliant. Societies incredible. Nice accommodation.
cant fault the campus, its beautiful! but my course is ridiculously dull with poor teaching, there is VERY little to do which is pretty boring, the union is rubbish and everything is SO expensive that is run by the union. i dont feel part of the university at all, its just a place i go to
Got some really good professors passionate about what they teach but overall get the sense the university and the student union just don’t care about you.
best uni experience. People and staff are so friendly
Since I have been at this university it has fallen from 21st to 50th. During my time 3 lecturers have left my course mid way through teaching a module. The parking on campus is an absolute joke, charging students hourly who could spend upwards of 12 hours on campus on any given day. The union is absolute dog shit, poor events, poor attraction to performers, making the news for absolute blunders.... embarrassment. The staff to student ratio is poor, very poor. Student interests are entirely secondary to the absolute obsession the higher ups have of turning the campus into an eternal building site. The entire time i have been here a new building is being constructed and tbh the new woodys is worse than the old, has no character. I have enjoyed my time at kent through sports societies and some elements of my course... the uni Itself has decreased massively in quality over the years.
Good lectures and lecturers actually help, if they know you want it. Good resources at the library, and loads of space to do work there. Very large campus too. I have had a good experience so far and have definitely enjoyed my time here
The University of Kent couldn't care less about the welfare of its students. There are so many of us here who have mental health issues that are overlooked and brushed over, leading to unfortunate cases of suicide (which our newspaper then plasters over the front page). They also hide the regularity of sexual assault in students, with the victim being told that they are the problem in far too many cases; some cases are covered up by influential individuals higher up in the university hierarchy. If you want to attend a university that actually cares about your wellbeing, and whether you're actually alive, don't attend the University of Kent.
Student union can be a bit rubbish but they’re trying their best, rest is excellent
Great university, amazing campus
Wonderful staff and teachers, great campus and library.
good facilities, organised library and IT services, some good academics, the level of teaching in some cases is very high but in other cases is very low. Generally the university is well organised in terms of facilities apart from teaching
Awful academic staff, poor support, bad transportation, boring town , not recommended
I have been so well supported at Kent and pushed to do my best.
Great people, great facilities and amazing societies!
Pretty good. Clubs a bit limited.
Lovely campus with great facilities and a beautiful aesthetic. Let down by its student union which comprises of incompetent and pathetic ideological moral busy bodies.
Good university in a lovely location. I never want to leave.