University of Roehampton Reviews

The university is a great choice for those who want a good education in the city but are worried about the hustle and bustle of London.

One of the best place to grow. Staff is very helpful and library - 5 star!

University was okay, often very tailored to on campus students and educational department allowed one sided opinions on matters.

Had the best times of my life at Roey!

The lecturers I had at roehampton were world class, they went above and beyond inside and outside of the classroom, the overall experience was amazing.

The best thing about this university is the library and a small handful of lecturers that I had during my course. However, in my final year of university there was a situation where our production department deleted our whole group film along with a couple other groups that lost a substantial amount of footage. This was careless and the head of the technical department put it down to essentially "s*** happens". One of my classmates also submitted an essay under mitigating circumstances, and their essay was still capped to 40, even taken the situation higher and formal complaints, the university did little to nothing about the situation, even though the essay was submitted on time with the extension of mitigating circumstances.

I would highly recommend! Great place to develop and spend time with fantastic people!

During the covid-19 they are still making students pay for the accommodation they do not live in

Decent teaching but the admin staff couldn’t care less about you and accommodation is loud at all times

Beautiful campus with outstanding facilities for all students. Wonderful staff who are always happy to help and great support for disabilities and wellbeing.

The photography course is an absolute joke, was billed at the best photography course in the country which was absolute bs. Waste of my money and time, getting an honours degree here was a waste of time.

The campus is very pretty, it's refreshing to see some greenery after being in the city for a while. The lecturer's are passionate about their work and make the work both interactive and interesting. The support for mental health here is also really good.

Amazing uni. Staff are so helpful and encourage you to make the most out of your time. Students are motivated to get first and upper second

Beautiful campus and very competent lecturers that facilitate learning. Clubs and societies are lacking but there’s many events that will help you make friends all across campus.

As a graduate they have done nothing in terms of careers to help you get a job in the industry and there has been zero contact or support. At university some teachers were definitely better than others but that’s down to the course which overall I enjoyed. The WiFi Service was shocking and hardly worked which made uploads for assignments stressful but the overall area and facilities for classrooms was good just need better accommodation.

A great sense of belonging and community, I’ve loved my time here.

Most amazing experience, life long friends made and great professors.

amazing university with excellent teaching

Clearing uni in a nut shell, everyone just settles for a lower standard of union and uni in general because no one is there by choice, everyone is there through clearing. Uni events are non existent past the same 2 nights each week, Bop is just another club night

Great experience could be better WiFi

Loved it here. Nightlife isn't amazing but people are nice and with London on your doorstep always things to go and do

They are so good at making sure that all of the students are well cared for mentally and physically.

Great university with lovely people and great service

Nice small scenic campus university with a fantastic library. Good for sport and other activities, and arts and media facilities. Teaching could be improved (for a journalism student)

It’s a fun uni, good lecturers and a very supportive place but it’s changing from a place you can relax and have fun while doing studies to something more serious

Had the best 3 years of my life at Roey. The university offers so much there really is something for everybody!

Small and friendly uni, everyone is family and everyone is willing to help! Location is brilliant only 15 minutes from Waterloo. Best three years of my life

The staff’s great, truly. Every single lecturer of mine is always ready to help with our assignments and any other issues. Nevertheless, people here are incredible and everyone’s so friendly! The facilities are good, too. Especially the fact that I’m going to start attending my lectures at a new building from next term (which cost a lot of money and now it’s so modern and awesome).

Decent place, amazing uni with supportive staff and amazing library space

Good university. Provides for everyone.

Fabulous University! Really welcomed me when I first started. Freshers events were great, numerous events throughout the year. One big community

So friendly. Has a family feel. The campus is so beautiful.

Best university. Very very happy here

The student experience there is flawless. You have everything you need to make your years there unforgettable

Great uni, great teachers and great campus!

Overall, my experience with Roehampton Business School is good.

As an American student who studied here for an MA degree, this school is absolutely ridiculous. Career services is incredibly incompetent in getting back to you in a timely manner. The dorm I was housed was only 2 years old at the time yet there was always something wrong whether it was fire alarms, lack of hot water, or lack of heat. I would not recommend anyone to spend their money here.

I had the time of my life at Roehampton. I formed so many wonderful lifelong memories from the friendships I formed, the clubs I joined, the social events I attended and my great relationship with my tutor. I knew the second I attended the open day that Roehampton would be perfect for me and I was right.

Beautiful campus, lovely lecturers but teaching facilities sometimes really poor. You might end up having half of your lectures in a chapel with a sub-par sound system.

Poor excuse for a uni. Halls that are upwards of £150 a week yet have a plethora of maintenance issues and pest infestations as well as terrible WiFi that doesn’t work. Maintenance have still yet to fix the problems I reported when I moved in and they probably never will. Security fail to make the campus safe as calls don’t get taken seriously and problems don’t get resolved on a regular basis. They ignore behaviours they are banned on campus and make you feel like an idiot for calling them. People that aren’t students come onto campus at night by following students back home through the estate. Overall, if I had known that these things were going to be problems I would’ve attended a different uni.

Course is not as advertised, not enough societies/clubs to join, not enough events are run in general

I’m a very satisfied, second-year Business Student at University of Roehampton. I really like the location of the university and the level of education is high. When it comes to social life at the university, there is a lot of societies and various activities during the academic year that enable students to connect and relax.

A great campus with good lecture rooms, plenty of cafes, and the union bar. Good lecturers on my course. There's a lot of societies to join, sports memberships especially are great deals for a commonwealth membership £65 you can take most classes as much as you like for the year.

Great university... everyone (staff and students) are so welcoming and eager to help. Amazing new library with all the resources you could ask for. Great nightlife with access to both uni run club nights and normal club events.

great lecturers, beautiful campus and amazing wellbeing services

I'm currently a second year at the university of Roehampton, I enjoy this uni very much for the diverse events that are planned, the college spirit and the nice green campus. The people are friendly, and welcoming. The uni overall feels like a big family, I highly recommend it.

Located in a very quiet Part of London not the London experience I expected. Many people are either far internationals or form London and surrounding areas and stick with their own making harder if you don't fall into these catabolise to fit in

Fantastic experience with the most amazing resources and campus

It’s a good uni for academia, good course, but everything else about the uni is poor

Not too great. Some teachers weren't helpful. Didn't feel the amount of care you should be feeling when forking out £27,000

Vibrant atmosphere at nights out and other student events. Lecturers have been helpful and mostly very friendly throughout my three years. Beautiful campus, a real green retreat in the middle of London. Perfect if you want the campus lifestyle. A new library has recently been built and it is a lovely building to read and work in. On campus accommodation wasn't the best in elm as it was loud and lots of fire alarms. Generally though, a great place to study.

Academically, it's improving but not intellectually stimulating; getting a degree here is easy. Student life is okay, essential facilities can be found on campus and everything in regards to what London has to offer is in moderate distance.

Roehampton is blessed with a beautiful campus where both your student halls and lectures can be in the same building! Yet, this only serves the pretentious 'bubble' that Roehampton finds itself in with so little connectiom to London, that it's really really hard to consider it London. If you're looking for the city life and a diverse culture, then I'm afraid Roehampton isn't for you. The lack of culture is very basic, just like it's student union. However, if a community is what you're after then Roehampton can certainly please you. Even if the students are a bit of a mixed bag. Also, I love my course. I'm just mentioning the social atmosphere as it's a big part!

The University has a great sense of community being on a small campus with lots of green areas, however it is severely lacking in facilities, some accomidation is over 20years old and falling apart. Overall I am enjoying my course. Social events could be more diverse as the university clubs can be very expensive, £5 for entry and £3 for cloakroom and £7 for drinks on a student night out ! Ridiculous. Good community sense. Bad support services, very generic, no sports facilities. More societies that are organised.

Best experience I have ever had in learning and practice. Wonderful tutors always there to help you and a welcomed and communal feeling. Roehampton’s library is one of a kind.

It’s a beautiful university, with amazing views. The staff are very kind and friendly. :)

A wonderful university. Friendly teaching staff who will go out of their way to help you. The campus is beautiful and the facilities are excellent.

I left being teaching standard was very poor and sucked the passion out of the degree I was studying. I opted for a complete career change due to this. Did not enjoy this university at all.

Welcoming and fun University who values the importance of education as well as having a great experience at uni. Time of your life

Fantastic university. I feel so at home even though I live 130 miles away. Lectures are great and societies even better.

The university has made big improvements but still has far to go in regards to equality within the study union.

A great university with plenty of support and extremely helpful staff. All staff are qualified with PhDs and teach their subject of expertise offering the best learning experience you could get!

Doing a combined degree and have had a problem with every department. Lecture halls with no tables and not enough chairs! Lectures who don’t show up and say they don’t want to teach! I didn’t have a desk chair or WiFi in my room for 8 weeks! Would avoid unless you want the stress. They let anyone in and that really shows!

University of Roehampton is a very good place for studnets to study different subjects which can later lead them im to various careers.

After encountering a difficult first year at another university, I transferred to Roehampton and it was easily the best decision I could have ever made. The lectures and seminars were extremely insightful and the lecturers were incredibly professional, kind and approachable. During my final year of my undergraduate, my friends and I founded a society and the Student’s Union were extremely supportive of our society event ideas; we were even awarded “Best Academic Society” at the RSU Awards in June 2018. I enjoyed my undergraduate experience at Roehampton so much that I decided to stay on for further study; I am now half way through my Master of Science - in a completely new field, thanks to Roehampton for helping me land an internship in the summer of 2017 which helped me discover a newfound passion - and, again, staying on this beautiful London campus was one of the best decisions I have ever made. Not to mention, the new library is incredible!

Currently in my first year and I’m loving it! So many societies to get involved with. Everyone’s so friendly and carering to one another. The lecturer are all lovely and couldn’t ask for better:)

Great, friendly uni, always something to do. Most dorms only offer ethernet cables, so wifi gets a low rating. Facilities in general are great- but the accommodation is a complete Russian roulette gamble, and believe me I got the full chamber.

Amazing university. The staff are very knowledgeable and the facilities are really good. Best place to study in London

Great university, friendly staff, great careers service

Although we are living in a democratic society where freedom of speak is basic human rights, some of you went out of your way to express your very negative perceptions of this University. Come on people. I have had some serious challenges during my studies that kept me from completing the programme, and the staff has been very helpful supporting throughout those challenging times. There are more positives than negatives about the staff members of the university or the organisation as a whole.

Pro: Lecturers and departments are fantastic! Nice facilities and a green campus. Cons: The university administration is abhorrent!!! They are extremely disorganised - enrollment is always late, payment of loans/bursary is late, response time can be up to a week (if ever!), and class registration on moodle isn't available until past the first week of class. International students should be weary of courses longer than a year as year-to-year tuition increases can go up drastically! While they state to expect a 3-5% increase, my last year went up 10% with no explanation.

Roehampton is the biggest mistake of my life. I thought I was going to a learning environment who took me as an individual student serisouly. Feedback on assignments have consisted of a sentence full of spelling mistakes. Tutors have often been more interested in chit chatting than actually teaching. Admin and support has been the most horrible I've ever experienced. When I graduated this spring, I could not even get a transcript with my grades on before June without paying a fee and waiting 3 weeks. Way to help me on my way to applying for master programs! Honestly I never write reviews, but I am just so angry for all the s*** I've had to endure at this university. Some aspects are really really good, but overal; would NOT recommend it to anyone who are serious about their studies.

Student union and careers service were friendly,overall great. The internet for mobiles... well it cuts out a lot walking around the campus. Society wise there is very few now that I'm comparing to other unis. There is a student union cafe is good. Dont let the wonderfully greenery images fool you on their website though... during 11/12 months of the year it looks pretty grim.

Great University, lots of fun. Really pretty.

Amazing University, Unique atmosphere and comfortable facilities!

My first year at Roehampton was amazing. The lectures were very interesting and the lecturers helped us to engage in our learning. Obviously, living in London was amazing too. Roehampton is close to all the main London destinations and is a 15 minute bus ride away from Westfield!

Brilliant campus feel for a London uni :) !

Campus is very pretty and clean!

amazung! Beautiful campus with great people and in a fab location

Has been the best 3 years of my life!

Amazing university with a gorgeous campus. Friendly lecturers and very interesting modules to do as s part of your degree

Fantastic facilities, amazing location, beautiful campus, excellent atmosphere

Always something to sign up on to do and the staff is really helpful if you have any issues with your writing. Fun parties as well

All the perks of living in London, but also being able to escape to a picturesque campus.

Great job opportunities at the end.

Beautiful, friendly, homely campus. A home away from home. Friendly and helpful tutors.

Roehampton has been perfect, it's been the best year of my life, can't wait to go back in Sep.

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Lovely campus, very green. Lots of building work being done at the moment (Jan 2015). Lecturers are very enthusiastic and very easy to talk to. If in any doubt, I feel comfortable talking to them.

Cons?
Expensive to live as it's in London. Accommodation is poor, with very bad WiFi.