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707 Reviews by Students

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4.23 / 5 from 707 verified student reviews

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member1285148 On 27th April 23 verified Verified student

The facilities are abundant and helpful in every ways. They provide both relaxing activities to relieve our stress and academic ones.

Student Review: 5 /5
By member584754 On 23rd April 23 verified Verified student

nice room and nice reception I will recommend to my friends

Student Review: 5 /5
By member484753 On 23rd April 23 verified Verified student

so niceeeeeeeeeeeee university

Student Review: 5 /5
By member884750 On 23rd April 23 verified Verified student

Like the university close to where I live

Student Review: 5 /5
By member884748 On 23rd April 23 verified Verified student

The best university, safe region, nice people

Student Review: 5 /5
By member484747 On 23rd April 23 verified Verified student

Like the university of York like the course

Student Review: 5 /5
By member1384741 On 23rd April 23 verified Verified student

Excellent place for students studying and evething else, so I strongly recommend the young come here.

Student Review: 5 /5
By member784726 On 22nd April 23 verified Verified student

like the university like my course like the grounds

Student Review: 5 /5
By member784723 On 22nd April 23 verified Verified student

The postgraduate study gives me a nice experience to live and study here. The University of York is really nice and beautiful. All teachers and staffs are friendly and happy to help students. Students can learn a lot here. Welcome to the University of York.

Student Review: 5 /5
By member1284428 On 17th April 23 verified Verified student

What a beautiful university! like it here

Student Review: 5 /5
By member1284371 On 17th April 23 verified Verified student

The University of York is amazing. Great place to study but also grow and learn about yourself!

Student Review: 5 /5
By member484353 On 17th April 23 verified Verified student

Very nice like it at york easy to get they

Student Review: 4.6 /5
By Muskan On 12th April 23 verified Verified student

Amazing university with great professors and excellent campus

Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member982984 On 31st March 23 verified Verified student

A nice University with a mix of modern and old buildings with plenty of space to study and learn in. Campus East is set in an amazing location with amazing views feeling like it is in the country side with all modern buildings and spaces.

Student Review: 4 /5
By member582982 On 31st March 23 verified Verified student

Both campuses are utterly beautiful to study at. Campus East provides beautiful walks and green scenery which is perfect for keeping a calm and settled mindspace during such an intensive study day. Campus west provides multiple lakes for walks and the wildlife is incredibly friendly, there’s nothing I love more than feeding the ducks on a quiet day between lectures. The lecturers and seminar tutors are always supportive and incredibly skilled in their fields which allows me to confidently reach my potential academically.

Student Review: 4 /5
By member1282974 On 31st March 23 verified Verified student

A good university, most students are friendly, and most staff are kind. Everything we need is equipped and have good function. It’s an honor to study at here.

Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member582972 On 31st March 23 verified Verified student

Great teaching, the strikes have been a bit annoying recently other than that all ok. Great atmosphere - I use the business and society building which is great, very modern and they sell Starbucks drinks in the cafe!

Student Review: 5 /5
By member1082971 On 31st March 23 verified Verified student

The best environment, perfect teaching quality, friendly staff, often organize interesting activities

Student Review: 4 /5
By member482967 On 31st March 23 verified Verified student

I hope the classrooms will be in the same campus, so it is a little rush to change the campus half an hour

Student Review: 5 /5
By member1082966 On 31st March 23 verified Verified student

Nice location and good service

Student Review: 4.8 /5
By member782938 On 31st March 23 verified Verified student

I think it’s very good, all the stuffs are responsibility

Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member782933 On 31st March 23 verified Verified student

Great. I enjoy the life here.

Student Review: 5 /5
By member1182931 On 31st March 23 verified Verified student

University of York is very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Student Review: 5 /5
By member782928 On 31st March 23 verified Verified student

The university of york is so good for me.

Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member1082924 On 31st March 23 verified Verified student

I love my campus and teachers and friendly classmates. There are places I can study quietly and relax casually. The professor and tutor are helpful and friendly. Always be there for us. A second chance, i would still come to york.

Student Review: 4.2 /5
By member782803 On 30th March 23 verified Verified student

Studying and living at York University is very comfortable. I have also learned a lot of knowledge and made many friends. I am very happy to meet you here

Student Review: 5 /5
By member1382629 On 28th March 23 verified Verified student

Love the university campus and facilities

Student Review: 3.6 /5
By member1382405 On 27th March 23 verified Verified student

Some of the people pretending to work there should just be sued.

Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member682368 On 27th March 23 verified Verified student

Great experience at York, good support and community feel.

Student Review: 4.2 /5
By member582319 On 26th March 23 verified Verified student

The university is really beautiful and a lovely campus, however some buildings are a bit old and run down. And on campus food is very expensive.

Student Review: 5 /5
By member882200 On 24th March 23 verified Verified student

There are lots of cute little animals, lively campus festivals and clubs. The teachers are very responsible, teaching us a wealth of knowledge and developing our skills

Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member982036 On 22nd March 23 verified Verified student

The internet always need to log in after a few minutes.

Student Review: 4 /5
By member882025 On 22nd March 23 verified Verified student

A city and university that I’ve really felt at home in!

Student Review: 5 /5
By member682006 On 22nd March 23 verified Verified student

The environment of the campus is comfortable. And some of the course is difficult.

Student Review: 5 /5
By member982004 On 22nd March 23 verified Verified student

The university is good and I am satisfied with it

Student Review: 3 /5
By member1281900 On 21st March 23 verified Verified student

For international students, tuition fees are expensive and rising all the time, which can be a serious problem.

Student Review: 5 /5
By member1081877 On 21st March 23 verified Verified student

Beautiful building and good academic support supervisor. Every building have library.

Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member581802 On 21st March 23 verified Verified student

Absolutely amazing, met the best people in my life

Student Review: 3.4 /5
By member681800 On 21st March 23 verified Verified student

Love the learning environment so much. Beautiful lakes and many ducks

Student Review: 3.4 /5
By member1081798 On 21st March 23 verified Verified student

It is a Great university with kind people

Student Review: 3.8 /5
By member581792 On 21st March 23 verified Verified student

A decent university with lots of support and amenities.

Student Review: 3.2 /5
By member781658 On 19th March 23 verified Verified student

I expected more from the university. Not enough friendly staff members. I've tried contacting through email so many professors or departments and I rarely get a response or I get a poor one.

Student Review: 4 /5
By member581613 On 18th March 23 verified Verified student

Good place to study lots of support

Student Review: 4 /5
By member1081083 On 13th March 23 verified Verified student

Nice uni and nice people around

Student Review: 5 /5
By member1280944 On 11th March 23 verified Verified student

So glad I picked this university, I’ve loved my experience despite covid and there have been so many opportunities for me.

Student Review: 3.6 /5
By member480718 On 8th March 23 verified Verified student

Wifi bad in certain areas like King’s Manor

Student Review: 4.8 /5
By member1180662 On 8th March 23 verified Verified student

It’s a great university, in a beautiful location. The campus is large and has great facilities for students to use, whether it’s to study or to play a sport or any other activities.

Student Review: 3.8 /5
By member780660 On 8th March 23 verified Verified student

Good uni, and nice campus, although slightly run-down in places. Would benefit from improving the student union building by developing the existing facility instead of building from scratch in an impractical part of campus.

Student Review: 5 /5
By member480631 On 8th March 23 verified Verified student

I have already done my first two years study. The staff here not only the teachers are all kind and patient.

Student Review: 3 /5
By member580561 On 7th March 23 verified Verified student

Bad experience in studying BA Education, You won't learn anything useful

Student Review: 3.2 /5
By member979013 On 20th February 23 verified Verified student

All my classes are held at King’s manor in the town centre which is ideal for me. I haven’t been on campus much so my experience is limited but the staff in the archeology department is amazing and I love studying in this beautiful building that is so central.

Student Review: 3.8 /5
By member978983 On 20th February 23 verified Verified student

Although the University of York was founded only in 1963, it has come a long way since then. I highly recommend the University of York Law School, which was established in 2007, for its unique problem-based learning curriculum!

Student Review: 4.8 /5
By member578539 On 15th February 23 verified Verified student

Great student clubs and kind people in the department

Student Review: 2.6 /5
By member1077843 On 9th February 23 verified Verified student

Good university in the russell group so it has a good reputation. Not much support outside of classes. SU does minimal work and there is not much going on on campus besides a few bars and a nisa shop

Student Review: 3.8 /5
By member1277822 On 9th February 23 verified Verified student

Kudos to the staff for always been useful in helping and supporting students especially within our sociology department

Student Review: 5 /5
By member976141 On 26th January 23 verified Verified student

Nice accommodating environment

Student Review: 4.8 /5
By member574717 On 6th January 23 verified Verified student

Large campus, very good natrual environment. Good support from university staff.

Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member672573 On 19th October 22 verified Verified student

So far being at the university of York, I have felt extremely welcomed by the staff members, in particular by the college well-being staff. We had a welcoming talk showing us who to go to if our mental health, for example, takes a turn. There is also a security app which the university use which is designed to help students if they are ever in a situation which they need more help or aid. My accommodation room feels more like a home than a student accommodation. We have had many lectures which focus on career opportunities as well as career fairs to help encourage students to start looking at different career paths that they may be interested in that they hadn't been aware of before. The university of York has a wide range of societies and sports club. I have participated in the canoe society which has been affordable for me and has allowed me to be able to meet more students in different years and doing different courses to myself.

Student Review: 1.6 /5
By member671582 On 16th September 22 verified Verified student

Very bad university do not care about your health at all physical or mental! Supervisors are also very unsympathetic. Course content is also taught very poorly and lecturers only help their favourites!!

Reply from University of York On 13th December 24
Student Review: 3.6 /5
By member1071142 On 28th August 22 verified Verified student

The uni is pretty good. Good vibes and cute ducks

Student Review: 2.4 /5
By member1269535 On 19th June 22 verified Verified student

First year CS mature student here. Recently changing careers I can categorically leave a good advise to any potential student. Please do not waste your time going to the university of York. It is an absolutely disgrace! Stay away, if you’re a parent like myself do not send you kids over. I’ve seen the young adults in completely distress trying to learn CS on their own. Work placement can be unfair according to some 3 year students holding first class degree. There are no TA’s available, lacks teaching, often notes contain errors, a few modules referred you to YouTube third party content(RIDICULOUS). The mark system would bring any descent person to their knees from shame, questions correctly answered are completely mark down without any justification. You pass relatively comfortably the programming exams and the grade you get is below the pass rate. Then a endless cat and mouse chasing game between student and lead course leaves you without answers. They can’t care less basically.

Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member969463 On 13th June 22 verified Verified student

Very nice university with new facilities and up-to-date wireless environment. The academic experience is also great. I personally love the libraries, both kings manor and the main one on campus.

Student Review: 3.6 /5
By member868086 On 12th April 22 verified Verified student

Good uni with excellent teaching, the campus is fairly small and nothing amazing but the city is really nice. I’ve loved my time here already and I’m confident that I made the right choice by choosing york!

Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member668026 On 10th April 22 verified Verified student

Overall good so far haven’t used careers much as a first year but I always get emails and updates from them

Student Review: 5 /5
By member667938 On 7th April 22 verified Verified student

The University of York has outstanding opportunities and facilities, the university offers constant support regarding mental health, careers etc.

Student Review: 2.4 /5
By member1266829 On 3rd March 22 verified Verified student

Honestly, if I could go back and pick another Uni I would.

Student Review: 5 /5
By member965483 On 18th January 22 verified Verified student

I like it here very much. The staff here are very friendly. And the house is clean and comfortable. The yard is also very clean. It makes me feel good to be here. Especially Ebony because she was so kind and patient

Student Review: 2.2 /5
By member1263578 On 7th November 21 verified Verified student

The campus is quite nice (although all the blocks on campus west are old and filled with silverfish), some departments are lovely, but the student union is just in the pocket of the uni - they don’t do anything for students! The only good things that YUSU do are societies and the campus bars. They partnered with a company that scammed students for all their official club nights in the city, and claimed they listened to student concerns when making the decision (they didn’t!). The VC and other uni administrators don’t care about students at all, just profit. TL;DR lovely city, functional campus, great teaching staff, great societies, but terrible representation for students at every level.

Student Review: 5 /5
By member953268 On 31st October 21 verified Verified student

Good impression of the university of york

Student Review: 4.2 /5
By member1263202 On 26th October 21 verified Verified student

What can I say, a good place… love the city and living there so much! The campus is really pretty in terms of the lake and greenery, and the ducks have become firm friends of mine. Ngl most of the buildings are ugly af but we move. Issues with the student union at the moment not actually listening to students and partnering with a problematic events network for ‘official club nights’.

Student Review: 3.4 /5
By member463057 On 22nd October 21 verified Verified student

CS grad here, do not like my experience, especially after Covid-19. Some of the staff are great, but most of them do not know what they are doing. e.g. Professors suggests doing something for your assessment, and you got penalized for doing that after marking. Gradings are harsh and without any sense (some people write almost the same answer for a question while one get maximum point and the other gets 0, with no academic judgment appeal lol). They scaled four assessments in the final year, so this is not the place if you care about fair marking/classification. Career service reviews your CV, cover letter and holds mock interviews, nothing else. I must note that the CS department invests a lot of money in the facilities, and considering the university itself is pretty young compared to others, they are yet improving. But if you have an offer from the same ranked university, take it as they need more time for improving. I believe their actual rank should be around 35.

Student Review: 5 /5
By member662605 On 2nd October 21 verified Verified student

A great university with lots of student support. The faculty care for their students.

Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member1361265 On 22nd July 21 verified Verified student

Although coronavirus has so far decimated the majority of my time at university so far (I am a soon to be third year who missed out on summer term of first year and the majority of second year due to the pandemic), my time on campus has been fab. First year was great living in halls (even if it was short lived) as I got a good feel for campus life. In relation to my course Film & TV Production, the support I have had from my lecturers during difficult times either personally or struggles with course content has been brilliant and I am aware that the university has been doing all it can to keep students safe and supported in this difficult time.

Student Review: 5 /5
By member960731 On 5th July 21 verified Verified student

it's a lovely campus. I enjoy my undergraduate and master life here. nice environment nice lecturers

Student Review: 1.8 /5
By member1360140 On 15th June 21 verified Verified student

Not had a positive experience at the Uni of York

Student Review: 4.2 /5
By member959884 On 10th June 21 verified Verified student

Good place to study,and teachers are really nice to help students to solve problems!

Student Review: 5 /5
By member1059165 On 28th May 21 verified Verified student

A good experience for my undergraduate life

Student Review: 5 /5
By member959147 On 28th May 21 verified Verified student

University of York is a great campus which has all the facilities that is needed.

Student Review: 5 /5
By Miss On 27th May 21 verified Verified student

The campus is very large, the teachers are very nice, and the teaching facilities are very rich.

Student Review: 3.8 /5
By member1257819 On 14th May 21 verified Verified student

It’s a good university and good support

Student Review: 4 /5
By member857427 On 7th May 21 verified Verified student

Good campus, facilities and selection of societies. Most university departments frequently unavailable

Student Review: 3.8 /5
By member657348 On 5th May 21 verified Verified student

Beautiful campus is very well kept. The library and other study spaces are very spacious and useful for both work alone and group presentation work. Many clubs and societies on offer. Not knowledgeable enough to judge the student union but have heard others complain about them. Never used careers service. Wifi system (eduroam) largely good but did have connectivity issues in first year. Overall would recommend.

Student Review: 5 /5
By member855940 On 8th April 21 verified Verified student

Very satisfied, got support whenever needed

Student Review: 5 /5
By member855581 On 24th March 21 verified Verified student

I like ducks in the campus~ West campus is beautiful

Student Review: 4.2 /5
By member555545 On 23rd March 21 verified Verified student

A university that takes good care of students.

Student Review: 5 /5
By member555544 On 23rd March 21 verified Verified student

Nice Campus. There are a lot of ducks

Student Review: 5 /5
By member855538 On 23rd March 21 verified Verified student

The environment is very good, and there are free buses. I like the scenery by the lake very much.

Student Review: 3.8 /5
By member955537 On 23rd March 21 verified Verified student

Enjoyed my time here although hard to review as course been online due to COVID

Student Review: 3.4 /5
By MCook On 22nd March 21 verified Verified student

University has been providing bags for each flat to support them during the pandemic. however, whenever anything goes wrong, getting in touch with course administrators, university administrators and accommodation services has been absolutely awful (e.g. never pick up the phone and never replies to voicemails) and has lead to exacerbation of existing mental health problems among students.

Student Review: 5 /5
By member454600 On 24th February 21 verified Verified student

A great university, environment is very good.

Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member954508 On 23rd February 21 verified Verified student

The teaching quality is excellent, but I haven't been on campus much this year due to Covid, so it is hard to comment on the campus itself.

Student Review: 4.2 /5
By member752787 On 3rd December 20 verified Verified student

I really live my time at York Uni and am much happier on Campus, it is better than The Boulevard by Student Roost.

Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member1052642 On 29th November 20 verified Verified student

Unfortunately, I can’t participate in many activities due to the epidemic, but I think things will get better and better

Student Review: 2.6 /5
By Johny On 26th August 20 verified Verified student

mean learning online just sucks compared to campus, but that's true for every school. My teachers have been incredibly caring and understanding, and Pass-Fail (I'm writing this Spring of 2020) has been a great opportunity to learn for the sake of learning.

Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member1250019 On 23rd July 20 verified Verified student

Great campus, wide range of activities, good classes.

Student Review: 4.2 /5
By member947420 On 19th April 20 verified Verified student

The university is very welcomming and very international. A great place to study and to make friends.

Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member447396 On 17th April 20 verified Verified student

Hes west is older than Hes East and my lectures r based in west thats why I gave it a mediocre review for facilities.. But the facilities in East are very new n modern :-) though its a little deserted theres a bus that travels to town from east campus -> west -> town and back

Student Review: 3.2 /5
By member1347364 On 16th April 20 verified Verified student

A beautiful university with a great campus. The best part about York is the college system because you can represent your college if you're not good enough to be in the top university sports or music clubs. Very friendly place and also quite safe in comparison to other universities. Negatives about York is that public transport is poor, clubs keep closing down in town and the student union is border-line useless. They don't listen to students and are rude when complaints are made. Some student reps end up siding with teachers and not representing students causing even more problems. The disability centre is also very poor and it doesn't do nearly enough to help students with health problems. If you want a safe, homely and pretty uni where you'll meet some cool people this is definitely the place, but if you are the type of student that needs a lot of support throughout your studies, look somewhere else.

Student Review: 3.2 /5
By member1147193 On 7th April 20 verified Verified student

York University career center is not career-focused. They do not offer any real assistance regarding how to actually land a job. They just provide theories for job searching. You have to speak with 4 different counselors because each counselor has a designated specialty. This means you have to visit the career centre 4 times to get any real assistance with your job search. You are also only given 15 minutes per session, so there is not enough time to really provide you with the help you really need. For future students, my advice is not to do a liberal arts degree, you get nowhere with that. The jobs available to people with liberal arts degrees are cal centre and cleaning jobs. Get a decent degree or no degree at all.

Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member1045600 On 12th February 20 verified Verified student

Uni itself is great with good facilities campus-wide. Have been involved with a few societies and i've had loads of fun. The one thing this uni seems to be lacking though is a good student union building and indoor open spaces around the union and campus for activities and get togethers.


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