Reviews of University of Birmingham | United Kingdom

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“Enjoyable course and Great lecturers”

James B

United Kingdom, Undergraduate
Language, 2014

Overall

Hispanic Studies
The course offered a wide overview of different subjects from literature to linguistics with great lecturers.

The year abroad was a fantastic experience giving the chance to speak Spanish on a daily basis.

Pros

Lectrurers, range of subjects, great campus

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Raymond A

university of Buea, buea, Cameroon
Accountancy, Graduate, Independent

Overall

I wish I had known...

yes, how i could save up money and cut cost down on costs of living

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

3

Activities

2

Campus life

3

Party / people

1

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

i reccommend it for those who want to a great place to study and seek and internationally friendly environment. ithas an amazing social life and is really great place to study to.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

if you want to make the best of stay and cutting on cost in this place you need to find yourself accomodayion which is quite cheaper outside the university. Also u need prepare well. also if your objective is studying then u should start doing so as soon as you arrive because if you let the work load build up you may not withstand the pressure. The lecturers i quite understanding

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Tlhaloganyo o

university of botswana, gaborone, Botswana
Agricultural Sciences, Masters, Independent

Overall

I wish I had known...

I wish I had the information on private accommodation before signing a contract for the university one. This could have saved me a lot of money

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

3

Culture

1

Costs

2

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

2

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

Academically it is one of the best science unuversity more especially when interested in the research and molecular science. Therefore highly recommend it.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

If one is european there is not much difference in transport with other european countries or even the social life. For people from the tropical countries might find the place extremely cold especially around dec/jan, wet most of the times. One should be ready for cultural shock in the student residential flats in the university.

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QI Z

The Textile Engineering College of The Beijing United Univer, BEIJING, China
Business Studies, Graduate, Independent

Overall

I wish I had known...

there's nothing important besides above items

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

4

Activities

3

Campus life

2

Party / people

2

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

beautiful campus, good life and study arrangement. but expense on life is really high

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

3

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

2

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

one of the university apartment will arrange some day travel for weekend. and if you can make a travel plan in advance, you can buy cheap tickets from the internet and save pretty much money.from student centre or local job centre you can easy to find a part-time job. but remember don't exceed your work time limit

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ANTONIO A

ICADE, Madrid, Spain
Manufacturing Sciences (including CAD, CAM, CAE), Graduate, Independent

Overall

I wish I had known...

I would have studied a better programme, for instance a MBA instead of a MSc. in Manufacturing.I am not happy with the quality of the taught programme.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

2

Culture

2

Costs

3

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

3

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

I think English Universities see the academic experience as a business making money, they ask you for money for all the things (Imagine overseas students paying 10000 sterling pounds for the Master that later on have to pay 35 pounds for a compulsory course of the Master.It seems ridiculous,this money it is not included in the 10000 pouns, it has not style. The level of the programme is not very high.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

I extremely recommend the experience of studying abroad, you meet interesting people from many countries,you are independent,you can find a job easily. The academic experience has not been very interesting and challenging for me, almost all the subjects I hd studied them during my degree.

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