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I am a student at the University of Birmingham in my first year of the popular course; Sports and Exercise Sciences. Although it is a difficult university to get in to, there are hundreds of... more

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Rating Summary based on 36 reviews

  • 5 Stars
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  • 4 Stars
    		6
  • 3 Stars
    		1
  • 2 Stars
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  • 20 of 20 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    katyparles

    5 Stars Why study at the University of Birmingham? 05/04/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Excellent teaching, sports, social life and environment

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Very few!

    You'll rarely find an unbiased account of a university - especially not from someone who has actually studied there - and this will undoubtedly be no exception as your 'alma mater' always has a place in your heart. However, I am going to attempt to weigh up the good and bad of the University of Birmingham to give prospective students a really well-informed idea of what it's like to be a student there. I'm sure there's already plenty of information on here, but I'm planning on avoiding reading it until after I've written this as I was an untainted picture of my life as a Birmingham student ... more
  • 19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    kittykatty31

    5 Stars Second city is my number one! 14/10/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Community atmosphere, nightlife, city centre, Edgbaston is lovely and green!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Walk to campus on cold mornings, having to explain that Brum isn't skanky to everyone

    I transferred to Birmingham University at the start of this year, having previously been at Southampton and having had a thoroughly miserable time! I'm pleased to say that I absolutely love it at Birmingham and its been so easy to settle in that I think transferring was the best decision I ever made. Transferring? The process of transferring was made really easy by everyone at Birmingham. I sent an email enquiring whether it would be possible, they emailed back saying it would, explained step by step what I needed to do and a few months later I had an unconditional offer to start at a second ... more
  • 7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Pompeii1986

    4 Stars Welcome to Brummieland. Next stop - Studentville 12/06/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Big library; Excellent on campus facilities; Fantastic nightlife; Great IT facilities

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Poor lecturing at times; Library not always helpful

    As I sit here in the University of Birmingham's library I look back on the past 3 years. With my exams just finished I am officially no longer a part of the University. I feel nostalgic when thinking about my first year: how young I felt and how new everything was. The independence after the facist regimes of school and college; the huge campus; the thousands of people. It is with a happy nostalgia that I look back on all this. My course however, is a different story. The University itself consists of two campus' - the bigger, main one in the centre of Edgbaston, and a smaller one further ... more
  • 9 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Greenyman

    5 Stars The University of Birmingham 19/02/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great teaching, facilities, opportunites and social life

    Disadvantages Disadvantages i am only here for 3 years, wish it could be more.

    I am a student at the University of Birmingham in my first year of the popular course; Sports and Exercise Sciences. Although it is a difficult university to get in to, there are hundreds of different courses to choose from if you are not accepted on your favoured course. Also, they are quite lenient with grades as I did not achieve the expected marks but still got in... shhh! So what made Birmingham my number one choice? As soon as I arrived at the open day and got a walk around the campus I knew this was the place for me. Not only is it one of the leading universities in the UK for my course ... more
  • 9 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 2 sharkli

    Member since 25/02/2001

    Reviews written: 24

    5 Stars Music to your ears Birmingham is Second to None 25/02/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages University campus well laid out. Barber Institute is an excellent departmental HQ

    Disadvantages Disadvantages City centre is a 15-20 minute bus or train ride away

    Birmingham is Britain's Second City, but the University of Birmingham is second to none. I first attended the University of Birmingham as an undergraduate from 1975 to 1979, where I gained a BA(Hons) in Music and German. I am now nearing the end of two years of part-time study for the degree of M.Phil. in music by research. After some 20 years away, there was no other place where I wanted to study for a postgraduate degree when the opportunity arose. The teaching staff in the music department are excellent. There are many practical activities for students to get involved in - chamber orchestra ... more