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for Birmingham University

Rating Summary based on 36 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    		27
  • 4 Stars
    		6
  • 3 Stars
    		1
  • 2 Stars
    		0
  • 1 Star
    		2

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  • IT Facilities
  • Libraries
  • Nightlife
  		• 4.0
  		• 3.1
  		• 4.4
  		• 4.7
  		• 4.8

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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
  • 12 of 13 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    dan916

    5 Stars The University of today. 06/12/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Friendly, spacious, well located and alive!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Remembering you're there to study!

    Having spent 3 years at Birmingham University as an Undergraduate studying a BSc in Sports and Exercise Studies, I feel the true excellence of this University needs to be shared. Here are the main factors that give this University it's true appeal: 1.Location 2.Campus 3.Halls of Residence 4.Sports Facilities 5.Study Facilities 6.Socialising 7.Security 8.Extras Location: Situated just outside the City Centre, this Uni is ideally located. The busy city life is just a short train or bus ride away, and with stations on the campus ground, or in the popular student accommodation areas, getting there ... more
  • 6 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    jimstrong

    5 Stars Much more than a dank city 12/07/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great social life, nice city, more than a bullring

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not thought of as a nice place

    Upon hearing the name Birmingham you would think of a grimey city stuffed somewhere in the Midlands. I think you would be pleasantly suprised about how nice the city is. I'm not from Birmingham, i grew up in Somerset but was still taken back by the city. The campus is great, its very green and there are a lot of nice park areas where students sit in the sun and study in the summer. The guild bar is great and the atmosphere matches. The nightlife is also spot on. Student guild nights every night for cheasy drunken debauchery, stylish night clubs and bars are springing up all the time and great ... more
  • 5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    janicholls

    5 Stars An outstanding University in many respects 13/08/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Fantastic social scene, range of things to do, excellent IT/library facilities and lots of cheap beer

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Some of the halls of residence aren`t that good

    I`ve just graduated from Brum Uni this year having studied electronic engineering for the last four years there. I don`t want to dwell on the course details (I`ve written another Ciao opinion on that), but want to give an idea of how great the university and city is. The student union (known as the guild) is one of about ten that I`ve visited and I`m convinced that it`s the best. The beer`s cheap, the cheesy music on Friday nights at the legendary Frenzy is fantastic and the atmosphere is always outstanding. On the more academic side, the library has extremely good facilities, and the careers ... more
  • 6 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    annabel

    5 Stars What is Birmingham University really like? 25/07/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Location, facilities, cheap prices

    Disadvantages Disadvantages You won't want to leave

    Like most students, I had many apprehensions when i chose the university to spend the next few years of my life at. Coming from London,I wondered how Birmingham City Centre would compare and what the people 'up north' would be like. Looking back, it was the best decision i ever made, and loved every minute of my three years there. The University, set in leafy Edgbaston, is perfectly positioned, with the neighbouring area of Selly Oak housing all the second/third and fourth years within close proximity of each other and large green areas where all the halls for first years are located. The ... more
  • 5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    sexybabe

    4 Stars Brum fantastic 28/07/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Top uni, excellent facilities

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Halls!

    As I expect most people are when they leave home for the first time, I was extremely apprehensive when coming to uni but my time at Birmingham university has been amazing. I can't say I've enjoyed every minute of it but I've been here for two years and I've met so many new and interesting people, I've experienced so many different things and I have had the most fantastic time. When It comes down to it we are at uni to get a degree and Birmingham is one of the best universities in the country. It has impressive learning facilities, the sports facilities are excellent which is of particular ... more
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