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for Brunel University

Rating Summary based on 8 reviews

  • 5 Stars
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  • 4 Stars
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  • 3 Stars
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  • 2 Stars
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  • 1 Star
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Detailed rating

  • Accommodation
  • Cost of Living
  • IT Facilities
  • Libraries
  • Nightlife
  		• 3.9
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  		• 4.1
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  • 33 of 33 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    katsthebest

    5 Stars The best days of my life! Review with images 22/09/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Proxemity to London, great times if you get involved!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Some facilities not up to scratch, and too small.

    As you sit at your computer, reading this review, hundreds of Freshers all over the country are... well they're probably lying in bed with terrible hangovers! (And that will still apply if you're reading this long after Fresher's week is over!) I have just finished 3 years at Brunel. When i started, i was hesitant. It was all rather overwhelming: moving hundreds of miles away from home, placed in halls with bunch complete strangers, and starting a brand new course. It's all very scary, and it would've been easy to sit in my room, staring out of the window at the planes taking off from Heathrow ... more
  • 12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    lacy123

    5 Stars Fresh Prince of Brunel!! 20/12/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good nightlife, Great people, Excellent facillities

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Can be dead at weekends!

    Applying to Brunel: Brunel are fairly leniant when it comes to grade boundaries with most courses. However, some courses such as business, engineering and law are oversubscribed therefore you have to achieve at least the minimal requirements to be given an offer. Brunel's strengths lie in these subjects hence the highest grade requirements of all its courses. Most people are accepted if they have fallen by a grade or two, or it is possible that you are offered an alternative course by letter. This happened with a few people on my course. The Campus: The campus has had a massive re-vamp and ... more
  • 17 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 4 CG1anon

    Member since 08/06/2006

    Reviews written: 34

    5 Stars Brunel University 25/06/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Enthusiastic, experienced lecturers. Diverse group of students. Relaxed, friendly atmosphere.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Diversity in workload between departments - half the students often have nothing to do but party!

    STUDYING The first year doesn't count towards your final grade, so most people spend it getting used to the work and settling in. It's useful to do a bit of work otherwise the second year will get you like a slap in the face. The second and third years are more difficult but enjoyable if you don't get too stressed out. Most of the students I knew were studying sciencey subjects and had a high workload, but still managed to get plastered frequently. You have to do a project in the third year which ends up counting for almost 1/3 of your degree mark. It's daunting at the beginning, but if you ... more
  • 5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Gemimathecat

    4 Stars Brunel University 02/08/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Close to London

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Travel expensive, accomodation expensive

    Brunel is a great university if you are specifically a scientist or an engineer, the teaching staff are actually very well qualified and experienced. The main problem I had when I was there was accomodation, postgraduates were placed in the same halls as first years and final year students and tension levels were very high. There was a lot of conflict between scientists who have hugh amounts of course work and the social science/media students many of whom just sat around all day. The Uxbridge campus it must be said has one of the worse university libraries in the country, I actually ended up ... more
  • 8 of 8 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    depurple2

    4 Stars Brunel - a good place to study 02/10/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good for certain subjects, nice campus, some good lecturers

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Parking problems, careers office isn't very good, some bad lecturers

    I recently graduated from Brunel with a degree in Systems Engineering. Overall, I enjoyed my time there. The atmosphere on camus overall was good. I always felt safe there, even at night. There is a nightclub that puts on good club nights, even if the bouncers can be a bit rude. The SU bar is nice, and has been refurbished from the dark cave it once was into something resembling an internet cafe without the internet. The sports centre is nice, with a good gym that has very cheap membership. The showers aren't that great, but it's your not paying for a fancy health club either. The library is a ... more
  • 18 of 18 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    mcduff16

    5 Stars I love brunel uni! 30/08/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages fantastic geography department, accomodation is cheap considering where you are and what you get!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages concrete jungle campus- but changing very soon

    I`ve just finished my 3rd year at brunel and am loving every moment of it! In my first year i stayed in fleming halls which in my opinion is the best halls on the uxbridge campus. £64 a week got me my own en-suite bathroom as well as broadband internet access which is very cheap considering its west london too! compare this to gloucester uni where my friend paid £60 and got no en-suite or internet. The geography and earth sciences dept are second to none. Extremely helpful and they go out of their way to help you. I`ll miss them loads when i finish! The sport facilities are world class. A new ... more
  • 5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Foxy1212

    4 Stars Brunel University 18/07/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Location, social life, facilities

    Disadvantages Disadvantages pricey

    Having just graduated from Brunel and taking the last trip back to wear the gowns, I remembered just how good the last 3 years had been. Brunel has pretty much everything you need as a student. If you want to be the student who spends their time in the pub, there are nice recently refurbished on sit bars and a notoriously fun nightclub, if you want to get on with your work, there is an excellent library and computer facilities all over campus. The Student Union is helpful, and although it certainly isn't the cheapest university you will find, it has a real sense of community spirit, brought on ... more
  • 2 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Jess12366655589

    1 Star Brunel... Doubt he'd be proud 05/02/2008
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Modern.. ish.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Unfriendly, Unhelpful, Not in London

    Well i've only ben here for a small amount of time, but i've had enough already, and i'm going to find another path as this just ain't good enough. The staff are unfriendly and about as helpful as concreate balloon, and i'm meant to be doing its speciality: Engineering. I was told it was great fun, London was awesome, the work in involving and rewarding and you won't get bored. We'll i can tell you the work has about as much to do with my course as tomato sauce has with ice cream, London just doesn't happen, and it depends on your definition of fun really. If unorganisation, unfriendlyness and ... more
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