Wales University Swansea

Swansea University, a.k.a. University of Wales, Swansea (UWS), has to be the ideal place to study for your degree. I'm am just coming to the end of my third and final year at UWS, and will be sad to see it go. For me it was the obvious choice. I was planning to do a Computer Science course, and looking through the rankings found in the daily paper, Swansea was ranked in the top 11 out of 120 departments for this subject, in the same league as Oxford and Cambridge. Also, it was only 60 miles from home, and so travelling costs would not mount up as quickly as many other Universities. Anyway ... more

I've been at Swansea Uni for three years now and I've had a great time. I don't know of anyone that's come to Swansea and not liked it here. The university itself is a relaxed, friendly kind of place. The campus is compact and attractive and has plenty of bars and cafes for meeting friends etc. Library facilities are good - it's sometimes hard to get a PC at peak times e.g. lunchtimes but in the evenings it's much easier. The city itself is not huge and lacks the facilities of, say, Cardiff, but there's a good range of shops, pubs and clubs and plenty of student hangouts. Good places for ... more

I've been studying at Swansea University for two years now on a business management course. I never intended to actually come here, and just put it down on my UCAS application form because I had an extra space, but when I first visited the university on an open day there was something about it that convinced me I had to go there. First opinions of the uni might not be very good. The town needs a bit of a facelift, you have to cross a busy road to get to the uni, it will probably be raining when you get there, and the uni itself has a few too many unattractive grey concrete buildings and tower ... more

I have been at Swansea University for 2 years now. It is set in a very scenic area, with the view of the sea and mumbles coastline and surrounded by singleton park. The town centre is about 10minutes away, with bus services being very frequent in that are, so communication between the two is very good. If you are to use the bus service passes can be bought for £195 which covers a year excluding the summer holidays. I am doing a law degree so the library is a cenral point for me as I have to research lots of cases. The law library is seperate from the other sections of books with its own ... more

When filling out my UCAS application form i was initially going to do medicine and added Swansea for law and psychology as my safety net. After actually visiting the campus, i completly changed my mind, scrapped the idea of doing medicine and am now in my final year at the University of Wales, Swansea. This university is a stone's throw from the beach. Swansea bay is by no means the best beach in and around Swansea but it is perfect for inbetween lectures on a sunny day, just chilling out or arranging beach parties. The uni itself has two main areas of accomedation. One is on campus, and the ... more