My first year at University of Manchester was fun with loads with an abundance of social life besides the extremely qualified faculty in their respective fields. With so many streams to chose from, they enable you to follow your choice of path within your subject area from day 1 while at the same time ensuring that the students have the required minimum knowledge in the subject area through the compulsory modules. The choice of socities at this university is also quite rich. Apart from the location, I think my University is just as good as a high bitch London University.