As a third-year chemistry student I can say that my studies are of very good quality and that we have top-notch professors, though sometimes the system is rigid and you, as the student, will have to suffer through it. My studies aren’t flexible as someone that has a lot of stress with my studies easily I can’t afford to go to every single lecture anymore and thus I will have to study more at home, this is fine except when it’s not. A lot of times I find myself at odds with the university because some information that WILL be put in the exam can’t be found in the reading material or on the digital platform, instead it’s just something a lecturer vaguely explained in a lecture and you’re just supposed to have been there and not been half-asleep. I hold the opinion grades should be put in competence or amount of knowledge gained through studying and struggling with the material, not on cheap tricks to get you to attend all contact hours. The work-load is high and the environment is demanding, but you will find yourself succeeding and overcoming obstacles you’ve once found to be impossible to learn. Another downside however is the way in which practicals work in the Biology and Chemistry courses, master students will be guiding and grading you instead of a real professor. It’s understandable considering the quantity of students, but it poses way too many problems in my opinion. Students are less prone to be objective than professors, and I’ve been in a situation where the TA’s (teacher assistants) have greatly misinterpreted me, and nobody is able to help you then because nobody else has been paying attention to you and your work.
It’s a giant mess, but the professors are the real pro’s in their field, they’re all amazing!