One thing I like about my lectures Is the level of knowledge and expertise, doing a business degree and having lectures who have had businesses gives me real insight knowledge which I find useful for assignments.

This University has a prestigious reputation and I feel in actuality it only partially lives up to this. While a lovely scenic campus and an extensive library with 12 floors it still lacks in communication. This is one of the few things which I believe is a flaw with this university. When you email a member of staff for help or a query you are typically left waiting days and days until you receive a reply, by which point you have had to sort it out yourself or the problem has grown. I also think that feedback on work is sometimes lacking. I would appreciate more feedback on a piece of work on what I can improve and what I should continue to do but usually it is just generic feedback for the full class. Despite these small flaws, the university earns its prestigious title with their challenging classes and engaging tutorials where you can really delve into a topic and explore it from all angles. The wide international student population also allows for new experiences and mixing with people who you have not before and it gives you a complete different view of the world and the different cultures and lives out there.

When I first arrived at the University of Glasgow I was welcomed with Freshers Week! The most fun time of the year. Joining a society was a great way to get involved and make new friends. So far, studying at The University of Glasgow has been a lovely experience and I absolutely adore the main campus, feels like a movie!

I made many international friends during the first few weeks of my studying here at the University of Glasgow. As an international student, I’m always keen to talk to people with different cultural backgrounds than me.

I am originally from Greece and will review my experience at the university both as an international student studying in the UK and as a business and sociology student, reflecting on both the advantages and disadvantages of my course and the overall performance of the university. First of all, the University of Glasgow is a multinational university that accepts students from all over the world, and although the professors are always willing to help and guide you, there should have been more focus on the English academic language of the international students, as there are numerous students who struggle with the language, which affects both their performance and the overall projects in group work due to the lack of communication and task preparation. Also, as a first year international student, I faced racism from my fellow students when I could not properly explain a sociological analysis, which resulted in many other students laughing at me. I think the university staff and students should be more aware and pay attention to such incidents, as the university hosts many international students and racism, discrimination and other inequalities should be prohibited and reported. Even though the university provides wide access to academic reading and general knowledge, I believe that the business and Management course should be more focused on practical assignments and courses. As a fourth-year student, I did not have the opportunity to practise my math skills and gain adequate knowledge in finance and accounting because we only had a three-month finance course in our first year and have never practised finance, accounting, and math skills since then, which are essential for business students. Also, I think more practical assignments like working in a real business environment for a few weeks or months are important to better understand and see in practise all the knowledge we learned in theory by writing essays and reading books and articles. Student life is overall very interactive as the university organises many events for students throughout the year and the university societies are very active and organise many educational events which are good for networking and gaining knowledge. Moreover, the environment of the university is always clean, the campus is very pretty with flowers, trees and beautiful buildings, and the university community is constantly constructing new buildings, which shows their interest in the student environment and student satisfaction.

Great staff, facilities, and teacher/student ratio. However, it always takes way too long to get our grades and mostly generic feedback. Excellent career service, and overall a good university that will enhance your future career prospects.

I love studying at the University of Glasgow, the teachers are great and the campus is so beautiful and great location. However, I could not enjoy it as it has been pretty much 12 months of online learning. I don’t know if it is university or external rules, but very disappointed that all clubs are open and still we barely had tutorials because of ‘COVID’. Also, I feel that the administration could improve a lot, the timetable is not accurate and constantly changing. On the other hand, the library is very good, it has so many floors and plenty of books. I also appreciated having many international students at my course from all over the World. Moreover, putting in your CV you studied at the University of Glasgow is something that businesses appreciate. There is a lot of Societies, it is a shame I could not take part in them because of the pandemic. If you study the MSc in Management and Sustainable Tourism I recommend taking the Sustainable Heritage module, very interesting and the teacher is very supportive. Overall, I recommend this course but I hope uni starts doing presential courses for students.

Before coming to Glasgow, I had 3.5 years of work experience in the national tourism sector. I don’t recommend those who have been already in the Tourism Industry or looking for further studies insights into sustainable tourism. This is because the first semester is theoretical classes about Business Management for all sectors and some courses are not practical for the tourism industry. Also, I am not sure for the second semester how business courses will synchronize with the tourism management aspects more in-depth.

I feel disappointed with this program, especially in Adam smith business school. The class timetable is in a mess. Thousands of changes waste my time and I can’t schedule my own time. They do not work as a team. But the good thing is that I really meet lots of great people from all over the world.

I would recommend my program with a bog joy however this year it was online due to covid and it is a bit stressful. But overall it is worth it.
I would suggest the university provide some English language preparation programmes. some master’s degree students still struggle writing academic works and mostly it makes some barrier in communication within the international community.