The University of Strathclyde is a welcoming university, with an extremely diverse set of students. This diversity allows for Strathclyde to be an extremely open and accepting place that welcomes everyone. The programmes are intensive, engaging and inclusive. Many students come from all around the world, exposing the students to new cultures and traditions. After working as an International Student Ambassador for the University of Dundee it is so amazing to see the diversity and cultures in and outside the classroom!

The most efficient part of our programme was group project on actual company that we had participated. We had real experience working with the company and built projects. However, our department didn’t organize any event that students can participate and know each other more or socialize etc. Most of the students finished the semesters didn’t even got to know each other. Also department staffs help towards students were quite unappreciative.

The University of Strathclyde is one of the top ranking schools in the United Kingdom especially the business courses. I have completed my MSc in Marketing from Strathclyde Business School. My course was extensive and very detailed especially with case studies updated with trending topics. The course was better than expected. The course was hybrid with a mix of online and offline lectures giving me an opportunity to experience campus life. The lectures were interactive sessions with discussions which helped us students be involved and learn better. The campus and classrooms are spacious accessible and comfortable equipped with tools to make in class and online learning easier. The most interesting aspect for me was the in person class for Consumer Behaviour as most of the sessions outlined interactive sessions to create similar scenarios with us getting to enact consumers and marketeers. That provided us practical knowledge on the subject and its principles. I will definitely recommend the University of Strathclyde to a friend and I have as well resulting in two friends coming to the University later on.

My first year was such a new experience for me and not quite what I expected. It was a new experience in the idea that I had to become very independent as to my experience in secondary school. First off had to pick my own classes and make my own timetable which was already a bummer to me because in secondary school this was all done for you. I had to make my own notes for lectures and had no extra individual support apart from tutorials. A lot of assignments and assessments on short timeframes. It was very overwhelming, to say the least, but it really taught me that this was what growing up was and how life is for everyone when you come out of the child stage.

In more practical terms when applying for my course I was unaware that my first year would intake of me doing every business course from finance to tourism to economics and so on. For me, I didn’t sign up for that and it was a waste of time because I applied for marketing and not the rest and I hardly got a feel of what my course was about. On the other hand, I guess it was good as it helped develops skills in areas that I’d need in the business world. Not only that but also gave me a rough idea of what other things there were to get involved in if I didn’t like marketing and grew a passion for subjects like economics and Business Analysis that I didn’t know I liked till I learned in that first year.

Overall be aware that you won’t stick straight into the deep end when you get to Strathclyde Business school but it is not always a bad thing bc you will develop a lot of skills. It will be part of your character development stage as I like to say!