The university provided me with a lot of opportunities to learn. I gained a lot of experience from working on group projects as a master’s student, and I learned the importance of each team member’s role. During the course, I gained insight into creating creative ideas from scratch and expanding on them. Each group project allowed me to reflect on myself and contribute my skills to the group.

My favourite aspect of this program is the way the lecturers are helpful and provide us with their views on the topic, which gave me a deeper understanding of what I’m learning. Overall, my master’s experience at my university has been amazing. Each student at my university has access to multiple resources for their future career, which is very helpful. After completing my postgraduate program, I hope to gain more skills and excel.

Loughborough has a massive campus, full of great facilities for your education. One of the off-putting things is that the university is in a market town, but after starting there in 2021, I found this was no issue! The campus pleasantly surprised me, and there’s so many opportunities to get involved with stuff.

In regards to my degree (BA Design / Industrial Design), I’ve loved every minute of it. At first it was a little tough, but now I’m doing way better, achieving an overall 2.1 for my first year. Plus the facilities in the design school are top tier! With lecturers it’s definitely hit or miss, but for the most part they’ve been great. Career aspects are also amazing for my course, you also get regular emails and stuff to keep you in the loop about events, job fairs and opportunities.

Accommodation wise, I have no complaints. Some are a bit outdated (such as Rutherford, would also stay clear of Whitworth), but the newer buildings are class. It’s quite competitive between different accommodations, as they usually engage in friendly competition which makes for a really nice atmosphere. I can definitely recommend my accommodation (Faraday), it’s made my first year a joy and the location makes it ideal. Plus everyone knows everyone! The community aspect is amazing, and in my 9 months there I’ve never felt left out. It honestly feels like a home away from home, hence why I chose to return next year.

Last thing I will comment on is the nightlife. It’s… okay. Our student union becomes a massive club on certain days of the week, which is great. But we mostly go to Nottingham or Leicester on a night out, since they’re at most 15 minutes away by train! Being so close to the two cities makes things a lot easier!

Overall, I can’t wait to start my second year at Loughborough! Good luck to everyone, hope this helped 🙂

Couldn’t recommend Loughborough enough to people I know looking for unis to go to. They have great facilities, world class courses and I found it was more social than I anticipated. In comparison to many friends going to different universities I found that Loughborough hosted many more events and socials as well as extracurricular clubs etc than any other uni I’d come across. I love studying Textiles and know that when I graduate I’ll have a widely recognised uni name within the industry. We are encouraged to take on a placement year, which I feel many other unis don’t push. The placement year has helped me enormously and I feel will benefit me hugely in my future career.

I love Loughborough university, I did my BA there. Loughborough is a nice little town, very safe, peaceful and beautiful. It is a lovely place to study and I enjoyed my time there, the university has good facilities, I studied art and I received a lot of technical help from the university staffs, such as sculpting, painting, setting up an exhibition, etc. The campus life is great, even Loughborough is a little town and unlike big city with a wild nightlife, the Loughborough student union hosts great parties and the university sometimes will hire a bus for students at night to go clubbing in Nottingham. Food is so so on campus but there are plenty of options around town, everything is walking distance and housing there is cheap if you don’t want to stay in dorms.