Student review [#2047]
at The University of Edinburgh

I loved attending the University of Edinburgh, and I still miss the campus, the city, the neighborhoods where I used to live, and the people I knew while I was there. If location and environment are a big concern, then I would say Edinburgh is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and well worth going to for University in spite of the nasty weather.

Many of the courses have a structure different from American universities. My courses had relatively few textbooks and expected students to do more independent research. The faculty were, for the most part, exceptional in their willingness to work with students to help them succeed. I also appreciated the relative lack of administrative interference throughout my degree course. I’ve known friends at other colleges who have had course requirements change midway through their program, and been forced to stay on an extra semester or even a full year to complete the new requirements. I had one disappointment in my final year when I was required to take one full 40 credit course instead of two 20 credit courses, which I would have preferred. I can also imaging cases were the autodidactic expectations might leave some students feeling abandoned. For myself, it was a perfect fit.