Student review [#20870] for Physics
at University of Surrey

The Physics program at Surrey ranged from being outstanding to awful, with some in-between. This made choosing the “good” modules essential to passing, and we would always ask the year above what to avoid to prevent ourselves grief. It’s kind of wild how much the quality ranged. Knowing some modules were unpickable due to poor teaching also limited choices somewhat.
Labs were universally bad due to understaffing and unclear grading. Staffing was an issue because it’s very difficult to help yourself when you get stuck, and since there was a huge workload in labs (not necessarily difficult, just huge), if you got stuck you simply wouldn’t get through it all. Luckily UoS had an amazing digital teaching platform which made covid a breeze. No, really, I felt barely affected by the pandemic. I would meet fellow students digitally to avoid lonesome studying, and the student-to-student help was beautiful to see. All in all the pros and cons cancel out to an average of 3 stars.