University of York (reviews)

Wish I hadn’t gone, crap place in the world, bad people, bad racist university staff, bad course, bad organisation. The whole thing was a waste of time. I got my 2:1 in Accounting (ABFM) without going to a lecture, and then threw it straight in the bin.

A generally positive experience here. To begin with, the city itself was wonderful and I loved living there. Unfortunately, living in such a great city often coincides with a higher cost of living, which I did experience. The University has a great reputation and wonderful facilities and resources which are always expanding. There were several great study spots which I frequented. The course I studied was a high quality, well organised and academically rigorous course. I did have to study a lot of content I wasn’t interested in, so I didn’t enjoy some of the course. The university also suffered with a lot of strike action. I was personally unaffected, but I know many who were very negatively impacted by this.

The University of York is a beautiful campus university just outside of the city centre, making it the perfect location to separate that hard study life from the well needed down time with friends in the various places for entertainment in the city.
The campus also has a variety of events going on throughout the week with hundreds of societies hosting exciting things to get involved in after those lectures and seminars.
In terms of workload and manageability, the university offers great help and advice to relieve students of any stress as staff members are extremely supportive. The workload in my personal experience is challenging however extremely doable within the given time frame. This is perfect for juggling the exciting mixture of social and academic experiences which the university has to offer.

The University of York campus is a student-friendly institution with a lot of dedicated staff in place to support student needs. In terms of teaching quality, I think the professors at York are experienced, responsible and from diverse backgrounds. During my time there I learned a wealth of industry knowledge, research methods in engineering and cross-cultural teamwork skills. Through networking events, I also got to develop my social circle as I met so many like-minded people there

My opinion regarding University would always be ecstatic. I would recommend to all the other fellow beings who would be looking for future reference to study my personal recommendation would be University of York. Firstly I would suggest you because of the number of exciting course they offer with the best module leaders and supervisors who would be there to guide you in your path.The staff and the administrative department both are very humble humans being in nature, also the vibe it shares you won’t be feeling left among the people whom you don’t know. They’ll always be there for you and to help you out in the time of difficulties. Surely it’s a good chance to be a part of York. I’m an aspiring Archaeologist so yes this city literally makes me to love history more. It’s a perfect place to be around.

York university has 2 great campuses, east campus feels aa little bit more empty but west campus is full of things to see and do. The management building is new this year and is a perfect space to study and focus.

Keeping in mind that covid was a disruptor in the university experience for me, I would say that the course of politics at York was overall very good. The range and teaching of modules was good, the readings were interesting and the workload was not overwhelming. I would say that the social aspect of the university was not great. Again, this may have been because of Covid disruptions, but the environment did not feel the most warm and inclusive. There are also issues with the university as a whole and within the politics department concerning diversity and inclusion. This includes a lack of awareness of racial and gender politics included in compulsory modules, meaning that an individual can do a whole politics degree without confronting some of the most crucial political issues today : race and gender inequality. This was one of the most concerning things about my experience at York, I came across a lot of students who seemed to lack sensitivity with those issues, and some staff who did not seem particularly interested when I raised those concerns. I am aware that for some students, this made their time at university and in seminars less comfortable.

Both the university campus and the city of York are such lovely and welcoming places. I really love the diversity of the university and the variety of people that I have met here. All of the staff that I have encountered here have been very friendly and are always eager to help 🙂