Bournemouth University - BU vs BEET Language Centre vs Capital School of English vs Arts University Bournemouth - AUB vs INSEEC Business School

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Quick verdict
Higher overall rating: European School of Economics - ESE (4.50)
Bournemouth University - BU: wins 0/7 categories
BEET Language Centre: wins 0/7 categories
Capital School of English: wins 0/7 categories
Arts University Bournemouth - AUB: wins 3/7 categories
INSEEC Business School: wins 0/7 categories
European School of Economics - ESE: wins 4/7 categories
PTP: wins 0/7 categories
Comparing
Bournemouth, The United Kingdom
4.10
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141 reviews
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Best programme: Accounting and Finance
Bournemouth, The United Kingdom
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Bournemouth, The United Kingdom
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Bournemouth, The United Kingdom
4.40
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159 reviews
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Best programme: Architecture
Best programme: Digital Marketing
London, The United Kingdom
4.50
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39 reviews
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Best programme: Business Administration
Leicester, The United Kingdom
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Category ratings
Facilities
4.09
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4.42
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3.43
4.00
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Location
4.03
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4.36
4.64
4.79
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Professors
4.13
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4.40
3.86
4.44
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Internationality
4.17
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4.37
4.50
4.51
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Student life
4.20
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4.38
4.07
4.43
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Value
4.04
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4.35
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3.64
4.31
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Accommodation
3.91
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4.35
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2.50
4.11
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Pros & Cons
Pros
  • +Great courses and academic programmes
  • +Supportive staff and student services
  • +Modern facilities and excellent location

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  • +Creative development and diverse artistic environment
  • +Vibrant student and social scene with active societies
  • +Supportive and engaging faculty and course delivery
  • +Practical, group-focused learning and professional initiation.
  • +High-quality teaching and supportive faculty mentorship.
  • +Strong professional network and vibrant student life.
  • +International relevance & practical/hands-on experience
  • +Welcoming & supportive environment with friendly, helpful staff/faculty
  • +Diverse, small classes with experienced professors

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Cons
  • -Lack of practical industry preparation and insufficient awareness of available resources.
  • -Inconvenient and slow public transport to the university.
  • -Marketing misrepresents course preparedness and uses industry names for advertisement.

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  • -Administrative and management issues cause significant frustration.
  • -Outdated facilities and resources hinder learning.
  • -Lack of support and communication from staff is a recurring problem.
  • -Outdated facilities and poor maintenance.
  • -Lack of student support and responsiveness from administration.
  • -Uninspiring curriculum and teaching methods.
  • -Administrative and management issues are a frequent source of frustration.
  • -Outdated facilities and a lack of modern resources are often criticized.
  • -Poor teaching quality and unengaging course content are commonly cited.

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Rating summary
What students say

This institution garners excellent feedback, with **Student Life** standing out as the highest-rated category. **Professors** and **Internationality** also received very positive marks. Conversely, **Accomodation** received the lowest rating among the surveyed aspects, though still within a generally favorable range. **Facilities**, **Location**, and **Value** all performed solidly, indicating a well-rounded university experience.

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Across surveyed areas, the institution demonstrates strong performance. Facilities stand out with the highest rating, indicating excellent resources. Student life also garners significant praise. The university's weakest area, though still positive, is accommodation. Overall, the ratings suggest a well-rounded educational experience with distinct strengths in its physical environment and student engagement.

This university demonstrates notable strengths in its **Location**, receiving a high rating of 4.64. **Student Life** and **Internationality** are also well-regarded. Conversely, **Accomodation** stands out as the weakest area, with a significantly lower score of 2.5. Other aspects like **Facilities**, **Professors**, and **Value** fall within a moderate to good range.

Student feedback indicates strong satisfaction across several aspects of university life. Location stands out as the highest-rated area, with internationality and professors also receiving excellent marks. While student life and value are also highly regarded, facilities represent the weakest area among the surveyed categories. Overall, the institution demonstrates a solid performance with clear strengths in its external and academic offerings.

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Reviews summary
Highlights

With an average rating of 4.08/5 from 141 reviews, ~86% are positive, highlighting excellent support, modern facilities, and strong courses. A small ~1.4% of feedback offered criticism regarding practical application and transport.

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With an average rating of 4.42/5 from 159 reviews, ~96% are positive. Students highlight creative development, diverse student communities, excellent social scenes, and supportive faculty. No negative reviews were recorded.

Most student feedback is positive (~63% 4-5 stars), highlighting excellent pedagogy, practical experiences, and supportive staff. The average rating is 3.81/5, with no negative reviews.

University reviews are overwhelmingly positive, with ~95% of feedback highlighting an engaging, internationally relevant learning experience and a welcoming environment. Students appreciate practical learning, helpful staff, and international class settings. No negative feedback was recorded.

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Rating distribution
5★
24%
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21%
59%
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4★
62%
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50%
36%
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3★
13%
0%
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4%
43%
5%
0%
2★
1%
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1★
1%
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Most useful review
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3D Computer Animation - Little value for fees

I studied the MA 3D Computer Animation at BU. If you are an international student I can't warn you enough about how studying there can be one of the worsts mistakes that you can make in your life. They cherry pick the stories of success. They use the names of the bigs studios for advertising, implicitly or explicitly. They use BFX as an advertising tool for the courses at BU. They say that they will prepare you for the industry in completion of the course, this is absolutely false in my experience. The MA is an introductory course condesed in one year. For an astronomical fee you will learn the basics of the tools and techiques. Things are taught in a rushed manner and sometimes in a mediocre way. Most of the people end the course with the same artistic level that they begin with. You will learn higher education skills that are transfarable to the practice of the profession or other aspects of life. But the price is absolutely not worth it. You can learn the basics of the software and basic techniques from free sources or from a paid source that is an infinitesimal fraction and provide the same or more value. And you can for sure learn the higher education skills that are the most valuable part of the course creating projects by yourself. Most of the international racialized students that I know didn't get into the industry and we were very dissapointed, some of us to the point of depression. It felt like a scam. The teachers don't have a good artistic level and there was a teacher that had a very abussive behaviour. Also, you have to consider that the industry is very discriminatory despite what they say. So if you don't have a European or Canadian passport you will have a difficut time getting a job even in a small studio. The majority of the people working in the studios are white Europeans and North Americans. If you mix a discriminatory industry with a student debt you have a horrible situation. Many of the students that later had success in the industry took further online reputed education like iAnimate or AnimSchool. If you want to become an animator go for this option. Having a MA will give you zero employability advantage. Buy a good computer, get a good subscription, get good online education, do projects by yourself and get feedback. I write this as a way of denouncing my experience there but also to warn you. If you are lucky, you will read this. I would say avoid the MA 3D Computer Animation, and if you don't trust me ask other people I am confident that more people will have the courage to say it. I ended up with an unpayable debt for the minuscule value that I got.

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An amazing choice

I love this university! It offers so much support throughout your studies. You can always go and talk to your tutors about your project and they give you really good feedback and interesting ideas. We have lectures once a week (every Friday) with a professional guest lecturer. We also have one lecture every Monday about illustration theory and they are all very interesting. Other than that we have workshops regularly which are fun and creative, all kinds of 1:1 and group tutorials and critiques. The facilities are great, I still haven't experienced them fully. We have a Riso print which is exciting and all kinds of other printing facilities like screen printing etc. There is always something happening in uni especially during lunchtime. There are fairs, a market day once a month where you can sell your stuff if you want, go-green week, employability week, employability lectures every week, events, parties organized to raise money for grad shows, etc. The only bad thing about AUB is the accommodation. It looks great and the rooms and everything is great but they are very expensive. As the food in the cafeteria, it’s kinda expensive but it's really good and all the packaging is eco-friendly. Nightlife is good I have no complaints. Some students don't like the clubs that much but are fine. Overall I think AUB is an amazing choice for anyone!

Learning in a practical way

This university has a lot of qualities such as adapting to students in order to optimize learning, and the desire to confront the student as quickly as possible with the world of work. On the other hand, I would criticize this school for poorly disseminated information and a gloomy community life.

The amazing professors/teachers there!

First of all since my campus was in the heart of Rome, the place and inside of the university was like a whole museum. I love how friendly and helpful the staff was, the professors were one in a million. I love how they did all their best to tell us about the subjects in detail and in a fun way with examples for us to get into it more. I liked how they make time and engage in it and actually help us to teach us, so it was all in one reading writing with our own brain and infos searching for the sources by ourselves listening but also being able to express our own way of knowledge on the topics!

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