NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences vs The University of Audiovisual Arts, European Film Academy, ESRA vs Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology - KAIST vs Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City - IUH vs St Mary's University, Twickenham
Side-by-side comparison from 171 verified student reviews. Scan one row at a time — winners are highlighted
- +Practical, project-based learning and real-world application
- +Welcoming atmosphere and supportive community
- +Opportunities for personal and professional growth
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- +High-quality academics and challenging curriculum
- +Excellent facilities and research opportunities
- +Financial benefits and student support
- +Supportive and enthusiastic teaching staff
- +Convenient location and good facilities
- +Engaging student activities and events
- +Supportive professors and helpful resources
- +Inspiring professional development opportunities
- +Welcoming atmosphere and good facilities.
- +Supportive and knowledgeable instructors.
- +Petroleum and gas engineering program
- -Lack of organization and poor management pervade all aspects of the institution.
- -Ineffective communication and a general lack of teacher availability and feedback leave students unsupported.
- -Unclear assignments and inconsistent assessment practices create confusion and frustration.
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- -Administrative and management issues are a major source of frustration.
- -Outdated facilities and lack of resources hinder learning.
- -Poor communication and unclear expectations cause confusion.
- -Administrative and management issues cause significant frustration.
- -Outdated facilities and resources hinder learning.
- -Lack of clear communication and support is a recurring problem.
- -Administrative and management issues cause frequent problems.
- -Outdated facilities and technology hinder learning.
- -Lack of support and unclear communication frustrates students.
- -Administrative and management issues are a frequent complaint.
- -Outdated facilities and a lack of necessary resources are often mentioned.
- -Inconsistent and unsupportive teaching quality is a recurring problem.
- -Administrative and management issues cause frustration.
- -Outdated facilities and poor maintenance are disappointing.
- -Lack of support and resources hinders learning.
Exceptional ratings were awarded to the university's **Facilities** (4.43) and **Internationality** (4.47). **Student Life** also scored well at 4.08 and **Value** at 3.98. The area requiring the most attention appears to be **Accomodation**, which received the lowest rating at 3.65, with **Professors** also scoring moderately lower than other categories at 3.81.
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Examining the provided ratings, the university demonstrates notable strengths in its **Facilities**, achieving an impressive 4.75. **Value** also scores highly at 4.05. Conversely, **Internationality** presents the most significant area for improvement, with a rating of 2.55. Other categories like Professors, Location, Student Life, and Accomodation fall within a moderate range, suggesting a solid but not exceptional experience in those aspects.
The university demonstrates notable strengths in its location, receiving the highest rating. Conversely, facilities represent the area with the lowest score. Other aspects like professors, student life, accommodation, internationality, and value are all rated moderately well, indicating a generally positive, albeit not uniformly exceptional, university experience.
This institution scores exceptionally well, with perfect ratings for **Facilities** and **Professors**, reflecting outstanding academic and infrastructural resources. The university also excels in **Value**, earning a full five stars. Areas of **Location**, **Student Life**, **Accomodation**, and **Internationality** are all strong, receiving four-star assessments, indicating a generally positive and well-rounded experience.
Exceptional scores define this institution's core offerings, with perfect marks awarded for facilities, professors, location, student life, and accommodation. These areas represent its undeniable strengths. Conversely, its internationality receives a moderate rating, and its value proposition stands out as a significant weakness with a low score.
This institution receives excellent marks across the board, with perfect scores in every surveyed category. Facilities, professors, location, student life, accommodation, internationality, and overall value are all rated at the highest level. No particular area stands out as significantly stronger or weaker than the others, indicating a consistently strong performance in all aspects.
Approximately 94% of reviews are positive, highlighting practical learning, ample opportunities, and a welcoming atmosphere. A small percentage of negative feedback cites disorganization and communication issues.
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Nearly all reviews are positive, highlighting good professors, peers, and overall satisfaction. The average rating is 3.9/5.
With a 4/5 average rating, ~67% of reviews are positive. Students praise experienced and enthusiastic teaching staff, good facilities, and convenient location. Some mention overcrowded parking as a recurring issue.
The single review highlights exceptional professor support and inspiring university-organized events. Students appreciated the study resources and comfortable campuses, despite noting small, uncomfortable classrooms. This feedback is overwhelmingly positive, with approximately 100% positive sentiment.
The university receives overwhelmingly positive feedback, with the single review giving it 4/5 stars. The positive review highlights a good atmosphere and buildings, with good teachers, though it notes a current lack of experienced technical staff for practical teaching.
With a single review, the university received a perfect 5/5 rating. This 100% positive feedback highlights strong student satisfaction, with no negative comments recorded.
Studying Creative Business at NHL Stenden has been a great experience with a few bumps down the road. Generally speaking, I'm very glad about my choice to study here - as an international student I am surrounded by other internationals which makes me feel more welcome and comfortable; this university has provided me with numerous extracurricular opportunities, which were not only great for networking and finding like-minded connections, but also getting extremely nice and useful experience, whether it's working on a real set with professional production equipment or creating content and representing my course on social media! When it comes to the study itself, it usually is pretty confusing, as students are usually just thrown into practical projects without initial preparation and sometimes not enough guidance. However, once you get used to design-based education, you realize how exciting the assignments actually are - working with real clients, producing your own ideas and seeing them come to life, and just "creativity, creativity, creativity" everywhere. I recommend this university for those who are not afraid of teamwork, thinking outside of the box, and being independent.
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I did my undergrad in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science here, graduated in 2022. Pros: good research, great facilities, good programmes, completely free tuition, inexpensive accommodation + allowance, flexibility in course choice, wide material coverage, all pros of Korea (e.g. safety, convenient travelling) Cons: strict attendance, some lectures of poor quality, competition and relative grading, hard to make local friends/connections, all cons of Korea (e.g. no English whatsoever outside campus) The school is very much research-oriented, with lots and lots of great resources and facilities to do research. So if you want to do a research graduate or post-graduate course here and you like a particular programme, this is definitely a good place for you. That said, most profs are good researches, not necessarily good educators. University-wide policy is that every course essential for degree completion is taught in English. Thus, with a few exceptions in Humanities, and some very obscure courses, you won't have to learn Korean. The professors had to learn English though. And despite that most of them have lived for a certain period of time in the US, some really struggle to teach in English. In worst cases it will come down to the professor simply reading the slides in the lecture. Couple that with a strict attendance policy, you get a pure torture. On a positive note, most of the newly coming young profs are not like that. Lab/research experience is also very different across different professors. Some are complete grind where you only do what professor tells you to do, and end up working 55+ hours a week. Some are nice and cheerful productive environments where you can even have your name on the authors list of couple papers being an undergrad, and enjoy the research process throughout. The courses choice is wide and the programme is really flexible about what you do. This is especially true for larger departments like the School of Electrical Engineering - which is in fact, called "School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering" in Korean, and I don't even know why the word Electrical is even there - you won't get to learn anything like High Power Electrics. Depending on a course, the amount of theory and hands-on differs significantly from completely theoretical courses to labs with almost zero theory taught. Overall, I would like to get slightly more hands-on experience, but it was alright. The material coverage is on a very good balance in between breadth and depth. Perhaps, it's trying to get both breadth and depth, which results in a relatively high workload. And this high workload is something that is partly fuelled by all grading being done relatively. For example, to get an A, you don't have to score 90% - you have to be roughly above avg + 1 stddev of the normalised score distribution in your group. This encourages some instructors and assistants to either make the workload extremely high, or make the exams extremely difficult just for the sake of difficulty, or both. Yet, if you don't care too much about your grades, but still keep studying, it's hard to fail a particular course. Social life is something that is difficult to have in KAIST if you are an international student. 90% of the students are Korean, and most of them feel shy to/don't really want to reach out to international students. Reaching out to those people yourself will rarely help. Out of the remaining students most are not too much into socialising. What are the chances that you'll like the remaining few? Most clubs are also primarily Korean with all their activities conducted in Korean. Should be somewhat easier if you speak Korean, but not necessarily as easy as it would be elsewhere in the world.
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