University of Wales, Aberystwyth in general

I have just finished a three year Law degree at Aberystwyth. If your looking to strudy in a friendly Uni in a smallish town this place is for you. There are lots of benefits of stydying at Aberytwyth for e.g: *Smallish town so within a few weeks you will know a lot of faces and make plently of friends, unlike city uni's where you may never see them again. *close-knit cammpus with plenty of facilities. Accomodation: *In fist year I stayed at Rosser Halls, which are self-catering and have theyre own en-suite, the downside is that the rooms are tiny and the wardrobes are even smaller. If you do not mind aharing a bathroom i would urge ...  Read the complete review

I have applied to University for admission this year (2009) and have therefore been to various open days etc. I must stress prior to starting that I am not a student at the University of Aberystwyth, but I have visited and looked around the place, so my review will cover the more superficial elements to the University, and what I thought of it from my visit. Aberystwyth is a town in West Wales, which unfortunately, you are only able to get to from England and South Wales via one one incredibly windy road. This means does mean the journey time is usually a considerable number of hours. It's a beautiful little city though, and upon reaching it, you will feel ...  Read the complete review

I spent three years here studying for a history degree and have to say it was the best three years of my life. I made my decision by first visiting the university on an open day and immediately fell in love with the town and how friendly the staff and people were, and the course was also exactly what I wanted to do so off I went. Having the national library on your doorstop is also a bonus especially when doing a degree that involves a lot of research like mine did. I was lucky in my first year accomadation in terms of my view- getting a room right on the sea front with a sea view, although without double glazing it did get pretty cold in the winter, but ...  Read the complete review

I've been here for almost a year now, and when I look back at on my hopes and dreams for this place I realise how naive I've been. Aberystwyth is rated highly in the student satisfaction tables, but also boasts one of the highest student suicide rates. So what are the reasons for this? Well, the majority of people who go to Aberystwyth University are vapid, vacuous morons who fill their meaningless lives with alcohol in the numerous, noisy, overcrowded pubs with crappy food and nowhere to sit. Moreover, You will not find anywhere else in the world where it is so hard to strike up a conversation. Not because the people in Aber are unpleasant, quite the ...  Read the complete review

Background: First some background, I studied Business Studies at Aberystwyth University from 1995 - 1998. Therefore I can comment on the teaching within the Economics, Accountancy and Business courses as well as some German Language and History courses that I took. I am going to break this review down into two, the university and the town life as both are as important as each other should you decide whether to spend the next 3 or 4 years of your life there.. I spent one year on Campus at the University (at the top of the hill) and two years living in the town (which is situated at the bottom of a hill). I am sure that a lot has changed since I left ...  Read the complete review