University of Greenwich Reviews Summary

Academic Experience

Pros:

• "University of Greenwich is one of the best place for Civil Engineering."
• "The teaching faculty really focuses on helping students get the best out of their studies."
• "I have done my study programme as a postgraduate student for MSc in accounting and finance from the university of Greenwich in March 2010, it was an amazing experience."
• "Studying at the university of Greenwich was a rewarding experience."
• "As a first-year student majoring in business, I find this university to be very academically efficient."
• "During the course I've acquired extensive knowledge not only on the transportation of goods but also on passenger transport."
• "The modules are perfectly planned and present numerous opportunities once you've graduated."

Cons:

• "The university is unkept, the staff in the psychology department will not explain anything to you, the course leader herself ignores emails and messages."
• "The teachers are very unprofessional and very partial."
• "The lectures are useless sometimes teaching GCSE level concepts and theories."
• "The lecturers are sub par at best."
• "Especially student services, they do not help in anything. If you call, they won't answer, if you send an e-mail, they won't answer."
• "teachers do not teach anything, their English is very bad."
• "The lectures where below par."

Campus and Facilities

Pros:

• "The university campus is fully accessible♿️ with accessible entrance. The campus has accessible toilets in each building."
• "Lots of movies were filmed in here."
• "Right next to the Cutty Sark, the record-breaking tea clipper!"
• "The university campus is really beautiful located near the river of Thames."
• "Best campus in the UK. Such a beautiful campus. The campus is like an artwork from an artist."
• "One of the most beautiful campus in UK by the river bank of River Thames."
• "The buildings are imposing and set on beautiful grounds, perfect on a sunny day."

Cons:

• "Parking is abysmal too."
• "Greenwich is a very poorly sourced university in terms of their academic library."
• "Bathrooms are not maintained much at all and amongst the most unhygienic I have ever encountered outside a services bathroom."
• "There is a large hole in the roof of the drama school."
• "Paying 12k a year for studying and even on graduation they are not letting the students use a campus parking."
• "The Stockwell Street Building opened in 2014 and is now home to the campus library, film and TV studios, and state-of-the-art editing suites."
• "The Dreadnought Building is a central hub for the Greenwich Campus, with further teaching and social spaces."

Support and Administration

Pros:

• "The staff are very helpful with general questions and course related ones."
• "The university & it's staffs were very helpful."
• "They have most of the tools and support from lecturers."
• "AMAZING place to study - they have such helpful staff and facilities."
• "Brilliant university, they have everything and they're very accommodating to all ideologies background, very diverse & many subjects."
• "Wonderful teaching in a beautiful setting."
• "I would recommend it to anyone seeking higher education in the UK."

Cons:

• "The university has been hacked and all student information is being sold online and they haven't told any of their students DO NOT ATTEND THIS UNIVERSITY."
• "A few weeks later, I wondered why I haven’t had a response regarding my application, so I got in contact and they told me that I hadn’t attended my interview at all, and had no record of my application on file!"
• "Pathetic team of international refunds, I paid my initial deposit in Nov 2021 and didn’t receive my refund yet."
• "They take fees from international students, and when it come to refund it, they never reply to emails, phone."
• "Staff are often late to meetings or don't reply to emails."
• "The administration is a shambles. Coursework is returned late, and sometimes to the wrong person."
• "Email sent for months, reminder given and get no response from the university site."

Student Life and Experience

Pros:

• "Proud to be a student of Greenwich. #ProudToBeGRE"
• "Study rooms, student union which provides student jobs and volunteering."
• "The university has given me the real London base mixed cultural blending experience."
• "Greenwich Campus is near 74-hectare Greenwich Park, home to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich."
• "The university's range of subjects includes architecture, business, computing, mathematics, education, engineering, humanities, maritime studies, natural sciences, pharmacy and social sciences."
• "The Student Village at Avery Hill Campus provides accommodation for around 1,000 students."
• "Best place to study with one of the best Campuses in the world! Historic Buildings surrounded with nice environment you can also have a nice view of River Thames and Canary Wharf from the Campus."

Cons:

• "I seriously don't understand how anyone feels 'a part' of Greenwich... the place has the same level of community spirit as an airport terminal."
• "Although the green university is very nice to see, don't expect any support from the university side, they will keep trying to beat the students."
• "I often didn't feel informed and I found this to mostly be the case with those living at home off campus."
• "Currently in my 3rd year, and genuinely hate the decision I made way back then, gave this place 30+ grand for absolutely nothing."
• "The expectation and the reality of this university is very much different."
• "A total money pit. They don't even deserve one star."
• "why have I not been notified that lifts no longer take a key but need an updated student card to use."