University College London Reviews Summary

University Campus and Location

Pros:

• "One of the best schools in the world and the main quad is famous site to see."
• "We only need to take three minutes to walk to underground station and train station."
• "UCL is located in a fantastic location in the centre of London, but the campus is still cornered off by the buildings, creating a private campus."
• "The main university buildings are beautiful. The portico and steps are a great spot to sit, eat lunch and people watch."
• "Connected to garden and main campus gives a integrated experience of life, learn and revise."
• "The location of school are nice. A hospital is just across the street."
• "For all it's chalk white temples, bustle and impressive academic reputation, I found the university very welcoming as a visitor."

Cons:

• "Everything is a scattered mess. Surrounding buildings are other colleges and universities. One can really get lost and tired walking around long distances."
• "Being in London certainly makes it difficult to have a super large campus."
• "No heating anywhere, all classes are old as well, very dirty toilets in every building."

Cost and Financial Aspects

Pros:

• "On the contrary you can get £2 coffee and cake in the afternoons... or is it £3? Anyway that’s ok."

Cons:

• "The cafe’s really do need to sell cheaper coffee."
• "Only issue is expensive: living cost, tuition fee, traveling and staying in London etc."
• "They charge 5x from international students and don't allow them to apply for most scholarships."
• "UCL (University College London) has extorted money of international students living in the one of their accommodation systematically."
• "Ucl is becoming more and more like a business not a university, the halls are going up 5% in price a year despite inflation being much lower."
• "London's 'global' university refuses to divest from fossil fuels, won't hire professors who want to teach black studies, has 'sustainability' departments funded by mining companies, and threatens not to give diplomas to students who rightfully protest the extremely high rents in poor student accommodation."
• "While claiming to care about its students, it overcharges them and provides very poor housing and learning resources, especially for undergraduates."

Academic Experience

Pros:

• "Through the time, I love and trust myself. Good Vibe from UCL♡"
• "UCL was the first university institution to be established in London, and the first in England to be entirely secular and to admit students regardless of their religion."
• "I highly recommend UCL for anyone who is considering doing an undergraduate or post-graduate course in London."
• "For Makers/Crafters/Engineers, UCL has just opened one of London's coolest MakeSpace's, the Institute of Making."
• "It is also the first university in which learning opportunities for female students equal rights with men in the UK."
• "Modern, world leading university with state of the art facilities."
• "The Institute of Education (IoE) at the University College London (UCL) is at the Top in world ranking."

Cons:

• "Low expectations from students from the global South and tell them to try for lesser institutions for scholarships."
• "You would expect high quality and prompt services from such a highly rented institution but unfortunately UCL is so low."
• "Like any university the majority of people who attend are very privileged and on a bit of a different wave length but if you look hard enough you’ll find some people who you can relate to."
• "This university has gone down hill, it is not about free speech, free thinking, learning. This place producers and promotes men hating feminist groups!"
• "Absolute misery studying here."
• "Really disappointed with the unfair research funding system."
• "The university although ranks highly for its research lacks in basic terms when it comes to its place as an institute for learning."

Hospital Services

Pros:

• "The hospital is great. Adults a and e is good and you are seen fairly quickly."
• "NHS at its best. Lady volunteer supervising the Covid vaccinations was absolutely delightful."
• "Best hospital in london and we have been to many!"
• "Absolutely impeccable 👌 Clean, efficient and incredibly organised considering the present forever changing circumstances we are living in, I cannot fault the hospital or the staff who were amazing!"
• "Great hospital. Staff are friendly very professional. I cannot fault the care I receive."
• "Absolutely fantastic to have my vaccine in this hospital.staff put me at ease as I was so nervous after listening to all them horror stories."
• "Professional, compassionate, capable and efficient."

Cons:

• "You have to wait a lot longer to be seen in children's a and e."
• "Not happy with this service, the new app, just does not work well, its very stressful as you can't do what it asks to make new appointments, and can't get to speak to anyone.. frustrated and annoyed!"
• "A disappointing experience. A modern, leading PET scan unfortunately let down by poor quality staffing standards and an urgent need for management and control of the whole team."
• "Unfortunately there is no option not to give single star. No info hub to inquire or guidance."
• "No clinic staff asked the man to step away from me, calm down."
• "While claiming to care about its students, it overcharges them and provides very poor housing and learning resources, especially for undergraduates."

Social and Cultural Environment

Pros:

• "The UCL museums are worth a visit."
• "Like any university the majority of people who attend are very privileged and on a bit of a different wave length but if you look hard enough you’ll find some people who you can relate to."
• "For all it's chalk white temples, bustle and impressive academic reputation, I found the university very welcoming as a visitor."
• "An extraordinary city university that will reverse all the prejudices in the minds of those who think that campus universities have a better environment."
• "Brilliant students."
• "In 2009, the world's top 500 best universities in the world ranking 4th determined that the university has been selected."
• "It's a great college."

Cons:

• "There’s also a security guard I’d watch out for who seems like he is pissed all the time and attempts to scares people who walk past with a wolf mask on his hand."
• "A lot of the societies are very strange and culty and based on ‘tradition/history’ which means there’s a lot of misogyny and childishness."
• "UCL has £21million invested in the fossil fuel industry, this is contradicting its own research against fossil fuels and funding climate disaster!"
• "London's 'global' university refuses to divest from fossil fuels, won't hire professors who want to teach black studies, has 'sustainability' departments funded by mining companies, and threatens not to give diplomas to students who rightfully protest the extremely high rents in poor student accommodation."
• "This university has gone down hill, it is not about free speech, free thinking, learning. This place producers and promotes men hating feminist groups!"
• "On May 19 2023 UCL cancelled a Cruciform Building booking by a fierce Putin critic Viktor Shenderovich, without any explanation, an hour before the concert start time."
• "Ineffective EDI initiatives and hardly any POC as authority figures."