Glasgow Caledonian University - Glasgow

Nina L.

I think 3 years on I still can't help but feel robbed after going here. I was a pandemic student and can forgive things weren't always easy but what has always got me the most was my year sept 21-may22 experience. Largely I feel the course was very poorly adapted to fit with the reality of the world at that state. This being a course that yaps about being up to date. Mandatory work experience that was impossible to attain because of many businesses being afraid led to me barely getting through that class. The uni didn't offer much support other than 'just keep trying.' Those connections they talked so much about, where were they? In addition, for me online classes didn't work, and yet it seemed like lecturers would take every opportunity they could to jump back onto them. Start of 2021, there was a fully recorded lecture that was from the year before. The lecturer had not only failed to attend the session but recycled the content. My entire time there, i had two in person classes. Finally when I tried to get involved with extra curricular activities such as the student newspaper to try and bolster my odds of achieving anything, deaf ears all around. No response on all the socials. I can maybe forgive the university here since they said it was mostly student run but I had thought there would be some involvement from the lecturers. Either way, it blocked another opportunity that could have helped a lot.

I may not have been a top student but I always tried my best and I still can't help feeling why didn't the lecturers and the course leaders? Glasgow Clyde College was with us every step of the way and I was with them at the start of the pandemic when no one had a clue what to do Glasgow Caledonian however, not so much. For a uni that claims to be the best modern uni, they could've done a whole lot better.

Joshua F.

An impressive and sleekly modern university, placed on the top of a hill overlooking the city. I appreciated the open, welcoming plazas, which buzzed with the vibrant energy appropriate to a university, but the architectural style felt a little cold. Scotland is a haven of medieval history and ancient myth: I believe that legacy should have been honored instead of rejected. The buildings look like they could easily have been placed in California or Arizona. Still, students are what make a campus, and I appreciate the ideas that always seem to be flowing out of the halls and classrooms here.

Muhammad M. A.

I became a part of the university in 2023 and I enrolled in the Public Health Master. Before taking admission, we were told a lot. We support this. After that, the university cheated us so much that when they failed us in a book, if we had contacted the university teacher, they would have said that we cannot tell you anything. We only asked if the work we were doing was right, they said we won't tell you anything, then they would make their own students do it. We failed 28 students in the class and they didn't reply to our mail or tell us anything. We had come to do a degree, we had come to fulfill a dream of our parents and they told us to get a diploma or a certificate. There was only one teacher who checked the assignments of all my books. There was no special teacher for any book. My father had an accident and because of that the GP gave me a letter and I also gave that letter to the university and because of that I went into depression and I became a victim of Migrain. I gave all the proofs to the university to get a chance but they didn't give any answer.

N ?.

Very well situated campus in the city centre just across the Buchanan bus station and train stations like Queen Street at Central Station a short walk away.

Sarah J.

No parking on site, wasted nearly an hour of my time because what university doesn't have on site parking?! Absolutely livid.

Agnieszka C.

Study experience was trully horrible here. The tutors left our coursewok which included sheets with our personal data on the corridor accessed by anyone. The coursework disappeared,including our personal data !!! I was a mature student already in employment wanting to get qualifications. I faced a lot of problems from the tutors because they have caused me a lot of issues when I missed a class due to work in the field I studied...While the whole point as they emphasised was to get students to employment , and had my marks lowered because of that! There was little listening from their side, and I was chased with emails to turn up to the Course Leader office to keep explaning myself. She admitted she finally understood that I my situation is different than most of other students at the very end of the course. The attendance tracking process was also not working. We were asked ro scan the matriculation cards upon each room entrance tgat no one was checking anyways, and even though I attended the class, I was still called in to explain my absences even though I attended the class. Upon graduation, my name was not included in the final books, so I had nothing to show to my family.
This year, I wanted to start another Masters programme at another university, and needed a copy of curriculum toget credits transferred. I sent an email to student services, and its been a month and I have not received any reply,now missing the deadline ! This lack of response prevented me from further studies, which is a total shame ,but ot proves uselessness of this institution. Even if I start the next year, I cant get my credits trasferred because Its gonna be over 7 years from the start of my course with GCU, so I will have to pay extra for modules, which would have been easily transferred.
Rankings are bad. Please, don't be lured in by huge modern buildings, mascottes, student union etc. These you will get at any other university.

Iyoha G.

Many fond memories I have as a university student at GCU! I've grown so much in learning and being involved with the community, upholding the common good values.

Natalia A.

Interested in Computing Science? Run away and don't even consider studying here.