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The Nottingham Trent University

Burton Street, Newton Building, NG1 4BU NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom
4.09 / 5 based on 114 reviews.
Description:
If you're looking for an exciting place to study, choose NTU. We're one of the biggest universities in Britain populated with students who enjoy a close-knit international community. Launch your dream career Our courses will give you a head start in the job market. Over 95% of our students start work or further education within six months of graduating and we're third in the country for the number of work placements we offer. We also provide a competitive portfolio of postgraduate, professional and research courses.


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91% of students recommend
114 reviews
Housing
3.9/5
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Student life
4.4/5
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Academic
4.2/5
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Languages
4.6/5
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3.2/5
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“I was very lucky to have a car, so I travelled quite a lot to other cities or enjoyed the countryside.” Read Review
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114 reviews of The Nottingham Trent University

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HOUSING    
by Maria, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Business Studies, Erasmus
Personal assessment
Cost
KEY:
Couldn't have asked for more.
Pretty good.
Could've been better, but didn't lessen the overall experience.
Disappointing.
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why? I prefer to have my own space a bit further from uni, and you have freedom of inviting friends home, doing parties...it is pretty much calmed.
Personal comments:
i contacted a property agency, housing is expensive in England! but uni accom can be almost the same or even more expensive. There's plenty of private accom in notts
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STUDENT LIFE    
by Marc Philip, The Hague University, The Hague, Netherlands
Business Studies, Erasmus
Personal social experience
Activities
KEY:
Amazing! Hardly had time to study.
Plenty to do when I had the time.
So-so.
Did not get involved.
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Describe host city: Student life dominates the city
Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal comments:
I joined the Nottinham Trent Hockey Society and the Nottingham Trent Golf Society, which I enjoyed very much, because this was the only way to get in contact with the English students. We often went to the Templars bar with the Hockey Society and to a salsa bar with the Golf Society, because some friends were working there; cheap drinks! Media is one of the clubs I often went to.
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ACADEMIC    
by Kara, Hogeschool van Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Business Studies, Erasmus
My academic experiences
Quality of courses
KEY:
Fantastic.
Pretty good.
Could've been a bit better.
Disappointing.
Variety of courses
Availability/access to resources
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with other international students
Interaction with local students
Course recommendations:
My main regret was that there was no opportunity to cross faculties. I was a business student but I would have loved to do photography or journalism as elective but that just was not possible. It also reduced the quality of the exchange program as I was a logictisc student and there was no opportunity to study that in the Business School, though distribution is offered at another faculty



My opinion of the university assessment
Exams at end of course
KEY:
Liked it.
It was alright.
A bit annoying.
Didn't like it.
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course.
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
Overall
Personal comments:
NTU and the English system in general focusses too much on theory. Essays for example had to be argued through the theories and modules of published authors. I felt that student insight and individuality were blocked by this, and in fact it made writing boring.

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by Kara, Hogeschool van Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Business Studies, Erasmus
Language difficulties
Social
KEY:
No problems.
I coped pretty well.
Sometimes it was difficult.
It was a constant struggle.
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Personal comments:
English is my mother tongue so I had no difficulty communicating and understanding. What I regreted was that non-English speaking foreigners seemed to be alienated by the English students (or vice versa) save those English student who had previously studied abroad.
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EXPENSES    
by Maria, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Business Studies, Erasmus
The accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
KEY:
Very easy.
Minimal effort.
Accessible but required effort.
Almost impossible.
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits:
telephone: it is obvious when u have to pay for it and not ur parents :P housing: needs not explanation nightlife: you use to go out more than at home travel: during a year abroad you wish to do some tourism and transport is quite expensive
Housing: was more expensive than at home.
Food: was the same price as at home.
Travel, Nightlife, Overall, Telephone: was less expensive than at home.
Personal comments:
-difficulty to open a back account, the best bank for international students is HSBC
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OVERALL    
by Kara, Hogeschool van Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Business Studies, Erasmus
Important to choosing this university...
Academic reasons
KEY:
Very Important.
Important.
Not really important.
Unimportant.
Culture
Costs
Activities
Campus life
Party / people
Weather / Location
I wish I had known...
We were not properly informed about our subject choices. I was informed a week after arrival that I would not be able to follow the course in Distribution, when logistics is my core study in Utrecht. We were also not well advised about the course content in advance, many of my electives were chosen on a blind guess
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!



During my experience abroad, I ...
Became familiar with another culture
KEY:
Happened all the time.
Happened quite a lot.
Happened a bit.
Didn't happen.
Traveled
Improved language skills
Met people from other countries
Became more independent
Partied a lot
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies/career
Personal recommendation:
In some cases there were lecturers who were illsensed towards thier exchange students. I think more effort could have been put into their learning needs. It was sometimes taken for granted that all exchange students were there for a joy-ride and they were treated with some aloofness. This was probably the only institutional downfall, efforts from International Student Support Services were excellent



FINAL COMMENTS

There are alot of student discounts available, using the student ID card. Always ask. Travelling by coach is cheapest, there is a discount card offered by National Express. Travelling in a group also reduces the cost.
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