Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: In North London, definately not in South East Lond

Why? Because it takes 2 hours to arrive in London and two hours to go back. Southeast london is a rundown area and unpleasant. And there are no real shops

Personal comments:
Housing was alright, but the location was bad. My recomendation is to live in the Maritime Greenwich campus (1 hour to go to central london), 2nd choice Avery Hill campus (2 hours) but definately not Chatham. Tell the person at the accomodation office that you want to share a flat with quiet people

Describe host city: Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Personal comments:
Get tickets for musicals for half-price at Leicester Square. (near Burger King), but the best place is the Tkts office, The pub on Leicester square in the Capital FM house is nice for going out, a good place is the 'Salsa' club on the road that leads from Leicester Square to Tottenham Court Road. If you walk in this direction the club will be on the right hand side.

Course recommendations:
The whole university is not to be recommended. It is very much below German standards. In England there is a difference concerning the quality of the Universities. Go to a university that is part of the university of london (Greenwich is not) and go for a prestigious university. All of my teachers in biology made mistakes and all of them with the expetion of one only waffled during the 'lecture' hardly giving any real information and that information contained mistakes. In the laboratory the assistants screamed at students regularly and the atmosphere was very unpleasant. After every day I had been at univerisity I felt that I had waisted the day. I had not learned anything and I was unhappy. Overall the level was very low. Social life on campus was fun but it's the same at other campuses (as I have found out). To give you examples of the mistakes: I had to calculate the molar mass and handed in a correct solution. The work was marked wrong and the lecturer actually did not know how to make thecalculations. (Admitted by the head of school) There are 4 different bases in the DNA. According to an arab lecturer of mine there would be 3. Seriously

Personal comments:
I didn't see improvements during my time there.

Language of instruction: English

Main source of funding:
Family

Other sources of funding:
None

Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience

Personal spending habits:
Food is incredibly expensive. Eating out is not much more expensive than cooking for yourself. Snacks like sandwiches are 3 pounds and are not great quality, 2 Chicken breast fillets are 13 pounds, There was no telephone provided by the univeristy and I had to use a mobile with a calling card. The bill could be 200 pounds a month. I strongly recommend using the internet (for which access is provided) and a software that allows you to make phone calls to a telephone. A Day travel card cost 5.20 pounds, Nightlife: Entry to a venue is 5-10 pounds

Food, Travel, Nightlife, Overall, Telephone, Housing: was more expensive than at home.

I wish I had known...
That the university can not actually be called a univeristy, that its location is remote. That there is a significant difference between the individual univeristies and that the univeristiy rating by the newspaper the Guardian is not off. (it was bad for greenwich)

In my opinion:
Stay home.