This is one of the university's largest academic Schools (or units), bringing together quite a…read morediverse range of subjects covering English, Communication, and Philosophy - and it is known within the university as 'ENCAP'. It teaches more than a thousand students at a time, including more than a hundred postgraduates, and employs over fifty full-time academic staff as well as research associates working on funded projects. You get a good mix of students studying in this building because it covers so many different subjects. It's based in the very central Humanities building, perfectly positioned for students who are living in Cathays, and it has the Humanities library just next door, with some leafy areas around the buildings where you can sit outside on sunny days. It's a friendly school with its own refectory on site for coffees, lunch or just to meet up with friends.

Located right at the heart of the university campus, Cardiff Law School occupies a large building…read moresandwiched between Park Place (home to the Main Building and Students' Union) and Museum Avenue (alongside leafy Cathays park), close to the city's courts and major law firms. It's a big School offering a range of undergraduate (LLB) and postgraduate (LLM) programmes, while the Centre for Professional Legal Studies runs the highly successful Legal Practice Course, and Bar Professional Training Course (formerly the Bar Vocational Course). Apparently, this was ranked 7th Best Law School in the UK in the last Research Assessment Exercise (which analyses the research carried out at UK universities). In terms of teaching, it has 20 Professors, some 60 Lecturers, a well-resourced library close to the building (with over 100,000 volumes and 200 serial publications), and excellent IT facilities offering access to the key legal databases and other top sources of information.

This has several campuses located around Cardiff; one is on the Heath Hospital site and my mum…read moreworks here as a Physiotherapist lecturer. There are others elsewhere. This is a good University for those who are clever enough and for those who work hard enough to meet the Universities requirements. I suppose it's like this with most Universities, if not all, but this University in my view is the Welsh and Cardiff equivalent University standard to Oxford University. However, Cardiff University has many courses for you to choose from. I have heard that the teaching seems to be brilliant in the areas in helping you develop your career and that the support they give you is really good as well. If I did have the level of intelligence and the qualifications to match this University's certain requirements I most properly would have chosen to study the Journalism degree there. They also have poetry evenings and other activities going on here and there during the evenings on certain sites within the University. I met and heard the poet Gwyneth Lewis read her poetry once. I recommend it to all of those interested in studying there and to any friends of those who are studying there as a great place to visit and or to study.

I studied for my undergraduate degree at Cardiff University 5 years ago and it was a brilliant time…read moreof my life. I thoroughly enjoyed being a student and being a student in cardiff made it all the more special. Aside from the usual student 'activities' the actual studying part was also great. Cardiff is a brilliant university. My course was well organised, lectures were well thought out and interesting, staff were always on hand to help. The facilities at Cardiff are also top rate. There are so many computer rooms, labs, libraries. Some are open 24 hours too. The social facilities are also exceptional with a larger than average student union containing bars, club, and shops. Brilliant! Since leaving university I have gone on to do 2 more courses. My second was at a different university and compared to Cardiff it was not even close. I am currently doing a post grad qualification and I've picked Cardiff again. As a part time mature student it is just as outstanding. Support from staff is second to none. I highly recommend studying here.

This tower block on the corner of The Parade and City Road is the main centre of A-Levels for Coleg…read moreGlan Hafren. Here people aged 16-100 can study English, Film, Media, Languages, Psychology, Hair & Beauty and much more. The reason I've given this campus 4 stars, rather than the 3 stars I gave to the others, is the high standard of teaching. Especially in the English and Media departments, I found some of the best teachers that I've ever had. I took 4 A-Levels (one of which I did both AS and A2 years at the same time) and I don't think I would ever have been able to do it without the encouragement I found here. Situated within easy walking distance from the city centre and Queens Street Railway Station, this is a great choice for anyone not quite sure what to do after finishing GCSEs. Go. Learn about Chaucer.

Coleg Glan Hafren has four sites split over two main campuses - one near the city centre and the…read moreother in Rumney. I did an IT evening class at the Parade city centre site a while back, and a couple of people I know studied A Levels there - and as is the case at most colleges, the learning experience varied depending on the subjects they chose to study and the teachers they ended up with. The college offers about 800 different courses - some full time (e.g. A Levels) and others part time (such as evening IT training programmes). It has some 10,000 students enroled at any one time, ranging in age from 16 right up to about 80. Some courses are academic, such as many of the A Levels they offer, whereas others are vocational, whether it's teaching a trade such as auto engineering, or other skills such as childcare, creative design, business studies and sports. For those finishing their GCSEs, Coleg Glan Hafran actually offers a wider range of A Levels than any other institution in Cardiff (more than 30 different subjects, in fact) - so if you're looking for something less mainstream they may just offer it.

Ranked 4th in the UK for the quality of its research, Cardiff University's business school has a…read moreglobal reputation for research, teaching and learning and attracts students from all over the world. It's based at a site just off Colum Drive (in the Aberconway Building), just up the road from the Students' Union and the Main Building, so it's in a good location. The School teaches 2,500 students each year, about 700 of whom are postgraduate students. Faculty staff come from 28 different countries, and students and alumni from more than 60 countries - creating a vibrant learning environment with a very diverse mix of students from different cultures. For undergraduates, they run a range of accounting-related programmes, business management degree schemes, finance and economics programmes, and joint honours schemes run in collaboration with other academic Schools within the university.

University Of Wales Institute Cardiff, or UWIC for short, has badged itself "Cardiff's Metropolitan…read moreuniversity" and seems to specialises mainly in more vocational, career-focused courses rather than hardcore academic studies you'll find at Cardiff University. A lot of their courses have been designed and developed alongside industry and business. UWIC's history actually dates back to the 1800s, when in 1865 the School of Art first opened in the Old Free Library Building in St Mary Street in the city centre. There's no UWIC site at this premises now, but the art school at its current site in Howard Gardens is still the place to study art in Cardiff. The university is made up of five Academic Schools: the well-known Cardiff School of Art & Design; the Cardiff School of Education, which is one of the leading providers of teacher training in the UK; the Cardiff School of Health Sciences, which recently opened a £4.9 million research centre; the Cardiff School of Management, which offers the largest on-campus MBA in the UK; and the renowned Cardiff School of Sport. It's spread across four campuses - Howard Gardens (Arts) is quite central, while Cyncoed (Education & Sport), Llandaff (Health Sciences and Management) and Plas Gwyn Residential Campus are all a bit of a hike from the city centre.

More commonly known as UWIC, this was my university. I studied English and Popular Culture here for…read more3 years and had an awesome time doing it. My course was based on Cyncoed campus which is mainly a sports campus with the NIAC at the back. All of the Campuses are modern and clean, and filled with helpful people to point you in the right direction when you inevitably get lost during the first week. The School of Art, Howard Gardens, is right next to the city centre, with Colchester Avenue is a little further down the road. Llandaff and Cyncoed are the biggest of the campuses and are a lot further away, but there are regular buses from town, and a dedicated bus service called the UWIC rider that goes to them all and Plas Gwyn halls of residence. The accommodation on the UWIC campuses aren't the best I've ever seen, but they are by no means the worst, either, and you are provided with everything you need. However, it's worth checking out the Liberty Living halls of residence in Cardiff which, while slightly more expensive and some are a pain to get to uni from, are much nicer and most have rooms reserved for UWIC students. The two big disappointments about UWIC, for me, were the library facilities, which leave a lot to be desired (although they are gradually being updated) and the Students Union. The UWIC SU hardly compares to that of other universities. Because sport is such a big thing at UWIC, it is the main interest of the SU and there are hardly any other clubs or societies. However, the SU bars (Centro and Tommy's at Cyncoed and Howard Gardens respectively) aren't at all bad, and the convenience stores and copy shops provide a good and valuable service to its students. Some things do seem like a work in progress, but overall this is a great university with a lot of fantastic lecturers and courses, and shouldn't be overlooked if you're thinking of studying in Cardiff.

This academic School (also known just as 'WSA') has a reputation for being one of the best places…read moreto study architecture in the UK, and for the past couple of years it has been voted the UK's top School of Architecture in the Times Higher Educational Supplement league table. For undergraduates, the BSc in Architectural Studies is a three-year undergraduate degree that provides a thorough grounding in architectural design - and satisfies Part 1 of UK professional qualification for architects [validated jointly by the Architects Registration Board (ARB) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)]. As long as students get a suitable Honours standard in the BSc, this leads to the further MArch (Master of Architecture) postgraduate scheme - and eventually qualification for the profession of architecture. It's a demanding course and students often have to work long hours to complete projects to deadline. Of the many students I met during my time at university, all following various degree courses, the architects were amongst the most highly motivated and ambitious of all - and they needed to be, given the demanding nature of the course.

An excellent university situated in Treforrest just outside Pontypridd. Built on the side of a…read morevalley makes it a very hilly site which can make it very tiring when moving around campus. Facilities are excellent including library services and IT services.

A nice large campus with extensive greenery to sunbathe on whilst revising of course. The uni…read moreoffers many courses personally im studying IT and and can recommend the uni for this as the facilities are excellent.