Glasgow Accomodation

Glasgow Uni has 3,400 rooms available in first year. They've never ran out of rooms yet, so you should be fine. On top of that theres the private halls, about £5 a week more expensive, but a bit more plush, and still full of first/second years.

Are the private halls run by Unite?

I went to Glasgow Uni and lived in Queen Margaret halls from 2nd-3rd year. They are honestly the best of the bunch. Clean, IKEA minimalist style, ensuite bathroom, free laundry room.

Murano Street is horrible, lots of my friends (and my ex) lived there. 12 people to a (mouldy, peed in) shower. And it was forever in the student paper because of no electricity, no water etc for weeks. Rather unfair seeing as you pay for all these "privileges". Hopefully they will have fixed those issues since 2006 when I graduated.

I lived there in 2005, and yes, its been substanstially upgraded since then, but still isn't anyhwere near QM. It took about three years to get from one side to the other, hence there was the running joke about living in the 'nice' end of Murano, and the rubbish one.

you could also try hillhead street maybe? That's where both my flatmates stayed in first year and they were a 1 minute walk to the library, and only 5 minutes from lectures.

ahh okay thanks for all the info! and then another question, how are the different accommodations situated from sports facilities? As i've understood the stevensons building (?) has a gym and some other stuff, is it very far from e.g. Murano or QM halls?

Murano and QM are both a good 20 minutes from the gym, perhaps more. Wolfson halls are about three million miles from campus, but are situated right next to the vet school and University sports grounds, and theres another gym there. Cairncross is the closest to the gym, about 10 minutes or so. The gym itself is right behind one of the unions, the GUU. Its a cracking gym though, much better than the other unis anywhere near here and about a third of the price for membership too.

Greetings all,

I'm an American postgraduate student who will attend Glasgow's MLitt in European Cinema 2009-2010. I am in the process of applying for housing, and I'm torn between Queen Margaret and Kelvinhaugh Gate. I have all the details of each place - en-suite, student residents, etc... - but I am curious as to the location of each residence. I know QM is NW of the Uni. and KG is S/SE, but is KG still considered West End? What is the area surrounding KG like? It sounds like QM is located smack-dab in the West End, but I like that KG is a little closer to City Center (I plan on utilizing the Glasgow Film Theatre a lot). Does anybody have any thoughts on which is preferable? Thank you very much in advance.

Murano and QM are both a good 20 minutes from the gym, perhaps more. Wolfson halls are about three million miles from campus, but are situated right next to the vet school and University sports grounds, and theres another gym there. Cairncross is the closest to the gym, about 10 minutes or so. The gym itself is right behind one of the unions, the GUU. Its a cracking gym though, much better than the other unis anywhere near here and about a third of the price for membership too.

How much does it cost? *has a New Years resolution that when going to uni is going to start a healthier lifestyle, or something or at least workout on a semi-regular basis*