Opinion about these universities.

Among these Universities which one do you think the most prestigious and perfect place to study Economics.

Nottingham , York , Sheffield , Leeds , Manchester , Lancaster , Exeter

Many thanks for any comments.

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Reply 1

Knalchemist

Original post by Prospective UK

Personally, I'd say York.

But you shouldn't decide on what others think, it's about what YOU think that matters.

Visit them all to get a 'feel' of the place. Look at the modules and optional modules in each university to see which catch your eye. Most of the uni's you mentioned are russell group uni's so will be decent high quality anyway.

Reply 2

Enavor

Original post by Prospective UK

All brilliant universities. Go for York since I've always wanted to visit it :smile:

Reply 3

JollyGreenAtheist

I think any answer anyone gives would be splitting hairs. They're all excellent universities, more or less on par with each other.

I think your decision should be based on course content, location and the type of university you want to study at at - that kind of thing.

Reply 4

Crazyfoolz

For economics specifically, Nottingham probably has the best reputation. Difference isn't huge though, so other factors are probably more important :smile:

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Reply 5

senz72

I might be going to York (or Manchester or City or somewhere else!)

But erm...yeah. York is one of those universities that keeps on improving and is getting better so....

To be fair it's up to you.

Reply 6

Prospective UK

Thanks a lot for all your comment.

Personally York has given me an unconditional offer and I think I really like their style of learning & assessment. However, I've heard a lot that for economics, Not and Exe is a lot more better in terms of prestige. In addition, I noticed that Manchester is said to be more highly-ranked globally. That factors made me reluctant to decide.

Thanks ^_^

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Reply 7

senz72

Original post by Prospective UK

Tell me where you've ended up choosing. I've got conditionals from York and Manchester (and a rejection from Exeter.)

Might help me decide too!

Reply 8

Crazyfoolz

Original post by Prospective UK

I applied to both York and Nottingham for economics and personally preferred notts because its higher ranked and a nicer campus... Also the fact York said they would take a maximum of 8 weeks and ended up taking 5 months :tongue:

All of them are good unis though

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Reply 9

Prospective UK

Original post by senz72

Tell me where you've ended up choosing. I've got conditionals from York and Manchester (and a rejection from Exeter.)

Might help me decide too!

Of course I will when I can make up my mind !! . I understand that your two offers are difficult to choose. ^_^
Could I ask what are your two other choices ?

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Reply 10

Prospective UK

Original post by Crazyfoolz

All of them are good unis though

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Thanks a lot for your comment ^_^ . I totally agree with you about reputation of Nottingham and shocked to hear that York took that long to respond to you !!

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Reply 11

Prospective UK

Does anyone has any further advice on this ?

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Reply 12

tommylee24

You can't really go wrong with any of these choices, don't get too overboard about prestige.
Just think of other factors like:

-Do you want to go to campus/city uni
-Does the place have good transport links
-Which place(s) you would like to go to
-Which places you'd like to go shopping

etc

and good luck :biggrin:

Reply 13

ssxx

Original post by Prospective UK

York is more prestigious, because it has consistently been higher in the league tables over 15 years.

Reply 14

Prospective UK

Original post by tommylee24

Thanks my friend. I personally like the outlook of York and Nottingham more. ^_^

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Prospective UK

Original post by ssxx

York is more prestigious, because it has consistently been higher in the league tables over 15 years.

Thank you so much !! I'm currently leaning toward York since their style of education really suits me. ^_^

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Reply 16

Nitrogen

Original post by ssxx

York is more prestigious, because it has consistently been higher in the league tables over 15 years.

being high up in a league table does not mean that the uni is prestigious. I'd personally say that Nottingham and manchester or probably even leeds is more prestigious, because of their rep and history.

Reply 17

ssxx

Original post by Nitrogen

So Oxford, Camb, UCL, LSE all top of the league table for years in a row does not imply they are more prestigious?

York has higher UCAS points than Notts, York is harder to get into.

Manchester has 40,000 students, notts has over 33,000 students.
These places are like factories, no real student personal experience.

York is known for being excellent at teaching, ranked 8th by RAE for quality of research and have only 4% drop out rate, with a college system.
only 14,000 students.

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Reply 18

ssxx

Original post by Prospective UK

Thank you so much !! I'm currently leaning toward York since their style of education really suits me. ^_^

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Don't forget, York has a college system with only 14,000 students.
It is known for being excellent for teaching.

Places like Manchester has 40,000 students, you will be lost.

Reply 19

dahlia1

Original post by Prospective UK

Definitely York is the most prestigious, but after that, Exeter has an excellent reputation as does Leeds. Manchester, Sheffield and Lancaster also have very good reps but personally I would go with York as a firm and Exeter as insurance if it were viable in your situation.