Which unis are best for students with anxiety?

You could try emailing suitable (e.g. right grades, good location) universities about their provisions for students with mental health problems such as long-term counselling and frequent tutor sessions.

I don't know about any specific ones but I'd go into one with "collegiate" tradition, some small, friendly halls etc - I've heard in London and big cities you've got accommodation spread all over a huge area and it's very difficult to make friends or have supportive people around you. In a small town where you live with people with problems and interests similar to yours all around you it must be easier to feel included

Have you any suggestions as to which unis are like this?

Yeah, I thought cities could be like that! I liked the look of the history course at Queen Mary, but London just feels so daunting!

I don't know what your grades are etc., personally I'm so in love with Oxford but I know I won't probably be able to get in haha!
Personally I've visited Brighton and Exeter (not unis, towns) and they both seemed really nice to me - small, beautiful, with some stuff to do, but not overwhelming. According to rankings they are also quite good academically. Also, I've heard St Andrews is good & located in a painfully small, quiet area

I'm not sure what my grades are either because I'm only halfway through AS, haha. But as an indicator, I got high As and one B in my first mocks last week

Yeah, one of my cousins went to Exeter, and it seemed nice. St Andrews would probably be good location-wise for me, but I get put off by the high entry requirements! I tend to underestimate myself and aim low, so the A*AA requirement for history completely rules it out for me, haha

Why would you say that!? You've got 5 choices - you can have one which aims high, one lower than your expectations to be safe, and in the middle three decent choices. You can even have 3 ambitious choices if you've got one left you're sure you'll get into It's always better to aim higher! You're still in your AS, you have a lot of time. It's better to plan to go to your dream uni and get into the 3rd best than to plan on the 3rd best and get into the 5th [example haha]

Royal Holloway.

That is all very useful information, thank you very much, Keele! Your support network sounds excellent! I'll definitely be looking more into Keele University

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I'm currently doing my AS levels, and am only really just starting to think about which university I would like to go to.

I have struggled with anxiety and various other mental health issues for a number of years, and I was wondering which universities would be most supportive?

Of course, I'll be going to open days later on in the year, but it would be useful to know anyone's honest experiences and recommendations. Are there any unis with a particularly relaxed atmosphere?


I'm looking into doing a degree in history, so one with a good history department would be good, and also I'm not sure how I'd cope in an inner city university, so more rural or out of town ones would be nice too. I'm not fussed about it having good nightlife anyway, as I'm not really into that.

I was actually looking at Royal Holloway and Keele, haha I absolutely adore the surroundings and the Founders Building. Can anyone give me any information on their history department? Is it any good?