York Uni - ugliest uni?

Have you even set foot in York yet?

The city is a half-hour walk away, no need for a bus. The uni is not the middle of nowhere, the campuses border Heslington village. And as has already been mentioned, they have a brand new campus, worth millions, which they have been investing in heavily and continue to do so, as well as maintaining their older buildings and looking after one of the biggest green spaces in any university nationwide.

Those are geese, not ducks.

'half-hour walk away'? I thought It'd only be 15 minutes. That's even more disappointing. If I were in control, I'd keep that new building, then send in the bulldozers to flatten all that concrete. Then I'd build an old ancient looking campus next to that lake that's there. That would be option 2. Option 1 would involve flattening the whole university, and buying all those old houses next to York Minster Cathedral, and turning a part of the historic city of York into a university town - Google Heidelberg in Germany.

Google York uni images. Go on street view. All you see is brutalist concrete monstrosities. Granted, the spaceship looks cool (maths department I think). But the rest of the uni doesn't. It's all concrete boxes - a bit like my old secondary school. There are no traditional buildings at all. Now you'd think York uni would be all traditional like its town centre. A real let down that it's not. I would've considered going there too. Nottingham / Birmingham on a different league altogether in terms of looks. Mind you, York may be slightly better academically. It's a shame their buildings don't reflect their reputation.

Educate yourself: http://www.duckoftheday.co.uk/

is it uglier than this?

where's that?

York uni is gorgeous. Have a look at Heslington East. And the fountain in the main campus is stunning. And I live in Nottingham, trust me it's predominantly grim.

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Coventry?


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Brunel University London

Just have a look at the streets and side-streets around York Minster Cathedral. Imagine if all those hold houses were part of the university of York. It would rival Oxford in terms of looks.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/York+Minster/@53.9622712,-1.0804328,3a,75y,63.42h,91.1t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sl-QlO054779u4VE3bLzFKw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dl-QlO054779u4VE3bLzFKw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D392%26h%3D106%26yaw%3D305.56967%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x487931a5d58341b1:0x97daca52f7800d35!8m2!3d53.9623292!4d-1.0819205!6m1!1e1

Does it really matter how a university looks on the outside look at the University of Greenwich they have a stunning campus but are bottom of the
league tables