I didn't apply for Edinburgh tho, since the city seemed too expensive to live in for me. I was on a trip in Edinburgh and I loved it!
When applying for Bristol I did research its colaboration with UWE and its great robotics laboratory. Although it looks like mostly researchers benefit from it, but students have nice place where they can put theirs projects together.
I don't know what to think about mechatronic's course modules at Manchester.
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/2020/03394/beng-mechatronic-engineering/course-details/Worries me, lack of programming languages. Bristol has python, which I also hoped to learn. C seems littlebit outdated, but I know it is still valid and essential in work.
In terms of societies, I also did some research before applying. There is a mars rover competition which takes place in Poland every year, and it gathers teams from all over the world. Only few unis from UK take part in it, Manchester is one of them, this one of many reasons why I choose them to be on my top-list on ucas.
Moreover, manchester is buidling/renewing facilities, campus for enginners. I expect the engineering at Manchester to be developing more and more.
https://www.mecd.manchester.ac.ukWhen choosing unis, I reached out to a friend who graduated from ICL, he told me that Manchester, Edinburgh has nice graduating prospects.
I would very much like to visit manchester in another month. At the beggining of the year, I booked a trip to Newcastle, but It was canceled due to the virus:/ I hope I will get a chance to visit my future uni, since I wasn't anywere in the UK besides Edinburgh.
Manchester seems to be very well situated in terms of world recognition. It's kind of important for me as well, because I don't hope to stay in the UK after graduating, I would like to go back and work in my country. I'm still considering studying here.