Manchester or Edinburgh for Chemistry ?

Things to think about.

Have you been to both departments, what did you think? How about the local area?

Have you had a good look at the course differences to see which may appeal more to your interests?

Did they give you the same offer? Make sure you put an insurance you'd be happy to attend, not just the lowest offer you received.

I've visited Uni of Manchester before, but not Edinburgh Although I did go on Google images to check out Edinburgh, if that counts

The main thing I want to find out is which one has better teaching quality and more respected by employers.

Not really I'd strongly suggest you at least visit the place before deciding to study there for 3/4 years



You will quite likely find good and bad teaching at both, but I have no direct experience of either departments (and few people will have experience of more than one).

Different employers will have different views unsurprisingly, but both places are well respected for chemistry. If you go for chemistry related jobs then the difference will be insignificant. If you go for a non-chemistry related career they're both well known cities and Russell Group members - so that shouldn't be too much of an issue on that front either.

Thanks It's a 5 year course at the University of Edinburgh , they do offer an open day, I think it's from 10:30 - 3 or 4 o'clock ? Which means I'd have do catch the train at 5:20am-ish , way too early for me !
I think I'll try to visit the city on a weekend or something