UEA or Durham

I’m torn between the two when deciding which I would prefer to go to, both open days were great!! I’m looking to do Biological sciences with a foundation year. Any advice would be great thanks

Reply 1

lilGem

Original post by Tom4757

I’m torn between the two when deciding which I would prefer to go to, both open days were great!! I’m looking to do Biological sciences with a foundation year. Any advice would be great thanks

I did biological sciences at UEA as my first degree. If you have any questions just give me a quote/ PM :smile:

Reply 2

username3683474

Original post by lilGem

I did biological sciences at UEA as my first degree. If you have any questions just give me a quote/ PM :smile:

What did you think of the university? What was the course like and how interesting was it? and finally what campus did you stay at and what would you recommend.

Sorry if that’s a lot of questions haha

Reply 3

lilGem

Original post by Tom4757

I loved UEA it was a nice *relatively* small campus and not far from Norwich. You also have the broads; youre never far from a beach either :smile:

I really enjoyed the course- They offer enough more specialised options in third year so you can specialise in microbiology, biochemistry, molecular biology/ genetics or ecology. I went down the molecular biology route and I'm now doing a masters at Sheffield. Support from the lecturers is beyond amazing and they are all really friendly and approachable.

UEA only has one campus...UEA

Reply 4

University of East Anglia PG Student Rep

Official Rep

Original post by Tom4757

I’m torn between the two when deciding which I would prefer to go to, both open days were great!! I’m looking to do Biological sciences with a foundation year. Any advice would be great thanks

Hi Tom

I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the UEA open day! It looks like lilGem has already given you a great insight into the course and campus life at UEA, so I'll just add one thing - when considering employability, you might be interested to read about the range of business partners that UEA's BIO school has. These links to business gives students access to some great work experience opportunities through our year in industry programme.

Also, check out how UEA's Biological Sciences school fares on the Guardian and CUG league tables!

Which part of UEA's open day did you enjoy the most? :h: