What's Arts Uni in Bournemouth like?

Anyone studying at the Arts Uni in Bournemouth and can share what it's like? I'm planning to study Fine Art but also looking for fun social life.

Reply 1

Thisismyunitsr

It's pretty lacklustre. Very small university with little to do. I graduated last year.

Reply 2

Shellfish1

OK thanks, what was the course like? what did you study?

Reply 3

Thisismyunitsr

Film Production. It was crap.

Reply 4

Norwich Uni Arts

Official Rep

Original post by Shellfish1

Anyone studying at the Arts Uni in Bournemouth and can share what it's like? I'm planning to study Fine Art but also looking for fun social life.

Hiya, I hope that you're well. That's great to hear that you're considering an arts course at uni - very exciting. I'm a Graphic Design Student at Norwich University of Arts. Student Ambassadors from our courses are available to chat to via a platform called UniBuddy. This allows you to ask any questions that you may have about a specific course or campus. You can find our ambassadors here.

Attending open days is also a great way to get a feel for the universities and talk to staff and students there, as well as get a feel for the city. A list of our upcoming events can be found here: Norwich Uni Arts Open Days. I personally found that attending as many of these as possible and also requesting prospectuses really helped me out. I actually collected quite a few of these before settling on a course/ uni. Our prospectus and information leaflets also provide an insight into where our courses can take us in the future after Uni!

I hope this helps and good luck on University hunting! I know it can be daunting, but I'm happy to answer any questions that you may have 🙂
Charlotte, Student Ambassador

Reply 5

Anonymous #1

Original post by Shellfish1

Anyone studying at the Arts Uni in Bournemouth and can share what it's like? I'm planning to study Fine Art but also looking for fun social life.

I've just started first year here and the campus is nice and small if that's what you prefer and the staff so far have been really welcoming and supportive. I will say if you're staying in halls prepare to spend a little bit more. The halls are not near the campus and so you have to pay for the bus which is £2 per trip and lasts about 15 minutes unless you pay for a yearly bus pass. This might be the case for other unis but I can only compare it to Portsmouth as I went there for a bit and only had to walk across the street to get to my lectures. Also the accommodation itself is quite pricey especially for what you get. I don't really do the whole clubbing thing but there's a lot of flat parties in the different halls. I've heard from my flatmates that there are quite a few clubs and bars to go to depending on what you're looking for and they do a lot of themed nights and events during Freshers Week. At the Freshers fair there's loads of clubs offering free or discounted tickets for events and things. In terms of societies, this year there weren't tons but AUB students can go to some of the societies at BU as well. The actual uni itself is pretty good so far but I can't really say much since I've only been here a month.