Which university is the best??

[lotteboyhk]

I am a A-level student and i have been given offers from 3 uni, Bath, Manchester and East Anglia. My Ucas deadline is soon, but i am struggled to make my chioce. Can anybody give me some suggestions and show me the updated pharmacy ranking table please? Shall i look at the subject table or the overall uni table????

[laurabuk]

Hello Lotteboyhk! I'm at LJMU so I think I can offer you impartial advice

Personally, I don't rate league tables as they tend to go on the University's rating and not the School's rating. Also, although there is standard criteria that need to be met for a School to be accredited by Society the way that individual Schools meet these is different; I know some School's are following the Medics and going for PBL (problem based learning) whilst others follow the traditional lectures route. Being a Northerner I would say Manchester lol but there are advantages to all the Schools you have offers from.

It depends on the School, whether you can meet the offers given to you, where you're from, how far you're prepared to move and such ...

HTH

Laura

P.S - not much help in your current position but I know the BPSA is keen to get information on all the Schools on their website to help others like you. Look out for their Roadshow at whichever School you end up at - and good luck with the exams!

[johnep]

In my day, the girls tried to get away from home as far as possible, while the boys tried to stay as near home as possible.
johnep

[lm248]

I can tell you that Bath's course is taught as a mixture of lectures and PBL all the way through, though with increasing amounts of clinical in the 3rd and 4th years. The only person at the uni who doesn't like it is my ex-housemate who got kicked out last year for failing his exams...so yes. Would definitely recommend Bath. In terms of the tables, it depends which paper you look in but Bath and Notts tend to be right at the top, Manchester is a bit below and UEA is a bit lower. That's just the ones I've seen though (and I saw them because mum sent them, so I might be a bit biased!)

[lotteboyhk]

yes i meant University
as i am a overseas student, i dont reli concern about the location. coz i am going to live in the university site anyway.
Out of the three, which would give me a better furture?Lets say if i apply for a job after graudauted, which university would the employer think is better.
Please help, my Ucas deadline is in 2 days

PS: one more question, can university reject me if i reach their offer but i put it as my INSURANCE choice.

thanks 4 answering!

[lm248]

Originally Posted by lotteboyhk

yes i meant University
as i am a overseas student, i dont reli concern about the location. coz i am going to live in the university site anyway.
Out of the three, which would give me a better furture?Lets say if i apply for a job after graudauted, which university would the employer think is better.
Please help, my Ucas deadline is in 2 days

PS: one more question, can university reject me if i reach their offer but i put it as my INSURANCE choice.

thanks 4 answering!

Because the course is regulated by the RPSGB an MPharm from any of those universities should be equivalent and I doubt you'd get looked upon more favourably for any of them. The only time it's made any difference to me is if I'm being interviewed by someone who studied at Bath and it's a bit of an ice-breaker. Did you visit the universities for open days? Which ones did you like?

Oh, and if you put a uni as your insurance choice there's no way they can reject you.

[Jeff]

Doesn't make any difference to employment prospects as a pharmacist.
If in the future you decide that pharmacy is not the career for you - then I suspect that Manchester has a better reputation. (At least internationally - if for no other reason than everyone has heard of the football team)
Having been to an Open Day in Manchester with my son (who has no interest in pharmacy) we both agreed that there were enough "fit" young ladies around to keep him pleasantly occupied whatever the academic course was like.

Jeff

[SolomonQ]

being a foreign student , i asume you will go back after gaining your degree so in this case it does make a difference, I recommend one of the research oriented universities with high reputaion e.g. manchester uni (world-class research led university), nottingham uni, king's college (in which case you would gain a university of London degree, same as if you went to Imperial college, argubly the third best uni in england/uk although cost in London is quite high compared to other cities), Also Bath is quite good, as with good overall reputation.

In the uk however as long as you dont want to get involved in industry (they only want the best), university and even type of degree (first, 2:1, 2:2 or pass) doesnt have any significance in your career progression, if one becomes a community pharmacist or even a clinical hospital pharmacist. No one asks you the university or the degree you got except for casual conversation.

hope that helps!!!

[the old merlin]

Have a look at Tuesday's Guardian. Supplement on Universities, with Uni's graded according to staff/student ratio and one or two other features.

[caz]

Hi!

I am a third year student at UEA (East Anglia) and I am really enjoying it! The pharmacy course at UEA is pretty new, so we do things like problem based learning (PBL) and inter-professional learning - where we work with other HCP's.

The only downside for me is the location of Norwich... I find it very cut off from the rest of the country and that gets me down a little bit. However, I am originally from the Bath area, and in comparison, Bath and Bristol are much much better cities.

HTH x