University Of Southampton

The university of Southampton may be one of the best universities in the country for many of its degrees, such as its Law, Engineering and Language degrees.
The Hartley library is impressive to say the least. It has a massive variety of books and other resources, as well as several computer labs for students to do their work, electronic research, or to simply use the computer as they do not have an internet connection at home.
Having been a member of the gym I have to agree with reggi. Its a rather impressive gym. It has a great swimming pool and courses for people that cannot swim. In the gym itself there is a wide range of exercise equipment which is good, but a lot of the time when you go there, one or two of each type of equipment is usually out of order which means that for the more popular equipment there is usually a long wait or a person or two breathing down your back for you to move, which is rather unpleasant.
The student clubs and pubs at the university are nice and very friendly, with decent prices for anything that you might want.
When it comes to the quality of teaching, I have more than a few qualms about the university. I have studied two degrees at the university in different departments, and I have had countless problems with each degree. In my first degree the admin staff as well as the teaching staff were completely incompetent! Due to health and family reasons I was away for a considerable time from my course, which they were aware of, and said, come back when you feel ok, and then end up capping everyone of my units due to lack of attendance, later on, I am forced to do resits whilst suffering from a severe case of pneumonia as a result of the capping.
I will not go into detail about which my 2^nd degree is due to me still doing it, but what I will say is that it is ranked within the top 5 in the country, but I’ve had quiet a few issues with this degree as well. Of all of my courses that I am doing this year, there has only been one lecturer which has taught his course well, and has been useful as a lecturer. The rest of the lecturers are unprepared for many of the lectures and seminars, and are in general not that helpful.
Southampton is a great place to be a student; you will in most cases get to know a lot of great people which you will end up keeping in touch with throughout your life, you will end up getting a degree and hopefully a career path for the future.
Personally I have to say that I am less than impressed, not only because of my experience, but because of similar experiences or worse experiences by friends.

The University Of Southampton is one of the best universities in the country. With an internationally renowned engineering department, it excels in all disciplines.
The main Hartley library has more than 22,000 books, not to mention journals and papers, you would be hard pushed to not find one that you are looking for.
Halls of residence are located in 4 different places: Wessex Lane, Glen Eyre, Highfield and Archers Road and the accommodation is all up to a good standard.