What’s the social life like at Aston University and in Birmingham?
Our students tell us it is quite simply superb, whatever you want to get involved in and whatever your geographical, cultural, social or religious background. Alternative Guides to University like the Push Guide and Virgin Guide give our “quality of student life” a general thumbs up, in terms of enjoyment but also friendliness, student support and welfare. Being a campus university in the centre of Birmingham (one of Europe’s friendliest and liveliest cities) our students have the best of both words – a friendly, close knit campus atmosphere with all the advantages of a vibrant city across the road! We are also a relatively small University (we have around 6000 students rather than the 15,000 plus at some Universities). This means you don’t feel overwhelmed when you come here. Its easy to make friends and you’re sure to bump into them all the time around campus, rather than feeling lost amongst what seems like thousands of strangers. It’s hard to describe what “friendliness” means but
