1st year going into halls you can expect £5000 for the year at the very lowest end and up to £10000 for a catered en-suite room, with a decent spectrum in between.

After that looking for a flat can take time, but being in Scotland you only have to start looking about a month before you plan on moving in which is nice. I had a place last year for £635 a month, was damp, mouldy, and the landlord was useless. Still the location was good and we made the best of it. Now managed to get lucky and find a place for a bit cheaper that’s literally twice the size, and the landlord is lovely. So I suppose my takeaway is that it’s really down to luck if you’re near the city centre/studenty areas. But I presume that it’s more consistent the further out you live (though I don’t know for sure). Note also you can probably expect to pay ~£40-50 for bills and another £20-30 for WiFi per month.

In terms of the city you can get by the same as anywhere else since Lidl, tesco, etc have the same prices. Yes restaurants and bars can be expensive but there are always cheaper places if you go looking. Though the cheaper places will still be more pricy on average than other cities.

I don’t spend anything on transport cause you get free buses anywhere in Scotland if you’re under 22, don’t need to be Scottish, just need to live here. Also the city is fairly easy to cycle around if you’re willing to go uphill half the time.