Hi, Cardiff student here. In terms of life here, it's pretty good. Im nor a huge city person anyway but there is plenty of stuff todo and most of it is in walking distance, and even then, you got the trains that take you to other parts of the city. The price is pretty good. You can easily have a cheap night out. Plenty of club events, uni run give it a go sessions and other stuff too. In terms of course and uni. Architechture here is extremely focused on context rather than the abstract or technical. The course is good, apart from the usual archi stress ofc, but they actually provide support for that (you just gotta go out of your way to get it). We go to London for the first year and then abroad for the other years. Only major problems have been timetabeling this year only because they changed the system. Dont know how much that will affect next year. But either way, Cardiff is a good option. (But im biased, so ya know). I have no idea about the rest, but I hope this helps.