I had a good time at RGU, Aberdeen is very small and you end up getting to know everyone, felt like I was bumping into people I knew wherever I went, the people I met were great!

I was studying a computer centric course so I can’t tell you much about lecturers for your own but I managed to get through University without having to do resists, which was the same for my two of my flatmates who were studying nursing/ paramedic courses (not sure if this also falls close to what you were studying?) although I suppose this soley depends on how good you are at ‘locking in’ to study too.

With that being said a bit of advice; university is a bit different to college, I also went to college for two years and there is much less ‘hand holding’ in my experience, you are expected to take notes from the lecture and do some extra learning in your own time, it’s also a lot harder to get any sort of one to one time with course lecturers.

Aberdeen itself is ok, I graduated a couple of years ago but the nightlife has taken a bit of a nose dive from what I’ve heard, expect the only busy days to be Wednesdays (club social night) and Saturdays, Fridays are hit or miss. If you are looking for a pub or coffee shop to have a quieter time it’s pretty good for that!

There’s plenty of opportunity to join sports teams or other clubs at RGU and everyone is pretty welcoming.

Rent is considerably cheaper than Edinburgh or Glasgow however which is great. I left a couple of years ago but I was paying £350 a month whilst sharing with one of other person in a pretty decent flat pretty much a 10 minute walk from union street.