Astrophysics and Geology at Keele University.

Anonymous #1

What is the course like? Will it be a good way for me to go into Astrobiology? What is Keele university like? Thanks.

Reply 1

Keele University

Hi! There's lots of info on our September 2023-entry course page about this combined honours programme - please note this course won't be running for September 2024 entry. if you've never been to Keele, I'd recommend coming along to an Open Day if you can make it - our next Open Day is 19 August.

At Keele, we excel in both teaching and research, and our beautiful self-contained 600-acre campus has everything on your doorstep, with student accommodation, teaching buildings, restaurants and cafés, a sports centre, bars, and a medical centre all within just a few minutes walk. You might want to take a look at our Why Keele? page for more info, and our Study pages contains lots of information for anyone interested in studying with us.

Hope that helps :h:

Keele University

Keele

Reply 2

Anonymous #2

Original post by Keele University

Hi! There's lots of info on our September 2023-entry course page about this combined honours programme - please note this course won't be running for September 2024 entry. if you've never been to Keele, I'd recommend coming along to an Open Day if you can make it - our next Open Day is 19 August.
At Keele, we excel in both teaching and research, and our beautiful self-contained 600-acre campus has everything on your doorstep, with student accommodation, teaching buildings, restaurants and cafés, a sports centre, bars, and a medical centre all within just a few minutes walk. You might want to take a look at our Why Keele? page for more info, and our Study pages contains lots of information for anyone interested in studying with us.
Hope that helps :h:

Why is the course no longer running? And what if I’m already enrolled unto the course, would I have to specialise in either subject in my third year or can I keep both?

Reply 3

Jhoey

I went to Keele and studied pure physics, and I hated it. Huge cohorts mean the lecturers probably won't even recognise you, let alone learn your name. The quality of the teaching was bad. Living on the campus was like a wrecking ball for my mental health, and you are forced to spend a huge amount on food because they only have one overpriced grocery store available there. Accommodation is poor quality and expensive too. It felt like being in an open-air prison. Then my next year living off campus was even worse (loads of crazy people harassing you almost every time you leave the house, dirty everywhere, bad nightlife; it's just a depressing, not nice place to live).

I switched to studying physics with philosophy at the University of Lincoln as a last-ditch effort to get a higher education, and now I'm doing great. I love it here so much, I could see myself moving here one day. The course is phenomenal, the teaching quality is excellent, and the cohorts are tiny, so all the lecturers learn your names, and I've been out drinking with some of them on multiple occasions. They have just started an astrophysics course, and I've heard really good things so far. I'm currently doing a module called 'physics of the universe', which covers astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology, and as part of the module, we did a week-long expenses-paid trip to La Palma, which was insanely fun. It's great here.

I highly recommend not going to Keele.