Surrey student experience

Current students share their thoughts on planning for university, student life and what it’s like to study at the University of Surrey.

Clearing: ‘Go in with a positive and open mindset’

Hello, my name’s Sughra and I enrolled into the mathematics course at Surrey via clearing. The clearing process itself was straightforward, and I felt confident I made the right decision when a member of the mathematics department personally called me to ask how I am feeling about this next step and if I had any […]


From Clearing to President of the Law Society

Hi everyone! My name is Nihad and I came to Surrey to study Law through Clearing. Results day didn’t quite go to plan, as I narrowly missed my firm choices for university, and so I had to go through the Clearing process. Like a lot of students I had this idea in my head of […]


Two Suitcases, One Key & A Week I’ll Never Forget: My Freshers’ Week at University of Surrey

There’s a spectacular kind of magic that one can feel when you drag two overstuffed suitcases down a university corridor, heart hammering, and slide a room key into a lock for the very first time. That was me, an international student from India, walking into what would be my home for the next whole year. […]


Why I chose Surrey through Clearing – and never looked back!

My name is Jess, and I joined the University of Surrey through Clearing. On A-Level results day, I opened up my results to see I didn’t get the grades I needed in Chemistry and had some rejections on my UCAS page. I felt anxious about what my next steps were after being faced with rejection, […]


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