UK Student City Guides

A UNESCO World Heritage city of Georgian terraces, small enough to cross on foot and popular with campus-based students.

Birmingham is the UK's second largest city, home to top universities and a vibrant, affordable student community.

A seaside city with an independent, creative culture and two universities, though rents are high for its size.

A creative harbour city with a big music and street-art scene and two large universities close to the centre.

A small city built around its colleges, with cycling as the default way to get anywhere and a strong science and tech job market.

The Welsh capital: affordable, compact and built around a castle, a bay and a serious sporting culture.

Coventry is compact, affordable, and central to the UK rail network, ideal for budget-conscious students.

A small cathedral city on a river loop where student life revolves around colleges, rowing and the city centre.

Scotland's capital, home to the world's largest arts festival and several universities within walking distance of the centre.

A green cathedral city in Devon with quick access to the coast and Dartmoor, and a campus a short walk uphill from town.

Glasgow is Scotland's largest city with friendly locals, lower costs, and a thriving arts and music scene.

An affluent Surrey town with a hillside campus, quick trains to London and a quiet, safe feel.

A West Yorkshire town with a riverside campus, very low rents and Leeds and Manchester both within a short train ride.

A small historic city in the north west with a collegiate campus outside town and the Lake District an hour away.

Leeds blends Russell Group academics with one of the UK's most active student nightlife scenes.

A maritime city with a big music heritage, low rents and three universities close to the centre.

London is a global capital with world-leading universities, unmatched cultural life, and the UK's highest cost of living.

Manchester is the UK's biggest student city outside London, famous for music, sport, and a welcoming culture.

A famously sociable northern city with two universities in the centre, low living costs and a strong nightlife reputation.

A compact Midlands city with two big universities, a tram network and one of the largest student populations in the UK.

A compact, walkable university city where colleges, libraries and riverside pubs sit within a few minutes of each other.

A low-cost Lancashire city with a large city-centre campus and easy links to Manchester and the Lakes.

A Thames Valley town with a strong graduate job market in tech and finance and fast trains into London.

A hilly, affordable city on the edge of the Peak District with two large universities and a well-regarded students' union.

A south coast port city with good transport links, waterfront space and easy access to the New Forest.

A walled medieval city with a huge visitor scene, cheap enough to live in and an easy train ride from Leeds and Manchester.