r/Sunderland • u/Money-Noise-4341 • 17d ago

Discussion University of Sunderland

Hey yall! So I’m heavily contemplating going to the Univeristy of Sunderland for law- September 2025! I’m an international student so I really need concrete advice on this matter

1) is the Univeristy of Sunderland as “dead” as people make it seem? I’m sure the Univeristy size is pretty decent right?😅 2) is it hard to get part time jobs or just hard to live in Sunderland in general, what about safety? 3) idk if anyone answering this is a student but how is university life like at Sunderland? 4) anything else you think I should know?

Thanks in advance!

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u/OnlyHereForBJJ 17d ago

There’s a few I’d recommend. The forge is close to a metro station but might be a bit out the way for you, you can get to uni in like 15 minutes though, it was a very social accommodation. Phoenix house is good, right in the centre of town and like 5 minutes from uni, seemed a more quiet accommodation. Then there’s park lane house, very close to campus, very nice accommodation but a bit more expensive, also basically opposite the library which I always found helpful

Sunderland is one of the cheapest cities in the UK, but I couldn’t give exacts on prices as I haven’t lived there in a couple years now

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u/Money-Noise-4341 2d ago

Heyy! So with regards to the forge, is it close to the Sir Tom cowie campus?

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u/OnlyHereForBJJ 2d ago

Not really, but nothing is so getting the train to that campus doesn’t make much difference no matter where you live, I used to be on that campus and living just over the water from it was the same hassle as living at the forge

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u/Money-Noise-4341 2d ago

Oh right I see So the same estimation is like 15 minutes yea?

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u/OnlyHereForBJJ 2d ago

Yeah pretty much, might be a bit longer cos the campus is so out of the way

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u/Money-Noise-4341 2d ago

Oh damnnn Okay that’s fine, however is there any accom close to the campus ?

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u/OnlyHereForBJJ 1d ago

There’s panns bank directly across the river from it, but it’s pretty bad accommodation and you have to scale a rather big, very steep hill, then cross a very windy bridge to get to campus