What do you love about your small university? Shortlist and winner revealed

The results are in and we can reveal the winner of the competition to win an iPad, and a shortlist of reasons why students love their small university.

Rankings
Rankings for Students

Carly Minsky

February 9 2016

What small universities lack in sheer size of their student body, they certainly make up for in the pride and passion of their students.

After the Times �й�AƬ announced the top 20 world's best universities 2016, students, staff and alumni sent in their own experiences and reasons why they love being at a tiny institution.

The student-teacher ratio at a small school allows for better mentoring and personalized help.
— Tricia Richards (@drtprs)

you get to learn alot of things,not academic staff only,thus u gain both sides &
— Dainty Girly (@GaudyGee)

small enough to care, innovates to effect social change & differentiates students
— Supply Chain Mind (@LiamFassam)

Not only learning but get more experience&relations of socializing in our small community we live
— Hosam ElRakayby (@hosamelrakayby)

The shortlist

The following five tweets were shortlisted for providing interesting insight into why the experience at a small university is so valuable for some students:

I love being a student as it feels like being at home and all members are 1 family we know each other's v well
— Hosam ElRakayby (@hosamelrakayby)

your lecturers know you by name, genuinely take an interest in your life, get a good grasp of you as a person &how to help you
— Ellieeee (@clegg_el)

I get to know my lecturers as friends, I had a seminar with just me, my lecturer and two others last week!
— Hol (@Hollycatxx)

we are like one big family,the humanity in all the students and lectures is on another level,super perfect!!
— Dainty Girly (@GaudyGee)

You can't get lost in the crowd in my . That's super important if you're from an overcrowded city like Istanbul.
— Umut Gencay Zorlu (@yucized)

The winner

�ճ��Times �й�AƬ's editorial team voted Umut Gencay Zorlu as the winner of the #tinyversity competition. It was particularly interesting to hear how the intimacy of Sabanci University in Istanbul contrasted with Umut's experience elsewhere in the busy city.