Dear fellow mates,
I have been following this discussion board closely but was never active until this post.
I am an Asian from a country where UK is always the first choice for post grad/undergraduates,
I received an offer from the University of Leiden (LLM in Advanced studies) and some other offers from universities in UK.
For some reasons (mainly financial), I have shortlisted the University of Birmingham and University of Leiden, which I am in a dillemma in. I am not familiar with Netherlands, even if the course is taught in English, I am wondering if I will face difficulty living in Leiden due to language problem compared to UK?
I would also appreciate it if you can share your invaluable thoughts/views on which university is more preferable than the other?
regards,
linny
UK (Birmingham) or Netherlands(Leiden)
Posted May 19, 2014 14:34
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Dear fellow mates,
I have been following this discussion board closely but was never active until this post.
I am an Asian from a country where UK is always the first choice for post grad/undergraduates,
I received an offer from the University of Leiden (LLM in Advanced studies) and some other offers from universities in UK.
For some reasons (mainly financial), I have shortlisted the University of Birmingham and University of Leiden, which I am in a dillemma in. I am not familiar with Netherlands, even if the course is taught in English, I am wondering if I will face difficulty living in Leiden due to language problem compared to UK?
I would also appreciate it if you can share your invaluable thoughts/views on which university is more preferable than the other?
regards,
linny
I have been following this discussion board closely but was never active until this post.
I am an Asian from a country where UK is always the first choice for post grad/undergraduates,
I received an offer from the University of Leiden (LLM in Advanced studies) and some other offers from universities in UK.
For some reasons (mainly financial), I have shortlisted the University of Birmingham and University of Leiden, which I am in a dillemma in. I am not familiar with Netherlands, even if the course is taught in English, I am wondering if I will face difficulty living in Leiden due to language problem compared to UK?
I would also appreciate it if you can share your invaluable thoughts/views on which university is more preferable than the other?
regards,
linny
Posted May 20, 2014 08:23
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Hi Linny,
As I do not know why you want to pursue graduate studies abroad my general advice would be that Leiden is a very good school (perhaps the best law school in the Netherlands). Birmingham, as far as I am aware, is rather mediocre in the UK. Having lived in the Netherlands for a few years, I can reassure you that you will not have any linguistic problems, everyone speaks English. So I wouldn't worry about that at all.
Hope this helps!
Hi Linny,
As I do not know why you want to pursue graduate studies abroad my general advice would be that Leiden is a very good school (perhaps the best law school in the Netherlands). Birmingham, as far as I am aware, is rather mediocre in the UK. Having lived in the Netherlands for a few years, I can reassure you that you will not have any linguistic problems, everyone speaks English. So I wouldn't worry about that at all.
Hope this helps!
As I do not know why you want to pursue graduate studies abroad my general advice would be that Leiden is a very good school (perhaps the best law school in the Netherlands). Birmingham, as far as I am aware, is rather mediocre in the UK. Having lived in the Netherlands for a few years, I can reassure you that you will not have any linguistic problems, everyone speaks English. So I wouldn't worry about that at all.
Hope this helps!
Posted May 21, 2014 03:13
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Hi Linny,
As I do not know why you want to pursue graduate studies abroad my general advice would be that Leiden is a very good school (perhaps the best law school in the Netherlands). Birmingham, as far as I am aware, is rather mediocre in the UK. Having lived in the Netherlands for a few years, I can reassure you that you will not have any linguistic problems, everyone speaks English. So I wouldn't worry about that at all.
Hope this helps!
Dear denning,
Thank you for your reply, it is very encouraging. Apparently I have checked with the locals in my country (a commonwealth country in asia), 10/10 is not familiar with the Netherlands, not to mention the university. I understand this is because my country adopts common law system most of the people that do law will go to UK. Leiden is definitely the path less taken if i opt for leiden, i will be going through a path which is not a norm (in my country), risking whether or not it is worthy.
Did you study in leiden before?
<blockquote>Hi Linny,
As I do not know why you want to pursue graduate studies abroad my general advice would be that Leiden is a very good school (perhaps the best law school in the Netherlands). Birmingham, as far as I am aware, is rather mediocre in the UK. Having lived in the Netherlands for a few years, I can reassure you that you will not have any linguistic problems, everyone speaks English. So I wouldn't worry about that at all.
Hope this helps!</blockquote>
Dear denning,
Thank you for your reply, it is very encouraging. Apparently I have checked with the locals in my country (a commonwealth country in asia), 10/10 is not familiar with the Netherlands, not to mention the university. I understand this is because my country adopts common law system most of the people that do law will go to UK. Leiden is definitely the path less taken if i opt for leiden, i will be going through a path which is not a norm (in my country), risking whether or not it is worthy.
Did you study in leiden before?
As I do not know why you want to pursue graduate studies abroad my general advice would be that Leiden is a very good school (perhaps the best law school in the Netherlands). Birmingham, as far as I am aware, is rather mediocre in the UK. Having lived in the Netherlands for a few years, I can reassure you that you will not have any linguistic problems, everyone speaks English. So I wouldn't worry about that at all.
Hope this helps!</blockquote>
Dear denning,
Thank you for your reply, it is very encouraging. Apparently I have checked with the locals in my country (a commonwealth country in asia), 10/10 is not familiar with the Netherlands, not to mention the university. I understand this is because my country adopts common law system most of the people that do law will go to UK. Leiden is definitely the path less taken if i opt for leiden, i will be going through a path which is not a norm (in my country), risking whether or not it is worthy.
Did you study in leiden before?
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