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

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!