Life at University of Auckland

I chose this college as it was the best university among my applications with a high world ranking. It was also the best university in New Zealand. New Zealand also suited my personal and geographical preferences. Education quality and content is top notch. Tutors are approachable and supportive. Infrastructure is good and helpful. Wi-Fi had occasional issues. I strongly recommend having a decent mobile data plan for urgent use cases. Being a masters degree, the content is indeed difficult and hard to score in, but what you learn is equally rewarding. Sports facilities are very limited. The student halls are always overbooked so there is less assistance from the university in finding accommodation. You're quite by yourself in that aspect. Some courses' weighting could be better. The distribution between the coursework and exam was unfair in a few courses.

Our course syllabus is highly knowledgeable. It is education that you cannot find online. We had choices among several courses and streams to fine tune our preferences and career paths. We had regular exposure to industry by hosting regular seminars. The last semester requirement of our course was an industry internship which consisted of real industry work with companies in New Zealand.

Most of the faculty and staff are highly approachable and friendly. The faculty to student ratio is fairly good.

Clubs and events were not as good as I expected. Although I don't go out as often to such events, the few times that I did look for them they were quite tough to find. Student clubs were mostly irrelevant and barely hosted any events. The community was also not really sociable in my year, particularly due to the high number of students not being a native English speaker. Facilities however were good. Libraries and spaces were large and clean. WiFi occasionally had some trouble. Sports facilities were quite rare and were in a different location than the main city campus. However, they are currently constructing a sports facility inside the main campus which should be finished soon.

It is quite difficult to find a job after the course, furthermore the country had a severe recession at the time. None of my peers (especially internationals) were able to find any suitable full time role. Also as a foreign national you are limited in options.

I stayed in a private student accommodation where I had my own studio apartment. It was slightly higher priced but was a completely private room, kitchen and bathroom. The university does have its own halls which have options for private or shared, where you can apply but they are fairly difficult to find a spot in. I suggest applying for them early if you can, and keep a backup plan just in case they are full. You can also opt for privately rented properties which is what many students did. However be careful of online scams if you are choosing this option.

- NZ Grade Point Equivalent (GPE) of 4.5 and suitable English Qualification. (Exact details can be found on the course website) - Around 87% in University of Middlesex UK - Requirements: CV and previous mark sheets for the university application. The visa application might require SoP, along with financial documents. - Interview Round: No. However after admission I was required to complete an English language test which was fairly easy if you're an English speaker.

NZD $24,000 per semester. Depending on what points course you are doing. In my case I did a 180 point course which consisted of 3 semesters. Thus my total tuition fee was $72,000