University College London, Global Healthcare Management Analytics
Reviewed on Nov 7, 2024(Enrolled 2024)What Students Say
Likes
- Support from Professors.
- Environment around is very motivating.
- Network you build here will support you a lot and help you a lot.
Dislikes
- Sometimes you don't know how and whom to contact for the issues you might face.
- Being an international student the study pattern is different here but you can cope with it.
- It's expensive to live in UK or especially in London,so you might focus more on jobs rather than studying.
Course Curriculum
5
- The academics are not difficult but are different to what we learn and execute In India. So you might find it a bit challenging.
- I have classes 4 days a week and each day has different schedule.
- You are assigned to a personal tutor with whom you can discuss and ask about anything. So they are really helpful in terms of giving advice on part time jobs, student life, accomodations and almost about everything.
Admission Experience
- I've applied for 5 universities:
1) UCL - Admitted
2) Warwick - Got offer letter
3) Roehempton - Got offer letter
4) Northumbria - Got offer letter
5) Coventry - Rejected - I tailored my personal statement and other things as per the university and it helped me into getting selected in all. I was rejected by Coventry because they required the experience of at least 3 years and I did not have that. So I did not pass their eligibility criteria.
- I chose UCL as this was my dream university and it had the course I was interested in. I immediately applied for it and tailored my CV and personal statement accordingly.
- I have IELTS and my score was 7.5
- My overall admission process was smooth just with few issues from my home university regarding my transcripts. Other than that UCL was very helpful throughout the process.
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I applied for September intake and it is the best time as you end your previous studies 2 months back and no time goes waste in between.
The admission process can take about 1-2 months, depends on when you apply. Also, apart from admission process there's visa process, etc which you must consider before applying so that you don't run out of time.
Faculty
5
- I have a module teacher for economics. She is from India and has worked in USA since many years and is now a professor. She really has great knowledge and a great way of explaining. So, I admire her a lot for that.
- The number of students change per module as students from different courses have some modules that are in common. So it's hard to know how many students are in my class. There are about 8-10 Indian students in my course but they are not in my module or route.
- There are many professors to help you with various problems. It depends on what topic you want to discuss.
- As I said, you will be independent here. The teaching system here does not bring everything on your plate. They just guide you and it's you who have to do it all. So, jobs and all are not what they will be teaching but rest they will guide you for sure.
Campus Life
5
- My university has 3 campuses. One is main one in central London and I'm in the east campus which is new.
- There are many clubs and societies which you can join and have fun throughout your course.
- Yes, many extracurricular activity are arranged in the university very frequently. You just need to keep an eye on everything that's happening around you.
Part Time Jobs
- There are many opportunities but it gets quickly taken by others. So you have to keep an eye on them from the start itself.
- The maximum hours allowed per week is 20 hours and you can work in those.
- On campus jobs are a bit difficult to secure as there's really huge competition. The pay range is bit above the minimum wage in London but so is the work. So you have to keep it balanced.
- Most Indians prefer working outside the campus. It is not that difficult to manage part time with work because you have limited college hours and limited work hours permit. So it's relatively easier to work.
- The process for applying is to go in person and give your CV in case there are any vacancies or just apply on online job applications in UK. They mostly prefer reference, so it's better to settle with any job you get at the start and then you can switch if you get good opportunities as now you will have at least 1 referral.
Placement
4
- Almost everyone secures a job after masters or they go for PhD . So it's a win win thing here.
- There are no on campus recruitments here. You just have to apply on websites online and give interview.
- Build a reliable network to go back to during your course.
- Many companies hire graduate program. I know of NHS as I am personally targeting NHS for future opportunities.
Accommodation
Off Campus
4
- I took private accomodation. I had a couple of friends already living here so they helped me with finding the accomodation and managing everything before I arrived here.
- Many Indian students who don't have any contact prefer staying in student accomodations as they are safe and reliable. So if you are new and don't know much about UK it's better to choose student accommodation as it's much easy to get scammed here.
Exams
- I gave IELTS and no other exams were required for my course. I'm not sure about other courses.
- Yes, statement of purpose,CV and LOR are very important. You need to write them as per the university and it's requirements. Also, make sure that you don't make up stuff in it as they cross verify all the information given.
- My course didn't have any interview. Some scholarship students had to go through interviews for receiving scholarship. But apart from that I didn't go through interview. It might be different for each course.
Fees
- My course is for 34,400 pounds. It is to be paid in 3 installments.
- I did not go for university accomodations and selected private accomodations. I had few friends already in London to help me with accomodation. So my rent is about 700 GBP per month for single room near my university.
- Monthly expenses apart from rent can go up to 250 - 300 GBP including extra bills , grocery and other stuff.
Scholarship
- Yes, there are many scholarships from UCL as well as in general to study in UK. You just have to look from the very beginning for the scholarship. Some scholarships have deadlines before the year of the start of the course. So Start searching for scholarships from a year before you want to take admission.
- UCL itself has scholarships especially for Indian students. I don't know the exact number of students who get the scholarship. But there are 4-5 students who received it in my course itself.
