Think Twice before coming for studies abroad.

I was looking for research opportunities in human healthcare and then suddenly I found a Future 100 PhD studentship at the Institute of Precision Health & School of Engineering, University of Leicester. So I will say, I choose project rather than University. In terms of my experience, I am happy when it comes to research but as a University I think it was not good because it gave me a feeling like they are running it like a business, not as a university. They are charging you for each and every small thing. Admission requirements vary between departments and courses. I was good in Mathematics and Science but not in English so I attempted IELTS 3 times in 3 months and was then able to score 6. More specific details can be found here: https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/entry-reqs/eng-lang-reqs/ielts-65...Read More

As a mechanical engineering backround, i wanted to try the management side, and university of Leicester offered me a scholarship worth 5000£. It was affordable at that time. So both aligned and I took that.  Waiver - 80% above in higher secondary, so i got an unconditional offer letter, without any IELTS etc...Read More

Leicester had good academics and was geographically situated well. It's kind of central so I can travel easily. I saw it was a top-ranked university. Also, there were only about four other options through my home universities study abroad program....Read More

Accident. Wanted to take a gap year , working and travelling. Then just before Freshers, I chose a random university and then a random course. I wanted too bothered on what degree or uni I went to as long as I get be employable at the end of it...Read More

I have applied to nearly four universities, which were  1. UCLAN (Shortlisted and received an offer),  2. Salford (Shortlisted and received an offer),  3. Kingston (shortlisted and received an offer), and  4. Leicester university 5. I haven't received a rejection from any of them, as they all had their own way of processing applications in their respective timely manner depending upon how busy they were at that time. The crucial reason I have chosen the University of Leicester over other universities is the processing time of application, I have witnessed the fast processing time of all application statuses and making us aware of the time The admission process was also hassle-free, as there were steps like providing an educational background in brief and work experience, followed by all certificates till the last higher qualification, a conditional offer seeking fee confirmation, and the Duolingo test. Duolingo for English test and above 60% aggregate all over education There were no notable challenges other than waiting in all stages of application process; comparatively, it is less than other universities...Read More

I’ve applied only for university of leicester , as it is a perfect place to pursue my degree of engineering management, so this place is located centrally in the UK, so easy for travel and other uses, so i never went to any other options , rather than this university, other university i had in my mind was Coventry University as i had my friends there.  the admission process was easy, the main reason again is very near to london , more indians present, so we can try to get accommodations easily with our people, getting Indian food is easy.  eligibility criteria for me was , good score in english in 10th and 12th, else it would have been IELTS,  Overall, everything went smoothly from getting admitted to getting graduated. ive applied for September intake, as mentioned by my people. so this is where majority of students apply and universities also offer more courses The admission process did not take longer than 3 months, if we have all the documents ready, then we are all good to go.  for acceptance from uni, it takes around 10 days for response . the admission process goes smooth, if we have good counsellor for abroad education...Read More

I applied to around 12–13 colleges in the UK (some of which were in Northumbria, Hertfordshire, Salford, Birmingham, Roehampton, Kent, Bedfordshire, Plymouth, Coventry, and Brunel) and got admission from almost every one of them. My application was not rejected in any one of them. Only some colleges were asking for IELTS scores, which I did not have at the time. I chose this college because of its higher ranking when compared to other colleges i applied and this had almost the same tuition fee. The admissions process was very smooth and even if we had any issues, if raised by email, the college immediately responded and cleared up the concern the way we needed it. Once I accepted the offer, the college set us up with a pre-cas online questionnaire; after completion of that, everything else was taken care of. I didn't have any specific criteria for eligibility; scores from my schooling and undergrad were validated by the college. Overall, it was a very easy and smooth admission process. I applied to the September intake. My application stared in January and I got an offer around February. I paid my initial deposit in April and within a week, I was requested to complete the online questionnaire and was issued with my CAS shortly after. Then I moved on with my visa application in mid of May and the visa application was completed in 5 days. There was also an online registration before I left India....Read More

I choose Leicester because it is the Space City of the UK with the Space Park and National Space Center located here. So, this was a better place if I wanted to enter the space industry. Then, the second fact is there was also a significant amount of Indian diaspora here, so I wouldn't feel far from home....Read More