Reasons for studying outside London

Whereas studying in London have many advantages in terms of employbility and experiences, the number of students who choose universities outside London is even more. However, what makes students keen to choose other cities than London?

Considering life and value outside London

1. Costs

http://todayilearned.co.uk/2012/05/14/how-young-professionals-spend-money-in-london/

According to NUS (National Union of Students), the average living costs in London is £13,388 compared to £12,056 in other cities for a academic year. Although some say that they can save money in food or clothes, but the main point is the rent. The renting fees in London and outside is £6,143 and £4,834 respectively. If one want to take a degree course at a world-class university such as LSE which located in zone 1 for three years, they must ensure that they have adequte capital sources.

2. Safety

For some parents, sending their children to a high reputation university is important. However for most parents, the safety of their children is the more crucial.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2372911/Degrees-danger-The-universities-students-EIGHT-times-likely-victims-crimes.html Retrieved date 02/11/2013

As can be clearly seen from above, London holds the highest crime rates in the UK. Moreover, most of those cites which have the minority of rates are outside London.

3. View

When one thinks about studying in London, there are many things that will force him to choose this place instead of other European cities.

The metropolitan area of London is the largest in the EU with a total population of 13,614,409, it has a lot of museums, national libraries, and historical sites.

http://www.purepotential.org/university/--university-partners/lse

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Education/article1258487.ece

What is the differences between universities outside London?

1. History

The Industrialization is one of the main reason for which there are more and more Universities outside London.

The big rural areas are becoming small cities and more populated, as a consequence the government tries to provide and satisfy student's needs to study near their home town building new universities. A significant example is whose of East Anglia (Norwhich), which opened its doors in 1963 to a total of only 87 undergraduate students, it now has over 15000 students and this year it was elected as the first university in UK for student satisfaction.

2. Value of the Universities

When one examines in detail the students' choices about the Universities, the majority would look over the rankings. According to University League Table 2013, needless to say Oxford and Cambridge, there are 7 of the top 10 Universities in U.K are outside of London in terms of Entry Standards, Student Satisfiction, Research Assessment and Graduate Prospectusand. Only 3 of them are located inside London. This means that students can have an excellent gradute and do not have to dissipate so much money.

CUG Rank		University Name	Entry Standards	Student Satisfaction	Research Assessment	Graduate Prospects	Overall Score
2013	2012	University Name	Entry Standards	Student Satisfaction	Research Assessment	Graduate Prospects	Overall Score
1	1	Cambridge	593	4.21	2.98	84.4	1000
2	4	London School of Economics	526	4.01	2.96	87.8	996
3	2	Oxford	572	4.22	2.96	79.8	995
4	3	Imperial College London	553	3.87	2.94	87.1	959
5	5	Durham	501	4.10	2.72	78.5	912
6	6	St Andrews	515	4.17	2.72	74.1	855
6	8	Warwick	496	4.00	2.80	77.6	855
8	7	University College London	495	3.95	2.84	79.9	847
9	9	Lancaster	409	4.05	2.71	73.6	841
10	10	Bath	457	4.08	2.71	79.1	824

http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?y=2013

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