Royal Holloway and Bredford New College (University of London)

I chose four classes which was the regular workload of a British student. At the beginning I was bored because we usually had classes from 8 in the morning until late in the afternoon in Germany whereas I had lots of off days in England. I knew why when I saw the reading list. We had to spend a lot of tiem in the library and doing work at home. You absolutely need to do all the required reading otherwise you will fail the courses! Following in class was easy, the courses I had chosen were alright, some excellent, some ok.

I enjoyed studying at RHUL. Overall, I liked the courses, student life etc. There were enough books, computers etc.

Things were more expensive than they are in Germany especially housing as well as food and toiletries. Besides I wanted to travel a little bit to get to know the country and therefore spend some money on train tickets, hotels, rental cars etc.

A car would have been helpful, you need to walk a lot!!! I lived 15 minutes from campus which was alright. It was a 20 minute walk to the train station and a 25 minute walk to the supermarket. it wasn't fun carrying all the bags home. Besides, I was kind of stuck in the evenings. Trains are not necessarily very reliable. I had a car at home, I could have taken it...Unfortunately I did not know. Be prepared to spend a lot of money!

Nice place, great building, fine campus. Housing was alright, classes were good, teachers were very nice and helpful. I would go again, I would have loved to stay a little longer.

More independent way of living, more space. Living with other students would have been great! Living within a family needs a lot of adjustment.