University

Going to the Universities is one of the great and big decisions of your life as it influences your future career path as well as your wealth, health and well-being. Consequently, it is also very important to choose the right university for your further study. Attending a University which will be right fit for you can make a big difference for your career development as well as in terms of job opportunities and general level of happiness.

Here are few suggestions to choose the perfect University for you:

1. Talk to University Students: One of the best ways to check whether the University will be good for you or not is to talk to the past and current students who have already attended the university or attending it now. Talking to such students will give you an in-depth understanding about the university and what it is like to be a student at the university.

While interacting with the present students, try to know about the quality of education, facilities, job prospects, housing and what is the social life of the university is like. Another important point while talking to the past and present students is to get a wide range of opinions about different faculties and try to talk as much students as possible because students may have certain biases or limited experiences. For an example, any university may not always be strong in a particular faculty and thus speaking to only one student who studies under this faculty, you will only get incomplete or may be negative image of what the university is really like. So, here are few tips about what exactly you need to ask to the students:

• Quality of Education: This part will include lectures, class size, tutors, notes, course materials, course structure, teacher’s behavior or guidance process etc.
• Quality of Facilities: What facilities the University is providing to the students? Are they sufficient for the student body? Are the students overloaded?
• Job Prospects: It is important to know that whether the students are getting on-campus job while they are in the last year of their course. How easy or hard has it been for them to gain work?
• Accessibility: How easy to access the university that means how you can get to the university? How long it has been take for other students?
• Quality of Housing: Cleanliness is another important part for your healthy habit in the university. So, check all those including cost and roommates, access to university and more related to this.

2. Visit in Open days: Once, you got the idea about the university from the past and current students, the second smart step is to attend the university in the open day so that you can also develop your own perspective and whether you feel comfortable to study at the particular university.

3. Check out Other Facilities: Visiting in the open days is a great way to check out the facilities of the University that they are providing like you should check the gymnasiums, labs, libraries, lecture halls etc. If possible, keep your eye for the laboratories, amount of computers as not enough computers can make big pain when you are studying at university.