I want to study emerging economies and learn languages and it’s easily one of the best places in the world for that. There really is a global focus. The library is amazing. It really punches above its weight in terms of the staff and resources you get access to. The location is amazing. Bloomsbury is so nice. Russel Square is the loveliest park ever, It’s a small campus uni but we get access to all of london around us so it doesn’t feel small at all. People at SOAS are very nice, but not necessarily as outgoing as other unis. But you’re in london so you don’t really have to worry about that to be honest: If you don’t make many friends here, there’s many other unis nearby. However I will say that it’s definitely not very diverse in terms of politics. Most people here are extremely left wing and students and staff don’t respond very well to dissenting ideas. Even though it’s very ethnically diverse, most students have extremely similar worldviews and ways of approaching things, which isn’t ideal for intellectual exploration.

Idk man I like my course

Overall I really like the professors (most seem very passionate, are helpful, and create very interesting modules) and the course materials. I’m glad I’m doing this degree at the end of the day. However SOAS administration is terrible. From giving the wrong term dates for study abroad programs causing the program to be shortened, extremely late at getting grades back, unhelpful IT support, messing up visa information, etc there’s no end to the administrative nightmare that is SOAS

Most everything is in person which I do think is optimal especially the language classes. Professors have always been extremely helpful with questions, research and paper topics

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