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Is it important to do PhD in high ranking university?

H

I am having an offer of a university for a PhD and expecting to have another 2-3 which are ranked lower than it. The tuition for me as overseas student is around £15,000 per year for 3 years. Another universities that i might be accepted have tuition of around £12,000 - 13,000 with one off international scholarship of around £1,500 - £2,000.

I think i am going to wait for the cheaper one, but it may be that the quality will also be cheaper too. However i think quality will also be similar because this will be independent research. What do you think? The universities include Salford, Swansea, Essex, Chester, Queen's Belfast.

Thank you.

T

I'd say within those unis you mentioned it probably doesn't make a lot of difference. Think about other things as well - publications from the research group, cost of living in the city etc.

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