Durham University

The QS's ranking counts employer opinions heavily due to which it matters more to Indian students.
If an Indian student plan to do a PhD or research later, they should look more closely at THE or ARWU, which weigh research output more heavily. Neither rankings are wrong, it's just that all the ranking bodies have different criteria for rankings.

Every student is automatically placed into one of Durham's 17 colleges when they join. Durham University gives students many facilities such as accommodation, dining hall, sports teams and a support system, separate from academic department.

At Durham's campus, university allows its students to discover new ideas related to education, research, etc.

Based only on the tuition fee, the University of Glasgow looks like the best option available for LLM courses, it is affordable with a tuition fee of INR 19.1 L – 36.57 L than the Uni of Bristol and Durham University. University of Glasgow offers around 13 LLM courses. Students should consider factors like rankings and acceptance rates also to make an informed choice suitable for them.

If we look at the acceptance rates of both the Universities, it is easy to get into Durham University than the University of Bristol. The acceptance rates of Durham University is 41% whereas for Uni of Bristol, it is only 11.3%. There are also other factors to consider when opting any University to consider-

·       Course Rankings

·       Tuition Fee

·       Course Value

There are various reasons to opt for Durham University, first being that it is ranked highly at #8 for its LLM Courses in UK. It offers 5 courses with an affordable tuition fee of INR 27.81 L-38.73 L in respect to Boston University and Howard University with tuition fee of INR 55.33 L – 68.99 L and INR 70.85 L respectively

No, as per the admission criteria for LLM Courses, the students who have attained less than 55% in their Bachelor's Degree are not eligible for the course at Durham University. The eligibility criteria for LLM Courses are-

·       2:1 Bachelor Degree or its equivalent in a Law Degree (55-65%)

·       English Proficiency Tests (IELTS: 6.5-7, TOEFL: 92 & above, PTE: 68)

·       LOR -2

Durham University is the center of education in UK. It is ranked greatly at #15. The University offers over 300+ courses at both UG and PG level altogether. There is a provision of 120 courses at UG level. The course available at Durham University are-MBA, LL.M, M.A, M.Phil, M.Sc., MS, B.E/B.Tech, B.A, B.Ed, BSc., BBA and Diploma courses.

Durham University is special for many reasons:

·       It is a member of the Russel group

·       University Rating is gold as per TEF 2023 for Student outcomes

·       It is among the top 10 Universities in UK for Indian students

·       It has a high placement rates, the 90% students who graduated from Durham University were employed within 15 months in companies like Accenture, Nissan, Vodafone and Amazon

·       It is rated 3.6 stars out of 5 as per Shiksha's Study Abroad Platform