Hello,
I have recently been accepted to Leeds arts University for BA Fashion Design, and to UAL (LCF) for the Foundation course in Fashion.
As an international student (south Asian) who’s never lived anywhere near UK or Europe, I am pretty clueless about the university life out there, and hence I was really confused as to what to do. I would love to get some advices from anyone here!
Although UAL has always been on the first of my list, but I would also love to go to Leeds. But the thing is, I’m not sure if I should go to UAL as it would take an extra year for Foundation, and since I’ve directly gotten into the BA course in Leeds, I was wondering if UAL would be worth it especially since the international fees is really high here as compared to Leeds ( I would be paying almost double in ual for my whole course) and there aren’t any scholarships available either.
I know that UAL is one of the world’s best art university, but is it best suited for me, since I have no experience or idea yet and I’ve heard that it’s not that structured out here and since it’s quite huge, we have to figure things out ourselves. I know that here I would get a lot of exposure required for the field and also it’s in London, but LAU isn’t, and London is definitely the best place for art students. But as a beginner, I would really prefer to get guidance for my first few years. Hence, I’m really confused.
If anyone has time, any insights would be really helpful and appreciated! Thanks