University in Asia - Thailand & Malaysia
Asia is an ideal study abroad destination for students wishing for a true cultural learning experience.
Language proficiency is not a requirement as programmes are taught in English
Asia is home to approximately one half of the world’s population and many fascinating societies with strong cultural roots that are distinctly different from those of the West
Students will gain an understanding and appreciation of Asian cultures, languages, and practices so that they can effectively work together to solve the challenges of tomorrow.
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The cost living in Asia is much less than in the UK
Tuition Fees
Living Cost - Thailand
The vast majority of all Thai students in Bangkok live in a one room apartment with their own bathroom. While Thai students love to share their rooms (Thais hate to do anything alone), you probably will prefer to have a 'safe haven' on your own. A 30-40 square meter apartment you will get in a modern and well-maintained building for around 4,500 Baht a month (see How to find an apartment). With wireless ADSL (very widespread), water, and power supply, it may sum up to 5,500 Baht per month – if you get adjusted to using a fan instead of air condition. Heavy use of air condition can easily double your monthly expenditure since power consumption was sure not an argument when purchasing your room's air-con. Electricity bills of 6,000 or even 8,000 baht were reported by foreign students - who later admitted that they never switched the air-con off, and adjusted it to about 22 degrees Celsius. That's the hard way to learn it.
You may want to make sure that your apartment is close to the campus. Compared to the cost of a dinner, taxis are very expensive and usually stick (with their meter running, of course) in the same traffic jam as a bus does. The most expensive busses are the air-conditioned ones. Even with currently rising prices, you won't need to pay more than 10 or 15 Baht for a ride. By the way, riding by tuk-tuk may still appear nice to you, but between all the busses with their black dust, and with you as a foreigner being the target of all sorts of scams and excessive prices, you won't do that often.
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