SOAS

Once a training-ground for Brit Imperial types, SOAS is now made up of students from over 100 nations and occasional foreign royalty. This makes for an enormous molten pot of religious and ethnic backgrounds. The School is a rather drab brick part of the University of London’s central complex in Bloomsbury (handy for the UoL Union’s services) with a few extra bits and bobs located at the Vernon Square campus, 15 minutes from the main site...more detail SOAS specialises in courses related to Asia, Africa and the Middle East and has a worldwide reputation. Staff:student ratios are high and visiting speakers common...more on academic Entertainment is suitably multi-cultural, with visiting acts and troupes from the four corners often dropping in...more on entertainment The SU is fiery to the point of spontaneous combustion, keeping an eagle eye on School life and launching a campaign at the first sign of injustice – they don’t come much more political than this...more on the SU Sports activity is dead in the water and facilities don’t stretch beyond a gym and some squash courts...more on sports New students get priority in School accommodation, but there are no guarantees...more on housing

Woohoo: An Aladdin’s cave of specialist cultural knowledge
Boohoo: Not enough computers to go around
Tel: (020) 7637 2388
E-mail: study@soas.ac.uk
Website: www.soas.ac.uk