Hi I'm Zhiyan Li, I'm a direct entry
student from Southwest Jiaotong University
and now I'm doing Electrical Engineering
at the University of Birmingham.
I think the thing that surprised me most
when I first arrived here at the city of
Birmingham itself, it's quite modern
which is beyond my imagination
because I used to think that the UK can
be divided into London and the rest.
However the city of Birmingham changed
my mind with its convenient
transportation and well organised city
plan, so I think it's the thing that
surprised me most. And also the people
here are really friendly to their
international friends. Well I believe we
are exposed to all kinds of the latest
technologies here in the University of
Birmingham and there are world-class
laboratories and super lovely professors
who are definitely the fountain of
knowledge in terms of their specific
areas. And also I think we can develop
our self-learning skills in here in
Birmingham compared to our home university.
Well I do spend some great time with
friends from Southwest Jiaotong University. We
travelled around the UK together and
celebrated the Spring Festival China
together. We helped each other a lot in
adapting to the life in the UK.
Although I really do love
to make friends with other international
students they are certainly one of the
most supportive parts of my life in the
UK. Whenever I was feeling
homesick they are always there.
For studying in the UK I think that the
education system of the UK and China are
quite different. It might take some time
to get used to that. Here you need more
ability on critical thinking and
presentation but no worries everything is
gonna be fine. And for living in the
UK I think just try to experience and
explore more. Try to enjoy your life
here - you will love it. Well I just
made up my mind to further pursue for a
Masters degree in the field of
communication system and signal
processing but before that I love to
do some real word internship to link the
theory I learned and the practical work
together.
I believe it's always better to do that
before you decided to go for a further
degree.
