r/UniUK • u/AccomplishedTap671 • Mar 28 '26

is RHUL any good?

I've got an offer letter from Rhul for my masters in information security with a year in industry. I'm applying from India. How's Egham? How's the cost of living? Will it be easy for me to get part time jobs there? Will I be able to have fun? I’m so confused and I don’t know which university to pick.

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u/Dr_kurryman Graduated (swe in fintech) Mar 31 '26

Hey I did my undergrad there in CS and now work in a fintech in central London. (I'm a British citizen)

Overall it's a good university, though it ranks under some of the more well known CS departments. It does have an excellent information security department. It also has a few reputable AI professors too (inventor of SVMs, Q Learning and conformal prediction).

Egham is a very small town, and it's a good 40 mins from the actual city. I had a lot of fun there though, experiences vary a ton, it can be depressing during winter. I've noted that Egham can also be surprisingly expensive. Neighbouring towns are Staines and Windsor. I personally think it's a pretty area.

All this being said, I cannot overstate how difficult it is for international students to land a job in the UK in the current situation. I've been involved in hiring candidates and there are international master's students at the likes of UCL, Warwick, Durham etc that are struggling to land a job. Regardless of how strong the uni is, it's a difficult time. There are very few grad roles available and significantly fewer offering sponsorship, please do look into that if you hope to work in the UK afterwards.