How to choose a University?

The most important point to realize is which factor weighs the most. Consider the following:

• Research in the university in your area of interest.
• Tuition and cost of living.
• Coursework: if the courses offered are the ones you want to study.
• Weather.
• Faculty you are really interested to work with.
• Collaborations with industry.
• On-Campus Placements.
• Availability of funds to that university, this affects the aid offered to students.
• The acceptance rate of international students.
• Location of relatives.
• Inputs from seniors often helps in applying to universities .How?They will have a fair idea of how many international students would have been given admission.This makes the task of predicting the admissions for the following year more accurate.
• Another fool proof but major time consuming method is to browse through the websites of Universities an learn about them.

This combined with the other factors (conveniently listed above) can help you draw out a list.