Journey of a Muslim

- The University of Leeds is a campus style university located near the heart of the city.
- Here, you can find a lot of people from various backgrounds and nationalities just by sitting at the cafe!
- University of Leeds offers a wide range of courses and has been known for the quality of research the schools produced
- Leeds in general has many beautiful places like Harrogate, Yorkshire Dale, Roundhay and many more.
- The Yorkshire accent of the people in Leeds can be quickly recognised as you can hardly understand their conversation at first, but gradually you will be a part of them :)
- Leeds has an international airport, the Leeds Bradford International Airport, so you have the choice where to fly from UK!
- if you are intended to go to London from here, the distance on map looks ridiculously far and just want to forget about it, THINK AGAIN! London is just 2 hours away from Leeds by train and 4 hours by bus. you can get as cheap as £5 by bus and £10 by train and you are there in the big capital of UK!



Facilities

- WE GOT IT ALL !!!
- Halal food : Charcos ( the other version of Nando's), Mahmood burger ( other version of McD), halal Subway, 3 halal whole chicken meat for 6 pounds only, and plenty of Pakistan/Bangladesh/India foods
- The 'Green room' accommodates the need for all muslims to pray and socialize.
- Equipped with new gymnasium, 'The Edge'..range of activities and facilities for sports-lover
- You can ride on a city bus to various selected places in Leeds for just 50p


Course

-Medicine for almost 50 all batches
-Engineering : civil, chemical, mechanical, robotic etc
-KPM : bio, chem, physic, maths
-Food Science
-Law
-Psychology
-Dentistry
-Petronas : Business and Finance, Marketing
-Felda : Biotech


Accommodation

- no need to worry about halls anymore..plenty of affordable houses/rooms available near the uni
- the rent is as low as GBP 250 monthly!
- self-resident are near to other M'sian student as well
-first year students are not compulsory to stay in hall, but if you wish, why not try the new modern hall ' Charles Morris'
- the strategic house we talk about is really strategic! 7 mins walking to school, 15 mins walking to city centre and you can access almost anywhere


Life as a Muslim

- being a muslim here in UK, not necessarily Leeds, give you another horizon to practice Islam.
- you are going to experience variable prayer times. you need to adjust your sleeping time according to the prayer times! not the other way round. ^_^
- here, the muslim community is global! you can find people from different country and yet very kind to you.
- in Leeds, you can find the most trusted taxi driver (insyaAllah) always willing to return things left in their car straight to your door
- apart from 'greenroom', in Leeds you will find Mecca and Medina mosques al together! best deal!



Halal Food

- no need to worry on halal food
- easy to get halal meat near Leeds Grand Mosque
- 3 whole chicken and for just 6 pounds!
- halal delivery fast food is available
- Malaysian spices and sauces can easily find at Asian market
- the special thing is, we got a lot of home food cooked by our very own Malaysian kitchen ^_^


Malaysian Community

- there are many Malaysian societies here; LUMSOC, MSCL, IKRAM, MSCL, MASSOC, KULB
- gatherings with other M'sian are almost a routine here eg through sports, Family day, BBQ, solat hajat
- we also have support groups that cater the need of self-reflection eg Dynamic circle by LUMSOC, IKRAM
-we eat,sleep,pray,study and play together!


What to Prepare

- do bring extra clothes. no need for the big winter jacket.
- prepare a jacket for you might not used to the weather here when you arrived
- do bring ikan bilis and cili kering, if you staying with the seniors, other stuff have been there readily for use, if not, you might want to bring them along
- do not forget your important documents!
- the prayer kit (telekung, Al Quran etc)
- bring your mini toilettries for temporary used (you might need to consider this.. :))



Contact Person

Anizatul Azna Ahmad
anizatul.azna@gmail.com
skype: aznaahmad

Ahmad Fahmi Ruzaidi
Email: darkchemist_14@yahoo.com
skype: fahmi.ruzaidi
Alamat Msia: Kuantan Pahang