Student Profiles
Mag Codandamourty-France
French student Mag Codandamourty found his time spent at UCLan as part of a third year undergraduate exchange so fulfilling that he decided so stay on for his postgraduate studies.
Originally from Orly, in Paris, Mag completed the final year of his Foreign Languages Applied course at UCLan in 2005/06 and enjoyed the law part of his course, so he decided to remain here to study a Common Professional Exam for entry into the law profession.
He said: "The course over here is structured a lot better than in France. Lectures and seminars are well planned and there is more emphasis on coursework here which suits me."
Mag also revealed that the amount of student support he received here during the final year of his course was one of the reasons he chose to continue his studies in Preston.
He said: "I settled in very easily when I first came here in 2005. The pre-sessional was very well organised and all of the buddies were willing to help with everything so I felt at home immediately.
"And I'm still friends with the people I met during orientation, who come from all over the world."
Mag thinks that there will ultimately be more work opportunities in the UK than in France, especially as he speaks French, German and English.
He said: "I want to complete a legal practice course when I finish my studies here, so that I can become a solicitor.
"The fact that I've studied the law course in England means that it makes sense for me to work here as I know all about the UK legal system."
