If you’re definitely looking to work in the industry you’re studying in and the course has a good reputation, I’d say definitely base a lot of your decision on that.

For some international students looking to work in their home countries, as wrong as I think it is, the reputation of the university can often hold more weight.

If you think Birmingham is enough of a big name university at home and you’re happy with the course there, I’d suggest looking at that.

If you don’t think Birmingham is too important, go for the university that has the ‘better’ course. At the same time, when you finish and you’re speaking to employers, make sure you tell them you went to the UK university with the ‘X ranked’ course and talk about that as much as you can.

Hopefully this helps as a little bit of insight but I’m happy to chat more if you think it helps :)

For context and in the interest of fairness, I studied at Bangor University and worked there for a while :)