SOAS or ANU?

[Kosmosis707]

Hello everyone,

 

I'm an American student with an undergraduate Political Science degree from Berkeley.  I plan on applying to Masters degree programs in either Asian Studies or in Political Science and plan on focusing my studies towards comparative politics in Southeast Asia and Myanmar specifically.  At this point, I'm strongly considering getting my Masters degree overseas and have looked into both Australian National University and the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.  Does anyone know if one program is much stronger than the other?  It seems they both have solid focus on Southeast Asia and both offer language courses in Burmese (ANU with a first year course and SOAS up to the 2nd year). 

 

Any experience or knowledge of either of these programs that you can share would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks!