I’ve been offered a masters in both Beijin and the Arctic Circle and I am not sure where to go. I love nature and the masters in China would involve a lot of field trips, and the campus is situated in Huairou which has a bunch of beautiful hiking areas.
The arctic circle speaks for itself when it comes to the majesty of nature.
The arctic circle would only be for 1 year, whilst China would be for 2.
Both masters are great and interest me deeply.
I deal well with cold, but humidity gets to me. Not so much that it’s a detractor, but if I had to pick a weather I’d go for cold over clammy.
I in part applied to China because it’s the one country that takes climate change seriously, so having some connections there might be good.
The language isn’t a problem. Loads of people in China, especially in and around universities, are fluent in English. Plus OP would get to learn Mandarin in arguably the best environment for it.
(arguably because sometimes you just wanna practice your mandarin but everyone else wants to use their english. many such cases. my experience and so many people I’ve talked to about this lol)