I get asked what university I attended, and when I tell them they always follow by asking where it is, as it's a foreign no-name university with no particular i

I get asked what university I attended, and when I tell them they always follow by asking where it is, as it's a foreign no-name university with no particular international standing. I'm always asked more as a curiosity than because they're judging me. As far as undergraduate degrees go, most universities teach you the same thing, the only difference is that some universities are more selective in who can attend than others. I learned the same material at the University of Canterbury down at the bottom of the world in New Zealand as what undergrads learn at Stanford. I guess it's a bit different if you live in a country where there's competitive university entry, in New Zealand most universities simply require that finished high school to enter, you pick you university for lifestyle reasons (usually either because it's close to home or because you want to escape home). I've discovered that here in Australia there's much more of a hierarchy of which university you attended, as admissions are much more competitive. I guess that's what happens when you have 6 universities in the same city.