• Question: How long were you in university/college for?

    Asked by Logan to Shruti, Mark, Faranak, Douglas, Alistair on 1 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Alistair McConnell

      Alistair McConnell answered on 1 Mar 2019:

      I spent 6 years doing my undergraduate degree (switched in year 2), 1 year doing a post grad degree and then 4 years doing a PhD, so I had my student discount for about 11 years.

    • Photo: Douglas Wragg

      Douglas Wragg answered on 2 Mar 2019:

      I studied in college for seven years to become an engineer – it was a long hard slog, but well worth all the effort.

    • Photo: Shruti Turner

      Shruti Turner answered on 2 Mar 2019:

      I’m actually still at university, in totally I’ll spend nearly 8 years at university!

      I did three years doing my first degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics, studying aeroplanes and satellites. Then I did another year for a Masters degree in Biomedical Engineering.

      I’m now doing a PhD, which is a 3-4year degree where I do my own research project and then write it all up into a big book called a thesis at the end.

      You don’t need to spend all that time at university to be an engineer, I just wanted to explore different parts of engineering and I love Biomedical Engineering so much I wanted to do research in the area.

    • Photo: Mark Bentley

      Mark Bentley answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      I had a 5 year apprenticeship before I was classed as finished, 4 years of collage 1 day a week.

      But I learn all the time, mainly in my own time, new CAD and CAM software all the time new technologies

    • Photo: Faranak Bahrami

      Faranak Bahrami answered on 4 Mar 2019: last edited 4 Mar 2019 11:22 am

      I’m still technically a student 😀 never leaving the education system best years hahaha

      So when I came to the UK I had to do 1 year of foundation year, then I did 3 years of Bachelor in Engineering (no placement year, because the £ currency was very expensive, and I was self-funded, so I prefer to finish my degree asap before the currency got even more expensive), then I did one year for my Masters of Science, and now I’m on the beginning of the 3rd year of my Engineering Doctorate (one year and few months left), so by the time I finish my Doctorate it will be 9 years 😀 It might sound like a long time, but don’t forget the student discounts you will get….. 😀

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