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Asked by anon-74424 to Vanessa on 11 May 2020.
Question: What university did you study at and what was your experience studying engineering like?
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Vanessa Stanley answered on 11 May 2020:
I studied BEng Electronic Engineering at Coventry University
Studying Engineering was absolutely amazing – I’ve always wanted to go to University and knew it was the right path for me. There were so many new things that I learned throughout the course of my degree that have helped me in my current job! It is a lot of hard work, but they rewards very well worth it.
Whether you choose to go to University or not, there are so many different ways you can get into your dream role if you put enough work in. For example, there are apprenticeship schemes and degree apprenticeship schemes to name two 🙂
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Leah commented on :
I studied Mechanical Engineering at Loughborough University. The course at Loughborough stood out for me because there’s lots of opportunities to do project work and apply the things that you had learnt. In my final year, I made a robot that plays noughts and crosses and studied at a university in Singapore. I also did an industrial placement year as a programmer working with engineers.
Sometimes the course was tough, but I’m really proud of what I achieved.
tomstewartbrackenridge commented on :
I studied Mechanical Engineering BEng (Hons) at University of Central Lancashire otherwise known as UCLAN. I loved studying engineering as it is a field I am passionate about. I particularly enjoyed engineering design and engineering reliability with tribology. My final year dissertation was to design and manufacture a steering rack system for the Shell Eco-Marathon car event.
Emma commented on :
I studied Mechatronics at Massey University in New Zealand.
There were definitely some elements of my studies that were more fun than other parts. I’m not naturally good a Maths or Electronics so that was a real struggle at times. What kept me going was the practical elements which I absolutely loved, and the Industrial Placement elements which personally I loved the most because it was more real than being stuck in a classroom or doing engineering in a computer simulation – all important elements, but just not my favourite bits!
David commented on :
I studied for my Engineering degree in the Royal Navy, at the Royal naval Engineering College Manadon. Sadly this college is now closed but the three armed services continue to sponsor engineers using a selection of universities, I know that Southampton is one of those and there are others. In each year of the degree course there were several subjects/topics to cover, some easier to grasp than others; always loyts of quite chunky Maths. My course also included practical sessions learning about using a full work-shop and associated machinery. At the end of my first degree there was a further 12 months Application Course, relating the theoretical degree work to the reality and practicality of warship machinery before going to my first complement role as the junior engineer officer in a frigate. The degree course was hard work but ultimately very rewarding. But it was not all hard study. There were the strong friendships made, other activities; sailing and theatre productions to name but two, and there were many more. An Engineering degree should be challenging and fun.
Craig commented on :
As i started studying after working for a number of years, I studied Mechanical Engineering at City of Glasgow which gave me the qualifications to then study BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering at Glasgow Caledonian University. I found this time amazing and incredibly interesting. As part of the honours year you complete a dissertation in which you are given a supervisor. I had a supervisor who was extremely helpful and gave me insights into engineering that i still use today. I also did my MSc in Environmental Management at Glasgow Caledonian University. As a masters student you get to work with students from different backgrounds which was incredible.
Nicola commented on :
I studied civil and coastal engineering at Plymouth University as it was the only university at the time that offered a dedicated coastal engineering focus to the degree. I really enjoyed physical geography at school so this option allowed me to continue learning about the coast whilst studying engineering. I loved the course and there are many optional modules so you can choose areas you would like to focus on. I also took an optional module to become a HSE qualified scuba diver during my second year which was a huge challenge but massively rewarding and helped me to secure an industrial placement between my second and third year which led to sponsorship for my final two years and ultimately a graduate job.
Fidel commented on :
I went to the University of Sussex down in Brighton for an MEng Electrical & Electronic Engineering. Brighton is a proper student city so it was really fun and had loads of places to go to. First year was kind of tough because I was learning a lot of stuff that I hadn’t even heard of before and I ended failing 2 modules and resitting them in the summer. By second year, I had adjusted and knew who to go to for help when I needed to so it wasn’t too bad. Third year was another big change because I had to do a year-long project and dissertation. Third year was a lot of fun as well as I got to join my uni’s Formula Student team and kind of assisted them build the car for the competition. This then lead to me actually being of the main team making the car when I was fourth year which was absolutely amazing. Seeing the car work at the end was really amazing. All in all, it wasn’t too bad and I got a lot of great memories from it.