Student stories

  • Industrial Placement at Edwards Ltd – Matthew Mellor

    Matt, a final-year student, has kindly taken the time to tell us more about his recent Industrial Placement at Edwards Ltd as part of his MEng Chemical Engineering with Industrial Experience degree. He gives us an insight into his degree choice, his time on his placement, and advice for other students looking to undertake an…

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  • Nainika: from Mauritius to Manchester

    Meet Nainika Sahye, a fully funded Mauritian state scholar and an aspiring mechatronic engineer. She tells us all about her story and journey as an international student here at The University of Manchester: The 7th of February 2020 – was the day life changed completely for me. I still remember sitting in my living room…

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  • Ashutosh’s international student experience

    Ashutosh Karkare is an alumnus from India and he’s taken the time to tell us how he got inspired to undertake an MSc degree in Advanced Process Integration and Design at the University of Manchester: I can vividly recall here that incident that kick-started my affection for the subject of chemistry. During my high school,…

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  • My journey so far: Louisa Mason

    This week Louisa Mason joins us on the blog. Louisa is a Master’s student who joined the university in on our Physics with an Integrated Foundation Year course. Louisa told us all about her university experience, the work she’s been doing at Manchester and her lunch with the Lovell telescope.

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  • From China to Manchester: Joya’s international student experience

    Joya Zhou Zhuoya (周卓雅), has just begun studying Electrical and Electronic Engineering. She has taken the time to tell us about her experiences coming from China to her life studying here in Manchester: “Hi guys! My name is Joya Zhou Zhuoya (周卓雅), a Y1 international student studying a BEng (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.…

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