Life on campus
Budgeting for university – how I funded my course and living expenses for the year
"I've been accepted!" After the initial excitement of earning a place on the Advanced Materials MSc course at Cranfield began to settle down, I started to feel anxious about how I would deal with funding and living expenses for the ...
Interview with Lord Kings Norton Medal winner 2016 – Thomas Kissinger, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Thomas Kissinger, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cranfield University Interferometric Signal Processing PhD, 2015 About you What were you doing before you started your course at Cranfield? I worked in the optical metrology industry for two to three ...
Interview with Vice-Chancellor’s prize winner – Emma Saunders, Forensic Anthropology PhD
Emma Saunders, Forensic Anthropology PhD, Cranfield University Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology MSc, 2015 About you What were you doing before you started your course at Cranfield? I did an undergraduate degree in medical sciences and ...
Coming to Cranfield as a couple – would we be able to live together?
I had been living with my boyfriend for 2 years in France when I decided to move abroad for my master's degree. What would happen to my relationship if I move? That was the question on my mind ...
Why I chose Cranfield over one of America’s top ranked public universities
I was accepted at both Cranfield University and the 11th best ranked public University in the USA, the University of Illinois, to study my Masters. How was I going to decide? In the end I chose Cranfield, ...
How I funded my Master’s degree, and other useful tips for new students
After a year of enriched curriculum study, I am now close to finishing my course. Looking back on the year I've spent at Cranfield, I can definitely say that accepting the offer to study here was ...