Student stories

The option to do a placement year was a huge draw for me as I felt it would be incredibly beneficial for kickstarting my career. I quickly got the impression that Surrey was a great place to gain experience and get the support you need to enter the world of work.

By studying media and communications I was able to cover a lot of topics, which helped me decide what area of media I wanted to go into for my career.

There is high demand for civil engineers, so it's important to think practically about how your knowledge will be applied. Get comfortable solving difficult engineering problems.

The Centre for Translation Studies (CTS) team are a rare group of professionals who are incredibly knowledgeable and brilliant at teaching and sharing their knowledge with their students.

The people I met at Surrey both by living with them in halls, meeting them at societies, or on my degree programmes, including lecturers and staff, have played such an incomprehensible part of my life. My years spent in Guildford and at Surrey will be deeply etched in me for all of my life to come, and I cannot express my gratitude enough. #ForeverSurrey.

I use my linguistic skills daily to liaise with partners from different parts of the world in order to maintain and further develop our relationships.

Surrey will always be home. It has made me to be a better woman who is forward-looking, adventurous, innovative and a positive contributor to our community.

I was really impressed by the flexibility of my degree, as I was able to do both a study abroad semester and a placement year.

The range of equipment and facilities available at Surrey is large and everything is state of the art, preparing you well for the industry after graduation.