• Question: How long were you in university?

    Asked by anon-190786 to Matt, Maia, Lyndsay, Liam, Dionne, Brendan on 7 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Liam Taylor

      Liam Taylor answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      I am still in University! There are three main types of degree that you progress through. The first is called a Bachelors, which takes between 3 and 4 years. The next is Masters which takes between 1 and 2 years, and the final is a PhD which normally takes 4 years. I am currently in the first year of my PhD, and this is my sixth year of being in University. Complicated!

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      Dionne Turnbull answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      I was a university student for 11 years!! My family called me the eternal student.
      3 years training in aromatherapy and massage, and I had my own business for a few years after that.

      Then came the science-
      4 years at University of Edinburgh doing my BSc in Biology
      Then 4 years of a PhD with the University of Dundee.
      Although my PhD was a bit more like having a job – you don’t actually go to classes. I worked in a lab all week, doing my own research project, then you write it all up as a ‘thesis’ at the end.

      Good luck for the rest of your PhD Liam!! 🙂

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      Brendan Marrinan answered on 8 Nov 2018:

      I’ll give you a long answer. I went to School and did ok at my GCSE’s then went to college for 2 years and did badly in my A-Levels, then worked for 3 years, then went back to college for 1 year to redo my A-Levels, then went to University for 3 years to do my BSc (Bachelors Degree), then 1 more year at University to do my MSc (Master Degree). Dionne and Liam have PhDs and will beat me in how long they have been at university.

      Since leaving university I still learn and train and recently became a Chartered Geologist. After university you start to collect letters after your name; I have BSc, MSc, FGS, CGeol

    • Photo: Matt Bower

      Matt Bower answered on 8 Nov 2018:

      Three years initially (to get my BSc in Geophysics) and then I went back for a further year to do my MSc in Water Environment. You can choose how long you stay, depending what you want to do. Some people love researching stuff and never leave – I loved Uni but knew I wanted to get out and put the science I’d learnt into practice.

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