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I am very proud when I think back to my year at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. I've met some of the most amazing people from all over the world.

Vishanth Vijayakumar

MSc in Advanced Control and Systems Engineering

I chose the University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ because it is one of the top Universities in the UK offering MSc courses in Control and Systems Engineering. ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ is also the only university in the country with a Department dedicated to this discipline and to top it all off, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ was rated the best university for student experience in the Times Higher Education 2014 Survey.

I studied MSc in Advanced Control and Systems Engineering. This was a really interesting course that touches on many subject areas such as Artificial intelligence, Robotics, Process Engineering and Computer Science. The course is a nice blend of theoretical, practical and lab work, and we were taught by experts in their chosen fields. I especially enjoyed the design aspect of some of the assignments, as this allowed me to explore new and original ways of doing things.

A career in research

I’ve gone straight into employment since graduating from the University. I am now working as a Research Assistant at the University of Ghent. I will be working under the Multimedia Research Group on my area of research, which is Optimising Speech Recognition Techniques.

I owe much of my success to ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, as it opened my eyes to the scale and quality of research taking place in Europe. It made me realise that I want to stay in Europe and embark on a career in research in order to become the best at what I do.

Employment advice

My job hunting began in December just before graduation. I applied to a lot of companies and universities that interested me and then chose the best option.

These are the websites I used:

For graduate jobs - 
For UK research jobs - 
For EU research jobs - 

If you are reading this and are considering ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, don’t think twice, it’s an amazing University!

P.S. Do sign up for the orientation week!