What our students say about us

We asked our students what they thought about studying at a postgraduate level at York, and here's what they told us:

Taught postgraduate courses

Small picture of Akshay DashrathAkshay Dashrath, MSc Information Technology

"Without my experience of the MSc in Information Technology, I am quite sure I would not be where I am today - on a professional or personal front. It was a life changing experience which I will treasure for the rest of my life."

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Small pic of Yi YangYi Yang, MSc Software Engineering

"The facilities in the department are world class. The software and hardware laboratories are brand new and are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.."

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Small pic of Jonathan Wainwright, MSc ITJonathan Wainwright, MSc Information Technology

"I have been blown away by the variation of modules being taught, which allows me to develop and use all sorts of different skills.."

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Small picture of Alex Vaughan Alex Vaughan, MSc Human-Centred Interactive Technologies

"The relaxed nature of the staff, the well structured and planned teaching and the friends I made all contributed to a greatly positive experience at York."

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Small pic of Yue ZhangYue Zhang, MSc Computing

"After you graduate, you will have the potential to become a team leader or a project manager, not only because you will have strong technical skills and a solid foundation of knowledge, but because you will have advanced concepts and thoughts."

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Postgraduate research degrees

Small picture of Chris Marriott, PhD studentChris Marriott, PhD in Computer Science

"You are really looked after in York, there's nowhere else I would rather be completing my PhD!"

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Small picture of Richard Alun Williams PhD studentRichard Alun Williams, PhD in Computer Science

"I feel right at home within Computer Science here at York. The facilities are outstanding, and the staff are genuinely interested in how your research, and indeed you as a researcher, are developing."

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Small picture of Hasheem Ali Ghazzawi, EngD studentHashem Ali Ghazzawi, Engineering Doctorate in Large Scale Complex IT Systems

"One advantage of studying for an Engineering Doctorate is the valuable industrial experience in research and development. This will certainly help me in pursuing careers in consultancy, industrial research and development and even academia with a strong industrial liaison."

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