Student stories

Surrey’s unique offering, with its renowned Surrey Space Centre and collaborations with industry leaders such as SSTL, stood out as an ideal environment for cutting-edge learning and innovation.

I found the industrial placement a brilliant foot in the door, and the connections I made through the guest speakers helped me to secure my first role in sustainability soon after graduation.

I loved that my course was so interdisciplinary and brought so many people together from different walks of life, age groups and academic backgrounds to think about how we can help solve climate change.

I knew that to transition from being purely operational to taking on more senior leadership responsibilities, I needed to develop my leadership skills and understand broader business concepts. Within 2 months of achieving the Surrey EMBA I was promoted to Head of Operations.

The Surrey MBA was a turning point for me. It taught me how to think like a leader, understand business strategies, and connect technology with real-world business challenges.

The programme has enabled me to transition from a technically focused role to a more strategic position in product marketing, and I'm now pursuing my dream of building my own marketing agency.