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A transformational gift in the will of Anthony Johnston in 2019 enabled the University to establish the Anthony & Margaret Johnston Centre for Doctoral Training in Plant Sciences which provides fully funded PhD studentships in this globally important field.
Anthony and his wife Margaret met while at Aberdeen, both graduating…
Having enjoyed studying business management and social studies at school, Roisin Fredrick decided that the University’s MA Business Management & Legal Studies degree provided the best opportunities for her career ambitions. With the generous support of a Cormack Family Foundation Scholarship, Roisin is now one step nearer to her goals…
When Delight Kwan joined a five-day summer course to learn the violin in Scotland in 2019, she realised how much she loved the music of Scotland, as well as the Scottish accent, and decided that Aberdeen was where she wanted to pursue her studies. As she graduates this week with…
For Muneeb Ali, coming to the University of Aberdeen was not just a decision but a calling for his pursuit of a Master of Science in Process Safety, in which he graduated with distinction on Thursday 23 November 2023. Muneeb tells us more here.
“When I was looking at choices…
Richmond Opoku graduated on Wednesday 22 November 2023 with a Master of Public Health and here he tells us about his studies, how the Remmes & Martin Award supported him and his hopes for the future.
“My motivation for pursuing the Master of Public Health (MPH) programme was to gain…
When Yasmin Hosseini was forced to leave her home country four years ago, the University of Aberdeen offered hope and an opportunity to continue her studies thanks to the Shining Lights Scholarship. She graduates on Wednesday November 22, 2023 with an MSc in Applied Marine and Fisheries Ecology.
Yasmin expresses…
As a young boy growing up in a family that had only school education, and was otherwise self-taught, I always dreamed of earning my PhD. In our basement there was a dim, cramped room covered with stacks of books - some of which were forbidden - about literature, politics, philosophy,…
Franciszek Gebka is one of our graduating scholars. He received the Fugro Scholarship in his third, fourth and fifth years at the University of Aberdeen. In this blog he talks about his experiences with the scholarship and studying abroad.
I visited Scotland on a school trip when I was 13,…
It is with utmost appreciation that I write this blog on completing my Masters degree with the help of the Vikram Reddy Memorial Scholarship Award, without which this would not be possible.
I chose the University of Aberdeen because of my wonderful undergraduate experience and the stellar teaching and support…
Why Aberdeen?
Having just finished an undergraduate degree at Scotland’s Rural College amidst an escalating pandemic situation my thoughts turned to what I would do next. I was already interested in gaining a masters degree and after researching my options, the MSc in Environmental Science at the University of Aberdeen…
