Student Profiles
Anant Nigam-India
Indian student Anant Nigam is taking advantage of the Leonardo da Vinci vocational training programme by spending a year on placement in Germany.
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Mag Codandamourty-France
French student Mag Codandamourty found his time spent at UCLan as part of a third year undergraduate exchange so fulfilling that he decided so stay on for his postgraduate studies.
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Bektemir Rahimov-Uzbekistan
As a researcher and lecturer in health promotion at Tashkent Medical Academy in Uzbekistan, Bektemir Rahimov was keen to increase his research opportunities.
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Astrid Elias-Mexico
Astrid Elias became the first person in ten years to gain a First Class BA (Hons) degree in International Business from UCLan.
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Kelly Xu-China
Kelly Xu graduated from her degree after spending just one year at UCLan, having studied the first two years of her course in her home city of Guangzhou.
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Yijai Gong (Neil)-China
The 24 year-old MSc Business Management graduate chose to study his Masters course at UCLan after completing an undergraduate degree in Accounting and Financial Studies.
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Katarzyna Wilkowicz-Poland
Katarzyna came to the UK from Lublin in Poland to improve her English seven years ago, but just a year after arriving she decided to take her learning one step further.
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Yu Song-China
Accounting graduate Yu Song performed outstandingly in her studies to achieve a First Class degree - which only a very small percentage of students attain!
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Juliane Kloss-Germany
Forensic psychology student Juliane Kloss eventually wants to move to the USA and become an offender profiler with the FBI.
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Olga Papathanasiou-Greece
Olga Papathanasiou was worried that she'd find it hard to settle in when she first came to UCLan, but she soon felt at home when she joined the Greek Society.
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Frida Larsson-Sweden
Football-obsessed Swede Frida Larsson is using UCLan as a stepping stone to her dream job as a sports writer or presenter.
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Jie Xu (Shirley)-China
Jie Xu (Shirley) enjoyed her time at UCLan as part of her English for International Business (EIB) course so much that she decided to stay here to study a Masters degree.
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Ashlee Muscroft-Bahamas
First year student Ashlee Muscroft, from Nassau in the Bahamas, is relishing the fact that his computer games hobby is now becoming his potential profession.
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Kate Watkins-USA
American Football fanatic Kate Watkins worked as the sports reporter on two newspapers in her hometown of Boulder, Colorado, before pursuing her education in England and finally pitching for UCLan.
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Malvika Abichandani-India
Malvika Abichandani has always loved science and is studying the third year of a BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science degree at UCLan on a franchise course.
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International nursing students-China
On a sunny December day the students from the BSc (Hons) Nursing for International Students course took some time out in the Green Olive Cafe to talk about life and study at UCLan.
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Li Rui-Inner Mongolia
As a child in Inner Mongolia, Li Rui loved to draw. That childhood talent matured at UCLan and Li Rui is beginning a successful career as a designer in a leading UK design company.
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Nanaka Yanuma-Japan
When she arrived in Preston from Japan to study a Foundation Certificate in English for University Study, Nanaka Yanuma was pleasantly surprised by her new surroundings.
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