Incorporating a year abroad into your studies can enhance your employability prospects, immerse you in a different culture and build a network of contacts in your subject area.<\/p>\n
Stage 2 Physics student, Ruhee Kahar, shares why she chose to study an\u00a0MPhys in Astrophysics, Space Sciences and Astronomy with a year abroad in America<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI have always been interested in observational astronomy and I was lucky to know from a young age that studying physics was the direction I wanted to take in life.<\/p>\n \u201cI chose to study at the University of Kent as they were the only university to offer a specific course that was directly in line with what I have always been passionate about.<\/p>\n \u201cFurthermore, there was a chance to continue with and develop my observational astronomy hobby through the UKC Space Society<\/a> and the program run by Dr Dirk Froebrich<\/a> to observe at the Beacon Observatory<\/a>, based on campus. Alongside this I would have access to a year studying abroad as well as being able to complete my course with a Masters degree.<\/p>\n \u201cRegarding my year abroad, I will be studying at Indiana University in America<\/a>. I am most excited for the research in Astronomy module, that will allow me to enhance my current research and laboratory skills, as well as giving me access to a telescope and other data mining equipment.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that in addition to being mentally stimulating and fascinating, this will really help to prepare me for my Masters year.<\/p>\n Studying in America will also give me a different experience of learning as their teaching style is completely different to how it is in the UK. I believe the opportunity to study abroad for a year will broaden my horizons even further and facilitate my connections with people in the scientific community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cIn the future I hope to be able to complete a PhD, and go into research in the field of observational astronomy, although I am trying to keep my options open to any opportunity that may come my way.\u201d<\/p>\n We wish Ruhee all the best with her Year Abroad, and look forward to hearing about her experiences.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Incorporating a year abroad into your studies can enhance your employability prospects, immerse you in a different culture and build a network of contacts in … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40702,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[99361,20367,28766],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physastro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physastro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physastro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physastro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40702"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physastro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physastro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physastro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physastro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physastro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physastro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}