What Students Say
Likes
- Campus is situated at top hill location, from where we can see the beautiful view of Canterbury town.
- Library is accessible 24*7 with cafe facilities and vending machines.
- Engineering labs are well equipped with proper safety measures.
Dislikes
- EDA department of university only have 1 dedicated lab/common study room for masters students.
- Cafeteria doesn't offer any Indian snacks and food
- Common kitchens in hostel doesn't have the separate drinking water tap.
Required Exams for Admission
Course Curriculum
- Course curriculum was medium level with blend of both theoretical and practical classes. 40% was the theoretical part and 60% was the practical and assignments.
- I do not have any negative aspects about the course, but there are many positives like, couse was designed and taught in a way that every student can grasp the things easily.
- All the classes were recorded so that students can revisit anytime, there are presentations and case study based assignment to enhance students analytical and thinking skills, All the faculties were very supportive, responsive and experienced.
Admission Experience
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I applied for 3 universities except University of Kent, colleges are:
*London South Bank University- Shortlisted, Received the confirmed admission letter.
*University of Southampton- Waitlisted.
*Melbourne Institute of Technology Australia- Shortlisted, Received the confirmed admission letter. -
I got rejections from 1 german university, Tu-munich
The main reason for the rejection was, there are limited seat for English taught courses at that time. -
I chose University of Kent because it has the best in-house and visiting facilities, Dedicated research and development labs for telecom and communication engineering. University has the good reputation and gold rating in research works.
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Admission process-
- Application submission with SOP, Letter of Recommendation from past college/university.
- Application review.
- Personal Interview in some cases.
- Provisional Offer if any document pending else the confirmed offer.
- Once students fulfill the requirement raised by the university, then the university issues CAS letter for visa related purposes. -
Eligibility criteria- overall 60%/6.5 CGPA marks in 10th, 12th and Graduation, Statement of Purpose, Letter of Recommendation from past college/university.
*Accepted Exams-IELTS with 6 points.
*The overall Admission process were very smooth and quick, and the university is very responsive during the admission period.
*Aspiring students will not face any challenge if he/she has the proper documentation that is required by the admission department. -
I applied for fall intake, which usually starts around September every year. The reason behind that, in fall intake university has much more seats than the January intake. The weather is much pleasant around September and students can easily acclimatize with the weather.
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The admission process will take around 2 months from submitting application to issuing CAS. It is always better to start early, for example, if someone is trying for the 2026 september batch then he/she should submit an application by December 2025 or maximum by January 2026.
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After getting CAS document, I highly recommend applying for visa by own and read properly before applying visa.
Class Schedule
- In my course we had 40 students with different countries.
- We had 7 Indian students at that time in my course.
- Fall semester was very busy with regular classes, per day 6-7 classes per day. But in spring semester we had less classes with more lab related work.
Faculty
- We had 2 in-house faculty for each subject and 4-5 visiting professors of some specific topics and for the industrial seminars. Every professor were very responsive and easy approachable, because of this students never felt difficulties in clearing doubts and any course related work issues.
- Teaching was completely based on the case studies, Presentation and topic specific, Labs were properly taken by the research assistant students and the professors. There were industrial interactions also from the industry professionals/Visiting professors to make students industry ready.
- University have its own Placement and Industry interaction department which can support students in searching jobs, preparing CVs and give all the technical support. University also organizes industry events were all the industry folks comes under a roof to explain the opportunities and support with applications.
Campus Life
- University has multiple campuses and departments like EDA, Sibson, Cornwolis, Keynes College etc.
- Campus is well equipped with 24*7 library, sports complex, Gymnasium, multiple sports ground and courts and cafes.
- The university has its own NHS department for immediate medical support.
- It has its own campus security department.
- Multiple events organised the university community, such as spring festival, christmas eve party, community dinner/lunch. The university has its own club where students can chill out on weekends.
Part Time Jobs
- Getting different positions under a professor or in a department all depends on the number of openings, aspiring students can connect there professors for such openings.
- Pay range is all based on the per day basis. At that time it was between £50-£80.
- Apart from technical openings, students can work in university cafe, clubs and shopping complexes. Students can work out of campus also. Maximum hour granted in 4 hours per day and 20 hours a week, pay rate may vary from approx £200 to £300.
- Its not easy to secure a job on-campus or off-campus because a lot of students apply for the job and the openings are usually less.
- Indian students usually prefer to work under the professors in TA or RA related roles, but it is not limited to that some students work in cafes also. They usually earn between £200 to £300 per week. It is difficult to get part time job because of less openings, but there are some Indian restaurants and cafes where they prefer indian students.
- For application for this jobs students can check the opening through local websites and also visit cafe, stores etc. to know about the opening. If they find any openings, students can directly apply there and connect with managers there for interview.
Placement
- Getting a full time job in UK is very difficult nowadays because of very less openings. But now the UK has started the Post study work visa concept that gives students and opportunity to work and settle in UK. The acceptance rate in full time job is UK is 30-40% but again it is dependent on the opportunities.
- For graduate and post graduate students the average salary range is £30000 to £40000/year.
- There are multiple websites for students to apply for the Full time jobs, they can apply through campus recruitment, Networking with industry professionals and directly to the company websites.
- Almost every company has the graduate level openings, major companies are ofcom, vodafone, Airbus, PWC, Deloitte etc.
Accommodation
- I opted for the on-campus accommodation. I applied for it through the University website. There are multiple options available for accommodation on-campus, aspiring students can check and opt as per their requirements. Rent starts from £7000 to £10000 depending on the room size. All the hostels are very clean, rooms are spacious, common sharing kitchen and common hangout area.
- All rooms are equipped with a bed, mattress, study area, a revolving chair, attached restroom and high speed internet both wireless and wired.
- I didn't find any difficulties while searching for the accommodation, it was very smooth.
- I would recommend going for on-campus accommodation, because it has everything like a shopping complex, cafe, chilling area with friends and University have its own security department.
- All the schools and classes were very near to the accommodation.
Exams
- University accept IELTS, TOEFL PTE, also aspiring students can visit the university page and search for relevant courses to see the eligibility.
- Past academic documents, Statement of Purpose, Letter of Recommendation along with all the extra curricular certificates earned, Job experience certificates if any.
- Some of the courses have the personal interview also as a part of application but, I didn't had any interview.
Fees
- That time it was approx, £16000 tuition fee, £7000 hostel fee.
- Examination fee is included in the tuition fee, but re-sit exam fee is chargeable by the students.
- Fee can be charged yearly and semester-wise both.
- If anyone lived outside the campus- rent - £100-200/week.
- Transport-Students can buy bus pass costs £200/year.
- Regular expenses- depending on the student requirements but roughly it can be between £100 to £300 monthly.
Scholarship
- Scholarships are based on the merit basis, and it can vary every academic session. Aspiring students can visit the university website for more information on this.
- I didn't get the scholarship but some of my fellow students got scholarships worth £5000 and £10000.
- Names of Scholarship are-
-Kent Future Students India Scholarships
-Postgraduate Taught - £5000
-Chevening Scholarships- full tuition fee waiver.
