{"id":5425,"date":"2017-07-19T14:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/?p=5425"},"modified":"2021-11-12T12:59:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T11:59:05","slug":"why-im-glad-i-chose-bournemouth-university-for-my-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2017\/07\/19\/why-im-glad-i-chose-bournemouth-university-for-my-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I&#8217;m glad I chose Bournemouth University for my Master&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you\u00a0wondering where to\u00a0study your Master&#8217;s degree? Here are a few of the reasons why\u00a0I&#8217;m glad I chose Bournemouth University for mine&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fees, Funding and Expenses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bournemouth University offers a\u00a0wide range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.bournemouth.ac.uk\/study\/postgraduate\/fees-funding\/scholarships-bursaries\">scholarships<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0can be seen as a lifesaver for lots of\u00a0students, especially, to those from developing countries. Also, the accommodation and living expenses in Bournemouth seem to be lower than some\u00a0other parts of the UK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reputation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bournemouth University is ranked as one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.bournemouth.ac.uk\/news\/2016-01-14\/bournemouth-university-rise-again\">200 most international universities<\/a> in the world. There are more than 2000 students from around 125 countries which creates a lively and diverse student experience.\u00a0In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ref-results-bu-s-research-ranked-world-leading\">2014 REF<\/a>, 96% of BU\u2019s research was evaluated as internationally recognized\u00a0and it also placed 4<sup>th<\/sup> in the south west for world-leading impact.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bournemouth is a thriving town on the wonderful south coast of England with good transport connections to the rest of UK.\u00a0 It is surrounded by splendid nature and other wonderful nearby places you can visit. For example, it takes around two\u00a0hours travelling by bus to get from Bournemouth to London. Additionally, there is\u00a0also the fossil-rich Jurassic Coast, New Forest National Park, and the widely known archaeological wonder of Stonehenge.<\/p>\n<p>The points I\u00a0have indicated above are just a tiny part of why I&#8217;m glad I chose BU. There are still a plenty of treasures waiting to be uncovered. Are you ready to explore this mysterious land? Then make sure you grab the chance to be the next BU-er!<a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/files\/2016\/06\/Esther-3-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4118 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/files\/2016\/06\/Esther-3-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"455\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you\u00a0wondering where to\u00a0study your Master&#8217;s degree? Here are a few of the reasons why\u00a0I&#8217;m glad I chose Bournemouth University for mine&#8230; Fees, Funding and Expenses Bournemouth University offers a\u00a0wide range of scholarships\u00a0that\u00a0can be seen as a lifesaver for lots of\u00a0students, especially, to those from developing countries. Also, the accommodation and living expenses in Bournemouth&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2017\/07\/19\/why-im-glad-i-chose-bournemouth-university-for-my-masters\/\">Read more &raquo;<span class=\"sr-only\"> about Why I&#8217;m glad I chose Bournemouth University for my Master&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1658,336],"tags":[877,1746,1964,2273],"class_list":["post-5425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-archive","category-blogs-archive","tag-bournemouth","tag-bournemouth-scholarships","tag-international-scholarships","tag-student-accommodation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15281,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5425\/revisions\/15281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}