UCAS to higher education. Personal statements can contain a maximum of 4,000 characters (including spaces) or 47 lines – whichever comes first, with a maximum of 94 characters per line. A research study conducted by UCAS with over 300,000 personal statements of students revealed that the personal statement (among the student's grades) is the most important part within the application process. The final part of the process involves paying an application fee and obtaining a written reference. The process varies depending on whether a student is applying through a school, college or UCAS centre or as an individual. For the former,
Institute for Manufacturing learned to real industrial problems. Its undergraduate programme is known as 'MET' (Manufacturing Engineering Tripos). The course forms the final two years of the University of Cambridge Engineering degree. MET integrates management, business and interpersonal skills with engineering and manufacturing knowledge and industrial engagement. The programme's core is combined with opportunities to put theory into practice via student projects. Postgraduate courses are the twelve month MPhil courses on 'Industrial Systems Manufacture and Management' (ISMM). Students spend more than half the course in companies in the UK or mainland Europe. Participants have modules in various aspects of manufacturing, operations and supply