There's no doubt about the highlight of their time at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) for two Biomedical Science students - getting married!
Now Neil Baber and Jenny Choto have another big day to look forward to, this time to collect their degrees.
They'll be graduating at the same ceremony today and the icing on the cake is they have both been accepted on master's courses.
Neil said their happy ever after started in the Bioanalytical Instrumentation and Techniques module.
He said: "In the second year we were in the same practical session. Everyone else was younger and we naturally came together to study."
Neil proposed on the afternoon of 1 April 2015 and the couple tied the knot on 31 October.
Jenny said: "The highlight of my time at university was meeting my dream man!"
Originally from Zimbabwe and settled in Nottingham, Jenny worked as a data analyst and loan administrator before deciding to pursue her interest in health and life sciences.
She did a foundation year at the University of Leicester and started a Pharmaceutical Chemistry degree, but realised it wasn't the right subject area for her.
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Jenny said: "I was attracted to DMU because it is a multi-cultural university, which represents a wide variety of different countries and cultures.
"I enjoyed all the subjects on my course, even though some of them were very challenging."
Before DMU, Neil had already gained a BSc in Psychology with Business Studies and worked in the fraud department of a credit card company.
He started gaining weight but didn't realise the extent until he received a very unkind comment from a work colleague.
Despite losing weight by eating smaller portions, he was constantly tired and struggled to concentrate, and wondered if eating a particular type of food was to blame. Neil decided to go back into education to find out the biological mechanisms of weight loss and weight gain.
After attending Leicester College, Neil decided the DMU course was more suited to his interests.
"It was so broad and detailed at same time," he said.
Neil's approach to university work was to "knuckle down" and "never give up".
"I was on cloud nine when I found out I had a 2:1," he said.
In September, the couple will both be starting their master's courses, with Neil looking at Chronic Disease and Immunity and Jenny studying Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology.
"Being accepted on the course was awesome," added Neil.
Posted on Monday 18 July 2016