Uni Choices

Dr Drae

Dr Drae

In Cryo Sleep
So, I'm currently applying for Universities (Computer Science, masters, hopefully)

I'm on a BTEC at the moment, so anything remotely good is knocked out. I've put down King's College London, and the University of Lincoln (I'm assuming the small base of rather proficient crazies would vouch for, or at least not tell me it's a nightmare.) And Queen Mary's, in London, although I'm not sure I like the prospectus for it.

Anyways, any tips on choices would be much appreciated. Or basically any tips. XD Cheers guys.
 
Iron_fist

Iron_fist

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that said Comp Sci at Edinburgh teaches you what you need to know to do research, it doesn't teach you much in the way of useful real world stuff.
while you do get taught to program as a necessity, it's the theory that is most heavily focused on.
If you do want to come up this direction and want a practical CS degree you should consider Heriot Watt instead
 
Xarlaxas

Xarlaxas

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Yeah, Edinburgh has a sweet AI course from what I understand, but Watt tends to do more practical degrees in general, Edinburgh is quite research-orientated.
 
thatbloke

thatbloke

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I did Computer Science at the University of Southampton - don't know if you'll meet the entry requirements for it, but I personally really enjoyed it there. The lecturers are awesome and it was a really fun place to be :)
 
Chuchurocket

Chuchurocket

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I did Chemistry at University of Manchester and whilst i cant give any real specifics for your course, the uni "vibe" itself was pretty awesome. Its not campus based, which i actually quite enjoyed as you were so close to absolutely everything.
 
waterproofbob

waterproofbob

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If you can get into Soton UNI doing comp sci then you are pretty set tbh. elD and bloke can vouch better than I but it is an good option.
 
Panda with issues...

Panda with issues...

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Southampton is one of the best places for electronics and computer science in the country. It has fantastic facilities due to it's world leading research (and the fact that on of the buildings burned down 6 years ago ensured that this was replaced and updated).

People say southampton is a wasteland. Culturally, they'd be right. If you wanted to go to a museum or an art gallery, you'd be fucked. Or you could hop on a train for 1hr20 mins and be at london waterloo, or be in Bournemouth or somewhere else a bit artsy for even less time. Or the new forest, if that's your sort of thing.

Southampton is the greenest, dryest and warmest city in the UK. Its also relatively cheap compared to most of the south east. My sister went to bristol, and her rent was about 100 pound a month more expensive. We payed 270 pound a month rent in private accomodation in a studenty area of town.

There are two 'unis' in southampton, which makes for a lot of young people, and relatively decent nightlife. You're near to the south coast if you're in to surfing or any of that sort of stuff. You get permanent bus travel free for the year if you live in university halls of residence (which everyone should do for their first year).

We had a rocking time, and met some great people. Bloke, yerwol, myself, ghostwolf, eldiablo, vibroaxe, edge, alex, bob all went here, and we turned out alright (well, apart from wol, obviously).

If you're worried about getting in with the qualifications you have, you should look into a foundation year. Soton pushes this pretty hard (certainly for science and engineering, and as long as you do fine at that, you'll move onto the full course).
 
Pingue

Pingue

Member
+1 for Southampton. Haven't really got much to add to what people have said, but it's an awesome course at an awesome uni.

When I was looking at uni's, my other 2 main choices were Nottingham (very nice place, but I think entry req's were AAA and the Comp Sci campus was miles away) and Lancaster, which (iirc) was a very secluded campus, but half decent course.

Generally, I'd pick whichever you can see yourself at when you go for open days. That was the main reason I chose Soton - I'm sure other people would much prefer other Uni's, but that's personal choice!
 
Huung

Huung

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Uni of Lincoln: Nice city, socially was fun - but the courses are pretty shocking in the computing department.

I'd actively recommend against Lincoln, unless you really have no other options. Southampton, whilst being less "studenty" than Lincoln, has MUCH better courses, and your degree won't be laughed at by everyone else in any relevant industry.
 
VibroAxe

VibroAxe

Junior Administrator
Panda with issues... said:
If you're worried about getting in with the qualifications you have, you should look into a foundation year. Soton pushes this pretty hard (certainly for science and engineering, and as long as you do fine at that, you'll move onto the full course).
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This is a brilliant piece of advise, it really is.
 
Dr Drae

Dr Drae

In Cryo Sleep
Bleh, couldn't get back to the computer, but I've just read over this. Thanks for all the help guys, it really is appreciated, obviously I don't want to balls my education up at this point. ;) I'm gonna add Southampton as well, I couldn't find any mention of a foundation course in computer science, but I might not have been looking hard enough.

Thanks again guys. :)
 
bacon

bacon

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http://www.soton.ac.uk/study/underg...gineering_physics_geophysics_foundation.shtml

Degree | UCAS code | Duration
BEng/MEng Engineering with Foundation Year | H008 | 4/5 years
BSc/MEng Computer Science with Foundation Year | H008 | 4/5 years
BSc Geophysical Sciences/MSci Geophysics with Foundation Year | F662 | 4/5 years
BSc/MPhys Physics with Foundation Year | F301 | 4/5 years
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http://www.southampton.ac.uk/foundationyear/
http://www.southampton.ac.uk/foundationyear/epg/index.shtml
http://www.southampton.ac.uk/foundationyear/epg/undergraduate_degrees.shtml

Soton count Computer Science under "Engineering, Physics, Geophysics" not "Science"
 
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