[tommyflint]

hey guys.....
I was looking to go to uni soon in the UK to study computer science and was wondering if you knew of any good Uni's to study it at?

Cheers

[Martyr2]

Go to Google and type "computer science schools uk" and you will get a ton of universities that do computer science courses. Look through their programs and find out what works for you, programs you like, courses and campuses you like, and more. You can then ask those schools that appear interesting to send you an informational package.

I did this while I was in American for Canadian schools. They sent great packages with all sorts of pricing, housing, campus life, services, programs and more.

It will also depend on several variables all which you know and we don't. What fields you like, your budget, your location, opportunities available to you etc. Go with whatever appears to fit your desire. You don't want to just go to a school because it is supposedly "Good" only to find out you hate everything about it and thus don't learn as much.

[William_Wilson]

I am not from the UK and I have no knowledge of UK universities, but there are some things to consider when picking your CS school.

1) How does the school rate overall in keeping up to date with software hardware?
This is not to say they always do the newest, as the school may not have a single proficient professor in any language/idea, while all of them know a little about everything, which in my opinion is a bad professor. Having plenty of knowledge is good, but there should be between 1-5 languages to which each should be considered an expert.

2) Does the school have alternate courses? I know my university is growing like crazy, when i started here they had game development and many web designing courses not in a main stream. Now both have forms of degrees, they offer minors in CS as well as introducing a robotics program in my 2nd year.

3) Does the school have any sponsoring from Computer companies? My university has an extensive relationship with Microsoft. This may turn some people off, but this has been important. I have access to countless software for free, most of which has been released less than a month.

3.1) Although my school had relationships with MS, it is important to note that their course offerings are not globally affected by this. They do offer C ,C++ and C# courses, no respected CS program wouldn't, but there are plenty of courses covering all sorts of languages, to which their origins are not MS, though I would argue that most current languages are guided by the use of C/C++ in operating systems, which includes Java, even though the approach is a little different.

4) What is the average age of professors? Does the school hire all grad students, or do they not hire any? Both of these can be an issue when thinking about experience in the field or an older view of languages. Young professors may not be plenty, but knowing that a school is not opposed to it, can be an attractive offer to a new University student.

This post has been edited by William_Wilson: 30 September 2008 - 08:38 AM

[tommyflint]

Cheers for the advice guys will look into it further using your factors.... another question was aimed at you guys from the US, do you know much about international students studying in the US... i'm quite interested in going to uni over there to study CS as from what i have read it seems pretty good..... the place i was most interested in studying was California (as i have visted it a few times and fort it would be a really nice place to live/study), If you know anything about UK students coming over to study please share....
Cheers
Tommyflint

[homemade-jam]

I'm looking to apply for CS at uni in the ok - just submitted my application actually.

The tops ones are places like cambridge, oxford, southampton, imperial, UCL and Bristol.

I've just been to look around Manchester as well which was pretty good.

What you wanna do is look really closely as to how engineering or mathsy the course is - some unis focus a lot more on applied CS rather than theoretical CS - logic etc.

I prefer a more applied approach so that I could go and work in industry.

Finally found someone from the UK applying for CS @ uni!

[TheAKB]

Ive been reaserching this since i was 12 as i made up my choice then, and finnally going next year studying computer science at uni of sussex,

The previous answer i have a small problem hes correct apart from oxford and cambridge they are the world best uni to go to obviosly but not for computing if anything its the opposite,

He was correct wiht imperial though it is a brilliant uni and specialises in science and that includes CS.

Best thing to do is to check a few out i looked at Coventry,Sussex and Birmingham they were all rele good and theres never going to be a huge difference,

But sussex for me was amazing had top of the art technology brilliant lecture halls, there one of the top reaserchers of A.I and really enthuastic about there course's definetly reccomend it just have a look.

[Luce]

Hi I'm also applying for CS in the UK. Just sent off my UCAS form. Nottingham Trent isn't one of the top universities but has some brilliant computer courses and a good reputation for students getting employment after. They offer a range of branches of specialism as well so you can almost certainly find something of interest.

The top universities will require maths A level most probably however Newcastle is very high in the league tables and they don't. They also do Computer Science with virtual worlds which sounds like it might be interesting. Check out the "Times good university guide." you can search by institution or subject for the best universities and then check out what the course is like and if it suits your interests.

I also looked into studying in the US and Australia. I'd love to do it but it's very expensive. You have to pay full fees over there and you won't get any grants from the government so for some places you're looking at £20,000 in tuition fees. Unless you can get a scholarship somewhere or you're pretty well off it's very hard to do.

This post has been edited by Luce: 12 November 2008 - 03:47 PM

[homemade-jam]

So where did you apply luce? I've just been to interview at Imperial which was very nice and am off to Manchester next week.

Doesn't anyone know how under/over subscribed computer science is this year in terms of applicants/places.

[Daysaver]

I have been lookin myself, have a look at the uni of sheffield.

[homemade-jam]

Hows everyone doing? I got an offer from Imperial the other day which is pretty cool