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Edinburgh is pretty good and has nice new building in a central location in a wonderful city: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/informatics/
I've never quite understood why so much focus is put on evaluating departments by the newness of their buildings (I've seen quite a lot of universities boast on that subject).
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I'm only a sophomore, so I'm just now starting to try to figure out what direction I want to go in within CS. So the abroad experience would really be to experience teachings of computer science in a different fashion than is custom here. Whether that will actually happen... No idea.
Well, I know from personal experience the universities in the Netherlands are pretty decent when it comes to CS. Added bonus is that practically everybody can speak English (and don't mind doing so).
I'm very biased as this is my own home town university, but over the years I've heard good things about University of Aarhus' Comp. Sci. department. ( http://cs.au.dk/ ) Points worth noting include a local Google research/dev. office (does Chrome's V8), and the "birth university" of Bjarne Stroustrup of C++ fame. The department has research groups in the following areas: Algorithms and Data Structures, Bioinformatics…
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Part of me wants to go to a country where I am forced to speak another language and the culture is substantially different than here in the US, but I'm not sold on the idea. Thanks for this suggestion though, I've heard the name and it's now on my list. Thanks!
Scotland is different enough from the US, you don't want things to be too different as you need to adjust to going to school ;). The University of Glasgow also has a good program (I got my masters there), out of the 2, Edinburgh has much nicer weather but Glasgow is more "real" city with great people (although it has a bad rep).
Are you going to do it as an Erasmus student?
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Scotland is different enough from the US, you don't want things to be too different as you need to adjust to going to school ;). The University of Glasgow also has a good program (I got my masters there), out of the 2, Edinburgh has much nicer weather but Glasgow is more "real" city with great people (although it has a bad rep).
Why the bad rep?
Edinburgh is ridiculously picturesque and historical but it does have a reputation for being, when compared to Glasgow, of not nearly such a welcoming place.
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Scotland is different enough from the US, you don't want things to be too different as you need to adjust to going to school ;). The University of Glasgow also has a good program (I got my masters there), out of the 2, Edinburgh has much nicer weather but Glasgow is more "real" city with great people (although it has a bad rep).
Why the bad rep?
The city is great too with a long standing digital background: ARM, MS Research etc.
It's definitely worth checking out, and good luck.
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Why the bad rep?
I read statistics that it was the most violent city in Europe. During my 2 years there I didn't really see that side of the city- if you know what neighborhoods to avoid (like most other big cities) you'll be OK. I loved Glasgow- it has a great night life, interesting museums, great parks, wonderful people but the worst weather I've ever seen ;). After living in Glasgow, Edinburgh (granted I only spent 2 days there)…
I'm almost finished with a Masters at Cambridge. It's a fantastic department with some really interesting research going on in areas from Comp Sci theory to photonic networks. Everyone's really approachable and are really passionate about their fields. The city is great too with a long standing digital background: ARM, MS Research etc. It's definitely worth checking out, and good luck.