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Re: Best Universities for Comp Sci in Europe

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Post by cskau » Wed, Apr 06, 2011, 9:21 AM UTC

Stonewall9093 wrote: post #13

cskau wrote: post #8

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…

You make a very good pitch! =) Do you know if they happen to have an established exchange program? (I haven't looked on their site yet but I will!) Thanks, this is definitely on my radar now.

Haha, why thank you very much ;)

They do have a good deal of exchange programs. But if you're not applying through one of the big networks (ERASMUS, etc.), then it's probably down to the individual university.

There are tons of exchange students from all over the world, both Master's and PhDs, so it shouldn't be a problem at all.

Re: Best Universities for Comp Sci in Europe

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Post by jamssn » Wed, Apr 06, 2011, 12:16 PM UTC

pclark wrote: post #20

jamssn wrote: post #18

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.

whats your masters in? if you're a software engineer my buddy is hiring in cambridge.

Advanced Computer Science, I think I know who you mean...

Re: Best Universities for Comp Sci in Europe

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Post by michh » Fri, Apr 08, 2011, 5:54 PM UTC

Stonewall9093 wrote: post #12

michh wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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).

Wouldn't have expected that. Any University in particular? Thanks!

I'm a msc-student in Groningen. I hear the CS programmes at Delft, Utrecht and Twente are nice as well. The cultures/approaches are all different though, have a look at their websites and see if anything resonates with you.