[kkid106]

Which ones have the most state-of-the-art equipment available to their computing students?

I know many have things like motion capture suites, 3D printers etc... what else is available at some unis?

[kkid106]

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[mike101]

I'm off to York this year, and out of the CS departments I looked at it was by far the best with a purpose built CS building,

All the specifics are on the website.

[kkid106]

well done on getting in

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[lex25288]

(Original post by mike101)
I'm off to York this year, and out of the CS departments I looked at it was by far the best with a purpose built CS building,All the specifics are on the website.

Yeap, that's what drove me to choosing York as well :-)

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[kkid106]

Do you know of any other universities with dedicated CS buildings?

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[lex25288]

I think Sheffield's, Southampton's and Edinburgh's should also be quite good.

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[secretmessages]

(Original post by kkid106)
Do you know of any other universities with dedicated CS buildings?

Warwick has a dedicated CS building Computer labs, hardware lab, lecture/seminar rooms, common room, the lot.

[kkid106]

what about Newcastle, Nottingham and swansea? (the ones i am looking at atm)

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[kingkongjaffa]

maybe look at manchester, pretty strong history of computer science, alan turing and all that.

[kkid106]

It wants maths though, I won't do great in maths

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[mike101]

All the good CS courses I looked at required maths.

How old are you and what are you doing at the moment?

[kkid106]

I have found a few decent ones in terms of league tables and courses available and which do not require maths, however I do not know what their facilities are like (this is important as CS students need good computers).


I am 16 in lower sixth at the moment (going into upper sixth September)

[lex25288]

What I'd honestly suggest you do is to get your own. Good computer facilities are great for practicals but not for private study.
That's just my take on it though.

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[kkid106]

I have a great computer, but good university ones will be needed as a backup too

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[mailmerge]

Rather, York has a dedicated campus to computer science

[Mito]

As I've mentioned in another thread I don't have A level Maths (just grade C at GCSE). I've originally applied to do History, but in the middle of trying to swap my unconditional to CompSci at Chester. They don't require Maths and it's not very Maths intensive compared to other unis. It's also ranked 52 in the Uni League tables and 41 for CompSci. Not bad going for an ex-poly (My bad, it was never a Polytechnic. Should say "not bad for a young University").

[mike101]

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Rather, York has a dedicated campus to computer science

Thats good no? For a CS student it sounds good. There's TFTV and Law too.


OP, you need to go visit the courses you have found that don't require maths really.

[Mito]

(Original post by mike101)
OP, you need to go visit the courses you have found that don't require maths really.

Yeah, you really need to see your unis, but you've got plenty of time so don't worry. Don't make the mistake I made last year and go to a uni you knew nothing about, it won't work in your favour.

[spyka]

Southampton has a great dedicated CS department and relatively all brand new buildings.

Admittedly, it's only because they all burnt down in a bad fire in 2005, but still...