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Computer science at University, any regrets?

Computer science and philosophy, but definitely not! It's the future. The majority of my modules were fun, not all useful though. But thats a peril of studying for any academic degree.

In short, CS- hell yeah!

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somegirlcalledea

Original post by Blutooth

What do you think the most interesting/important module you're doing is?

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Blutooth

Original post by somegirlcalledea

What do you think the most interesting/important module you're doing is?

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Most interesting:

Computational Learning theory
probability
Philosophy of cognitive science (phil)
Data Structures and Algorithms 1,2
Turing on computability and Intelligence (phil)
Intelligent Systems (search)

Most useful

Databases
Concurrent Programming
Data Structures and Algorithms 1,2
Object Oriented programming
Intelligent Systems (search)

To me the ones that are most important are the ones connected to AI since I want to move into data science, but I have not listed all of those under most useful or most interesting.

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rishirabs

What are the top 10 universities for compsci?

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Krood

Original post by Broscientist

Based on my personal opinion and research that I have done over the last 8 months or so… My research and opinion have been based on a variety of factors: academic reputation, reputation among employers, course content, research, facilities, continuous growth/development of the departments etc.

Cambridge

Imperial College London

Oxford

UCL

Edinburgh

Bath/Bristol/Warwick (Warwick is definitely a top contender which can move up)

Manchester/Glasgow

Southampton

Durham/St. Andrews/Exeter (Compared to the universities below, their departments are incredibly small and weak. It is the exaggerated reputation of the universities and student satisfaction which make up for it.)

10.

KCL/Nottingham/Birmingham/York/Leeds/Sheffield

Then there are the rest of very good universities like Cardiff, Newcastle, Loughborough etc.
Then there are the good universities such as Royal Holloway, Kent, QMUL etc.
Then there are the mid-ranking universities.
Then there are the good ex-polys.
Then there are the average ex-polys.
Then there are the ****tiest ex-polys (London Met claiming the **** crown.)

Is this list still accurate 5 years on? OP may not still be active so others please chip in.

Also where would the following fit:
Swansea
Queens University Belfast
Heriot Watt
Liverpool

Thanks