Which university is best for engineering?
In London? Bar Imperial because I don't have the grades.
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
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Original post by Damask-
UCL?
Next best university overall yes but I've never heard anything good about their engineering department. Heard it was in a dungeon
Is this true or is it just the words of butthurt 2:2 graduates?Original post by BC95
according to the complete university guide the best university for engineering is Cambridge
Thanks I didn't know that the city of Cambridge was in London
Original post by peter12345
Thanks I didn't know that the city of Cambridge was in London
Haha!
Unfortunately it's either Imperial, UCL or Queen Mary for mechanical engineering in London. But frankly, unless you get into Imperial, there isn't much point in doing an engineering degree in london. Unless you plan to work in the city of course.
Original post by kingm
Haha!
Unfortunately it's either Imperial, UCL or Queen Mary for mechanical engineering in London. But frankly, unless you get into Imperial, there isn't much point in doing an engineering degree in london. Unless you plan to work in the city of course.
Unfortunately it's either Imperial, UCL or Queen Mary for mechanical engineering in London. But frankly, unless you get into Imperial, there isn't much point in doing an engineering degree in london. Unless you plan to work in the city of course.
Please tell me more? Why? do they not have good industry links? Also Is UCL mech eng good or not? I keep hearing it's bad
Original post by peter12345
Please tell me more? Why? do they not have good industry links? Also Is UCL mech eng good or not? I keep hearing it's bad
All i know is that from the time when i was applying for MEng programmes, after extensively looking into UCL, it didn't seem like people who want a career in engineering would go there. It's more city worker oriented in my opinion and the department itself is no way near as good as the likes of Bath, Southampton, Bristol etc. Thats not to say that if you get a good grade from there, you wouldn't be in good stead for an engineering career. I just think there are many engineering uni's out there that are head and shoulders above it. That being said, I have a friend who got a MEng from Queen Mary, and he works for Airbus :-)
Original post by kingm
All i know is that from the time when i was applying for MEng programmes, after extensively looking into UCL, it didn't seem like people who want a career in engineering would go there. It's more city worker oriented in my opinion and the department itself is no way near as good as the likes of Bath, Southampton, Bristol etc. Thats not to say that if you get a good grade from there, you wouldn't be in good stead for an engineering career. I just think there are many engineering uni's out there that are head and shoulders above it. That being said, I have a friend who got a MEng from Queen Mary, and he works for Airbus :-)
Ah man. The thing is I have a flat in London so unless I can find someone to rent it out to I'm stuck here. What about City and Brunel?
Original post by peter12345
Ah man. The thing is I have a flat in London so unless I can find someone to rent it out to I'm stuck here. What about City and Brunel?
I really couldn't tell you to be honest mate. League tables suggest they aren't very good for it. If you want to stay in London then UCL would be fine (assuming you weren't getting in to imperial?). Just make sure you get a 1st :-).
Original post by peter12345
In London? Bar Imperial because I don't have the grades.
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Order according to complete university guide is:
Imperial
UCL
Brunel
Greenwich
Queen mary
City
Kingston
South bank
IMO imperial UCL and brunel and maybe qmul are the only worthwhile universities to do mech eng otherwise think about going outside London.
Original post by peter12345
Ah man. The thing is I have a flat in London so unless I can find someone to rent it out to I'm stuck here. What about City and Brunel?
Given you are in London I see your point, reasons for avoiding normally being the cost of living but if you are there anyway and haven't got the grades for imperial I would look at UCL but I would have thought the offers would be relatively similar to Oxbridge ( which are actually slightly lower than imperial from my experience)
This has got nothing to do with the topic being discussed but is exeter good for engineering, as it is a really good uni but not too sure about its engineering dept especially for mechanical eng
Original post by kingm
All i know is that from the time when i was applying for MEng programmes, after extensively looking into UCL, it didn't seem like people who want a career in engineering would go there. It's more city worker oriented in my opinion and the department itself is no way near as good as the likes of Bath, Southampton, Bristol etc. Thats not to say that if you get a good grade from there, you wouldn't be in good stead for an engineering career. I just think there are many engineering uni's out there that are head and shoulders above it. That being said, I have a friend who got a MEng from Queen Mary, and he works for Airbus :-)
Original post by adriana10
This has got nothing to do with the topic being discussed but is exeter good for engineering, as it is a really good uni but not too sure about its engineering dept especially for mechanical eng
I'm not so sure if i'm being honest. I do know that the uni itself is really good and is improving rapidly too. As far as i know, they offer general engineering as opposed to a more specialised theme, so that may be good if you suddenly decide to switch disciplines..
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