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Imperial or Oxford??

Have offers at both universities for an M Eng course in EE Engineering / engineering science. Today have been offered the Rector scholarship at Imperial ... Does this tilt the balance of which one to choose? It's been Oxford for me so far

Reply 1

Nitrogen

Oxford. Better reputation and it's a better place for students than London.

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Reply 2

Dylankj96

Oxford will always be Oxford. But, I'd personally go for Imperial. Being a student in London would be such an awesome experience! Good luck with your decision.

Reply 3

dotty_but_good

Original post by Haem67

They are both awesome Unis with exceptional reputations, I think you need to think about whether you want to live in London or Oxford as the experience will be very different.
Which college in Oxford because many offer scholarships to those who get firsts so you will be recognised either way. Personally I don't think the scholarship should sway it, it wouldn't sway me London really didn't appeal to me but it appeals to many.
Personally I chose Oxford as I didn't want to be in London, but I have friends who chose Imperial over Oxford and Cambridge with no regrets.
Also think about whether you would be happy doing a general course or whether you just want to get started with EE, my brother was at Cambridge and spent 3 years very frustrated by all the other modules he had to do, I like to do a mixture of things and so being forced to specialise so early wouldn't have made me so happy.