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Sheffield vs Surrey MSc Artificial Intelligence

I’m an international student and I’ve got unconditional offers for both university in MSC AI. I would like to know which is a better uni to pick as for the modules Surrey seems to be more interesting as it has computer vision and speech recognition but Sheffield only have Machine learning, data science and text processing & NLP. It seems like Sheffield is more towards fundamentals of AI but Surrey is a more practical course.

I’m more turned toward Sheffield as the city and student accom and union would fit me better. I’m worried that life at Surrey would be a bit more boring so I really like Sheffield.

What would you guys think about these 2 places to study? Thanks
I can't say much, but I would have to go for Sheffield. I just know that my friend goes there and she really likes it.
Original post by bentenbuuren
I’m an international student and I’ve got unconditional offers for both university in MSC AI. I would like to know which is a better uni to pick as for the modules Surrey seems to be more interesting as it has computer vision and speech recognition but Sheffield only have Machine learning, data science and text processing & NLP. It seems like Sheffield is more towards fundamentals of AI but Surrey is a more practical course.
I’m more turned toward Sheffield as the city and student accom and union would fit me better. I’m worried that life at Surrey would be a bit more boring so I really like Sheffield.
What would you guys think about these 2 places to study? Thanks

Hi there!

Could you explain why you think life at Surrey would be boring?

I really enjoy living in Guildford. It's a very peaceful town, but has a vibrant high street with weekly markets. The campus is only a 10-15 min walk away from the train station and town centre, so you'll be living very centrally.

For the town's proximity to London, I'm always surprised by how inexpensive the student accommodation can be - Guildford is a 30-min train journey from London.

You can have a read of this Student Life page on Surrey's website, which explains the different parts of life at Surrey. I find it very useful.

Hope this helps!

Marko
Accounting and Finance BSc
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So which unis do you study at now? And what do you think?
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