[OT] Studying in the UK

[Mighty Max]

Heyo,

That is the first place that came to my mind thinking about where i'd find english students.

I have the following problem. I am searching for an university to graduate in information & telecommunication technologies or however that is named in the UK.

Since i'm open minded about where to study im currently searching within my homecountry germany and otherslike the UK (Because it is part of the EU an imigration would be easy). But the information i was able to google for is quite complex to understand if you dont know the english school system.

So my question to the UK buddies:

What qualifications do i need to study in the UK, is there a special organization that handles the applies to universities like here (ZVS) or can you apply direct to an university?

What university can you recommend ?

Thanks
MightyMax

[Possessed]

http://www.ucas.co.uk/

Think that is what you're looking for.

Can't help with the rest though =/

<--14 still :D

[Edit] More specifically http://www.ucas.com/studyuk/index.html will likely interest you.

[Cytaur]

Try Canada :D

[steweygrrr]

PSSSH Canada.

But yeah Max UCAS is the way to go. What kind of course do you have in mind?

[Mighty Max]

Thanks already for the first answeres ill look through the pages.

Hopefully my english is well enough to apply, thats always the first is see on the pages, you need to pass the english exercise xxx

I want to study something that is called "theoret. Informatik" in germany. Thats basically the dry stuff behind computers. principles of algorythmic (word?) you know the very theoretic stuff behind it all. Math in its best form :p

[Eddie]

Informations Mathmatics I believe is a course popular here in the UK. Take a look.

Eddie

[L0KI]

I'm off to Sheffield Hallam University this year, as a mature student O_o (lol @ mature ;) - Im a 21 year old boy).....

Hallam does a nice telecomms course - i just checked my prospectus.

Anyway, other Uni's i visited that took my fancy were:

-Bristol
-Durham
-Sheffield Uni (not Hallam)
-Huddersfield - this is a good fall back as ANYONE can get in.
Its a very nice part of the country (imo :p)


Oxford + Cambridge are hands down the number 1 and number 2 Uni's, but you REALLY have to impress to get in there ;)

IMO, A Uni is a Uni, and a degree is a degree. If you're gonna pass your course, you are gonna pass it regardless of where you study.

Check out the area you would prefer to live in, then apply there.
Thats prob the best advice i could give.

I love sheffield - cheap to live, Meadowhall (2nd largest retail outlet in the UK), music for all tastes, Rave clubs (not my thing), Rock clubs (definately my thing)...

4 cinemas, Ice skating, Horse racing, dog racing, casinos, bowling alleys, 2 x pro football teams all within about 2 or 3 miles of centre...

We got it all baby :D

[cRazy2003]

do GCSE's, do A-levels, then hopefully u will get accepted into a university :p
pritty much the simplest way i cud put it, unless u want the other 90% of the info

[MrChumble]

All the good UK Universitys will list their entrance requirements on their website. They are generally very flexible for people who haven't come through the UK school system (Foreign/Mature students).

I don't know much about English Uni's, but in Scotland I'd recommend Edinburgh & Glasgow (I went to Edinburgh so I'm a bit biased :)). St. Andrews is a very good Uni as well, but it's a long way from civilisation :D

Here (http://www-maths.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/topunilist.html) is a list of the top 100 Uni's in the UK (compiled by the Times newspaper). I'm not sure if that's this years, but it doesn't change much year on year. I hope that helps.

[steweygrrr]

Originally posted by L0KI

-Huddersfield - this is a good fall back as ANYONE can get in.
Its a very nice part of the country (imo :p)


Thats where I went...until I got run over and had to drop out but thats a diff story. Yeah Huddersfield WILL let anyone in but imho they do their stuff and do it wel, esp. when it comes to computing (I did software engineering). Just dont choose the Uni accomodation, get a house or one of the privately rented flats instead as the costs for uni flats are astronomical (£63 a week while I was there).

edit:- Ignore anything in The Times it can be a bit elitist

[MrChumble]

Originally posted by steweygrrr

edit:- Ignore anything in The Times it can be a bit elitist

Try extremely elitist :)

But also vaguely accurate. They put Loughborough very high and that's hardly a bastion of civilised culture...trust me, I know, I had to live there for 5 months. The mental scaring is still with me.

Use the list as a starting point for further investigation rather than a gospel truth :)

[Haxxor]

Come to Newcastle mighty Max its most friendliest and wild place in UK imo :D

[Psyco Groupie]

Originally posted by cRazy2003
do GCSE's, do A-levels, then hopefully u will get accepted into a university :p
pritty much the simplest way i cud put it, unless u want the other 90% of the info

lol how old are you ?

You can get into a uni in england with a degree or aquivalent (sp?) quaifications to A level

[L0KI]

Originally posted by steweygrrr
Thats where I went...until I got run over and had to drop out but thats a diff story. Yeah Huddersfield WILL let anyone in but imho they do their stuff and do it wel, esp. when it comes to computing (I did software engineering). Just dont choose the Uni accomodation, get a house or one of the privately rented flats instead as the costs for uni flats are astronomical (£63 a week while I was there).

edit:- Ignore anything in The Times it can be a bit elitist

The other guitarist in my band goes to Hudders Uni.

He is studying Higher English Language, but he has lived in student accomodation for past 4 years.
Infact, im there every week or so, so i probably ran into ya if u lived around Firth Point, or went to the student union ;)

[Aziraphale]

Originally posted by steweygrrr


edit:- Ignore anything in The Times it can be a bit elitist

Still, it's not as bad as The Daily Mail.
*shudders*
*washes hands*

[cRazy2003]

Originally posted by Haxxor
Come to Newcastle mighty Max its most friendliest and wild place in UK imo :D

yup :p
im going there in 1 year time so i cant wait :D

[Ivory]

this is my uni website it has some good compting courses and gives a lot of information if you're an overseas student

http://www.gcal.ac.uk

or try strathclyde university they have a good course called btec something like which offers both the principles of computing and business.

http://www.strath.ac.uk

also ucas is the way to go as well.

btw these uni's are in glasgow but chk ucas for a wider range.

Hope it helps

[steweygrrr]

Originally posted by L0KI
The other guitarist in my band goes to Hudders Uni.

He is studying Higher English Language, but he has lived in student accomodation for past 4 years.
Infact, im there every week or so, so i probably ran into ya if u lived around Firth Point, or went to the student union ;)

Nah I was Storthes Hall while I was there...and me...at the SU? OF COURSE! Where do you think my first semesters loan went :P

I might even be going back again.

[Psyco Groupie]

My union bar got vandalised again ... nearly as logical as striking against fees .. seeing as you waste about 90 quid for not going in for the day o_O

[Mighty Max]

Thanks for the replys. Ive been busy today, but i have now something to start off from.

As it looks for me now ive the right qualifications. 13 years of school (with continously raising diff. :D ) that was passed with 65.6% (German Abitur with mark 2.26)

And an qualification equal to an bachelor with a missing year as an "Informatikkaufmann" (3 year combined school/job training) which i passed with 83% in the school-part.

Anyhow, i gonna mail some of the unis i got now. If that is good enough.

Thanks
MightyMax