QUOTE(Dregith @ Jan 10 2017, 11:00 PM)
If what my nearly four years worth of studying Software Engineering has taught me in UTM is true, then Software Engineering is not about algorithms and refined programming but rather the process of software development as a whole with a big amount of boring documentation. I'm not too sure how true is this though but it is definitely true that Computer Science and Software Engineering is different. Do understand what you are getting into before you waste time and possibly regret your decision.
What I know about CS and SE is that CS is more on the theoretical side while SE is more on the practical side. CS is about the fundamental knowledge of computing and SE focuses on the design and implementation of the knowledge of software systems. Isn't that what you're studying in your course? In UTM, SE is considered as one of the specialisations of CS.
By comparing the modules of CS and SE for Nottingham, year 1 is exactly the same, year 2 SE has one additional module, and year 3 SE also has one additional module as well as a few differences in the optional modules. So I guess they start out the same and then branch out slowly. You can compare your modules with the ones from Nottingham to see if they're the same in any way.
QUOTE(Dregith @ Jan 10 2017, 11:00 PM)
MMU more or less lah, at least the graduates I've seen that come out of MMU Melaka. I don't have any raw statistics or what but having met MMU graduates and comparing my knowledge with theirs we are more or less only except that I paid maybe 1/10th in tuition fees. Which is why I also don't think you should underestimate public/government-linked university.
Hmm... I think the knowledge and understanding that we learn in a course for all universities should be similar more or less (perhaps some differences in the skills we learn), with the difference being the teaching quality, the sufficiency and quality of the utilities and facilities and whether they're up to date, the environment, etc. Well, I don't know much about MMU or UTM so I'm not gonna make a comment on that, only that I heard MMU is good for IT compared to some others with similar amount of fees and that's it.
QUOTE(Dregith @ Jan 10 2017, 11:00 PM)
Don't know. But I'd be wary of people saying X Y Z is good in IT or whatever without any comparison to base it from or some sort of verifiable accreditation. At the end of the day, you can't know what you have is good if you don't have anything to compare it to.
What I heard about APU is that it's pretty good in IT and the name pops up many times just like MMU when discussing IT courses. However, I heard that it was better in the past but then not as good recently. I've also seen negative comments and reviews about APU (more than what I heard for other universities) particularly on the lecturers and teaching quality. I was pretty convinced to go for APU previously with the recognition and stuff, but I guess it's just something brought over from the past but doesn't really meet the standard now.
As for Taylor's, not much is heard about IT other than the helpful fellow above who's studying diploma in IT in Taylor's and gave me some info. Basically, it's decent but how good or bad it can be is unknown.
QUOTE(Dregith @ Jan 10 2017, 11:00 PM)
At the end of the day if you're serious about Computer Science or IT nothing beats going to a Western country and studying there. I was fortunate enough to spend a semester in Finland and took some classes there related to Computer Science and coming back to my home university it was definitely night and day.
Amazing thing was at the time they had a policy of free education even for non-EU citizens (although this is changing soon).
That's what I've always heard from people going overseas to study, that it's something completely different and it's worth it for the experience. I'm still deciding on whether to go overseas. But if I do, I don't think I'm going to study there for the whole course. For Nottingham, I could take a semester or a year in my final year to go for their inter-campus exchange programme for their campus in UK. I assume that the living cost would be expensive though considering that it's UK. But I found out that the UK campus doesn't have SE, only CS.
QUOTE(Dregith @ Jan 10 2017, 11:00 PM)
If you want to ask me anything more specific feel free to PM me.
Will do. Thank you very much for your advice.
QUOTE(bbhing98 @ Jan 11 2017, 01:15 AM)
I'm a UTP student taking computer engineering course atm. Computer engineering is basically a combination of software and hardware. Though, the course focused more on software(which is mainly python, i heard) 80% of the lecturers here are full time professor Dr. And the education quality is undoubtedly good. One of the lecturers is a Stanford graduate for computer engineering which is known internationally for his research. He is in charge of the computer engineering department and has recently acquired several scholarship from Intel for several foundation students leading to comp eng.
The only bad side(depends on how you think) is the environment here is quiet and less hasty as compared to those in kl/selangor because the nearest town which is ipoh is about 35mins away from the uni, hence lesser access to entertainments such as cinemas and clubs.
I see. So CE is a little different from SE then, since SE doesn't really involve any hardware stuff. According to their website, CE involves some of electronic engineering and computer science. Yes, I've heard that UTP is a good option for IT as well but CE doesn't seem like the choice for me.
I didn't realise that UTP is in Perak.
I would need to live there but much preferably in KL and Selangor for now. Well, there being quiet and less hasty is not a bad thing. People living in the city can actually go there to have a quiet time. A 35-minute drive is still good. You can go there together with friends from time to time to have some good food or go to shopping malls or cinemas. It's still okay. Me, on the other hand, would have to drive to Nottingham for about 45 minutes to 1 hour if I choose not to take KTM.
Anyway, thanks for your info on CE and UTP. I really appreciate it.
Jan 6 2017, 02:40 AM, updated 9y ago
I also apologise if this has been asked many times before and it gets boring.
You may notice that I tend to avoid universities with government link. APU may be one but I can still accept that.
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