<p>I am an international student and a bit confused about which program would be better for engineering - Cambridge or Cornell. Please give some advice on which engineering program would better and why.</p>
<p>Which field of engineering? I do not know much about Cambridge engineering. I know Cambridge is strong is sciences. The Cornell style requires a lot of time-consuming problem sets, group projects, difficult textbooks, mostly independent solitary work, lots of time in computer labs. Preparation is suitable for both going into the job market after graduation or graduate school. Professors are generally excellent lecturers and quite accessible. Grad students are available for review sessions, help with problem sets. Students are friendly and mutually supportive. The workload is intense but the vast majority of students do fine and graduate.</p>
<p>I was wondering about EECS (Electronic engineering and computer science).</p>
<p>Guys, so which one do you think is better? Please give suggestions.</p>
<p>I would recommend Cornell for electrical and computer engineering. It is one of the strongest programs at Cornell and in the US for ECE. Cornell has a beautiful campus. The area around Ithaca is quite scenic. </p>
<p>Where do you live? What do you hope to do after you graduate? Where do you want to be after you graduate? </p>
<p>Unfortunately, I know very little about the program at Cambridge. It might be excellent as well.</p>
<p>Presently I live in Luxembourg but the proximity of the college is quite unimportant.
More importantly, I intend to continue my education for a masters degree, preferably at a top US university (Wharton, Berkeley, Harvard, MIT and others) either for an MBA degree or maybe pursue an MS or PhD in Engg. (depending on where I go as Cambridge offers only an M. Engg. degree in 4 years whereas Cornell offers BS during that time)
But the main point is that I wish to continue further studies after graduation in US.</p>
<p>I really don't think it matters, If it were me I would take Cambridge. If you can get a M. Engg. @ Cambridge in the same time it takes you to get a B.sc. at Cornell I think Cambridge is a better deal. Also I think Cambridge is cheaper, and it's undoubtedly one of the top 5 Universities in the World, Cornell isn't. Moreover the sciences at Cambridge are legendary (Sir Issac Newton).</p>
<p>Cambridge pure science and math are some of the best in world, but think engineering is not quite as good.</p>
<p>I'd pick Cambridge, just me.</p>
<p>According to the Times Higher Education Supplement, I found, that under "Technology", Cambridge ranks 6th in the world and Cornell 34th. But according to US News and World Report, Cornell is 11th in the US. These results seem to be conflicting somehow and I really cannot easily compare the engineering departments.</p>
<p>Yea don't base your decision on rankings, both schools are amazing you can't go wrong...</p>
<p>Personally my vote goes to Cambridge</p>
<p>Cambridge is hard to turn down. It is such a mythical place. The campus is the most beautiful I have ever seen...BY FAR! And I have been all over the place. Cambridge is 1,000 years old and you can feel the tradition. At the undergraduate level, I'd say Cambridge is not too far behind Cornell in Engineering...and isn't Cambridge almost free for you since you are European? Cornell will probably cost you $45,000/year compared to Cambridge's $25,000 (mostly cost of living expenses). </p>
<p>For those of you who don't know, Cambridge has one of the top 3 or 4 colleges of Engineering in the UK...which is pretty good.</p>
<p>Alexandre - Cambridge will not be a lot cheaper for me as I am international (Indian citizen) although I live in Luxembourg. For fees purposes, both are equal.
That means the decising factor is only the reputation of the "department".</p>
<p>Cornell is more "cutting edge" when it comes to Engineering.</p>
<p>overall as a university cambridge is miles ahead of cornell though</p>
<p>No university on Earth is "miles ahead" of Cornell. However, I agree that Cambridge, as an overal university, is a little better than Cornell. I would compare Cambridge to Princeton.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for your suggestions.</p>
<p>Cambridge! I would so love to go there... wow... It's a beautiful school and you will get a great education. A cambridge degree will get you into any grad school (if you do well!) so you should go there for undergrad! You are so lucky to have 2 incredible choices! </p>
<p>It also depends on how much you care about getting a broad education. European students pretty much only take courses in their major but in the US you'll take core requirements in english, history, etc too. Do you want to focus on engineering right away or would you rather take a wide variety of courses? Thats really the main difference.</p>
<p>Seriously though, i wish i could go to Cambridge!!!!! Maybe for grad school...</p>
<p>Not only is general public confuse PENN with PENN STATE, the new name, UPENN, it now pushes has similar problem with UCONN. Poor PENN. I think they ought to deal with this problem once for all and rename the school to some famous benefactor or alumni.</p>
<p>kaitylin, just wondering... which subject are you studying?</p>