<p>I am admitted to both Purdue and UCL for graduate studies. Purdue for the MSC In CS and UCL for MSC is software systems engineering. Both seem to be great universities (which is why I applied), I now have to make a decision ok which to attend. I would be an international student in both cases. I am leaning towards Purdue as I feel like Purdue's program is better balanced and well rounded and UCL is packing the degree into a one year program. But UCL is also quite strong and faculty in the department of computer science is particularly strong. And they seem to feed London's investment banks and tech startups.</p>
<p>This will be my first masters and I might want to move into a phd program when done or even branch off into finance or management in which case I would only want to attend a US university, ideally Stanford, Cornell or MIT.</p>
<p>I know it would quite silly to try to make this life altering decision solely based on what I read on the Internet and I fully expect to sleep on it a few nights (and days) and use a detailed list of pros and cons to settle down on a school at the end of the day. But I would really love to hear your opinions on this dilemma. Information of job prospects upon graduation and placement (maybe from experience) is absolutely welcome.</p>