[misc.consumers] Foreign Universities

cmerritt@megatest.UUCP (Cristopher Merritt) (03/01/88)

I would like to combine my desires to return to school and to travel
by attending a university abroad (with respect to the United States).
I would be pursuing a master's degree in computer science, supposedly
in Europe though I'm open to suggestion.

This raises some questions which I put to you nice net-folk:

- Can you recomend any foreign universities strong in computer science?
  How about the 5 or 10 "best" European computer science dept's?

- How should I approach the language issue?  I speak only English fluently
  (unfortunatly no French or German - high school Spanish) but am certainly
  not afraid of a new language;  culture-shock is the whole idea here!
  Must I consider only English speaking universities or can I find multi-
  lingual schools in countries where the primarly language is not English?
  Would such a multi-lingual school have English lectures or references?

- Have any of you done what I am proposing?  What can I learn from your
  experience?

- There are jillions of guides to American universities such as Barrons, 
  etc..  Do know of similar references to foreign schools?  Other sources?

- Are there considerations or criteria which I have overlooked?


Thanks for your potential help.


Cristopher Merritt

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