[comp.edu] Need informations on UK and USA colleges

damiano@ieeupdb.UUCP (Damiano Bolla) (06/06/89)

I am an Italian student of Padova university .
I am 24 years old , I am studing Electronic Engineering at Padova
University, but I would like to do this on an English or American college. 
( A good English is wery important for an engineer !!! )
I need some information about universities where you can take a degree on 
Electronic Engineering.

I would like to have informations on the following topics :
Is an English or USA degree valid here on the European community ? ( I
mean if it is AUTOMATICALLY valid )

Especially , is such degree valid here in Italy ?

What is going to change after 1992 ? , are we going to become like the USA
where a degre taken on an USA state is valid all over the country ?

How could I get informations on the organization of the UK or USA
colleges ?

Is it possible to take the exams that I have done here as valid on an
UK or USA college ?

What's the difference from our degree ( Italy degree ) and one of UK
or USA . I would like to know to which UK or USA degree is equivalent
our first degree level .

I understand , these are hard questions to answer ... but , please ,
at least give me some references where I may read something about UK
or USA colleges .

Thanks a lot .
Damiano

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aaron@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (aaron.michael.chesir) (06/08/89)

May I strongly reccomend my engineering school: Cooper Union School of
Engineering. It's located in downtown Manhattan, New York. An EXCCELLENT
engineering school, it happens to be FREE and PRIVATE (actually there is
a $300 annual student fee, which mostly pays for student parties). The
explanation for this miracle is that the founder, Peter Cooper, made a PILE
of money 150 years ago, and invested it for the purpose of supporting
the school on the annual returns.

There are 4 possible majors: Electrical (my favorite), Chemical, Civil, and
Mechanical.  It takes 4 years to get a Bachelor of Engineering, and one more
year for a Master of Engineering. The school is HIGHLY respected here in the
United States.

As I recall, their phone number is 1-(212)-254-6300.

Adios!

Aaron Michael Chesir
AT&T Bell Labs
1-(201)-949-1530
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reggie@dinsdale.nm.paradyne.com (George W. Leach) (06/12/89)

In article <1246@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> aaron@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (aaron.michael.chesir) writes:

>May I strongly reccomend my engineering school: Cooper Union School of
>Engineering. It's located in downtown Manhattan, New York. An EXCCELLENT
>engineering school, it happens to be FREE and PRIVATE (actually there is
>a $300 annual student fee, which mostly pays for student parties). The
>explanation for this miracle is that the founder, Peter Cooper, made a PILE
>of money 150 years ago, and invested it for the purpose of supporting
>the school on the annual returns.


     Cooper Union is one of the best kept secrets in Engineering education.
I believe that NYU students take engineering courses there as well since
the NYU engineering school mergered with Brooklyn Poly to form NY Poly.


     Isn't Cooper Union enrollment by "invitation" only?



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aaron@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (aaron.michael.chesir) (06/13/89)

In article <6175@pdn.paradyne.com>, reggie@dinsdale.nm.paradyne.com (George W. Leach) writes:
> 
> 
>      Isn't Cooper Union enrollment by "invitation" only?

Who told you this?? They have applications just like anyone else! Heck, even I
got in!

Aaron Chesir