Schools are not as drastically different in prestige in Europe as they are in the USA, except maybe in France. Even then, you get surprises. My current school is one of the most powerful and dynamic in the country, and even the world, and generates patents out the wazoo, yet our building is crap, and our students and professors don't seem to give a crap about the learning and teaching; it works more like a research laboratory than a teaching institution. Numbers and rankings couldn't have told me that, and I curse the day I set foot here. I'm trying to get out into some place where my fellow students won't call me a nerd for actually taking an interest.
Numbers and rankings couldn't have told me that, and I curse the day I set foot here. I'm trying to get out into some place where my fellow students won't call me a nerd for actually taking an interest.
They don't sound like people who worked very hard to get in the school. What was the acceptance rate for incoming students?
I don't actually know if there even are STEM schools that don't have sucky lectures and apathetic students, though. Learning the stuff involves building models in your head that are too complex to do while listening to a guy talk to a...
I wish to transfer to a university in Europe, to complete my engineering formation. I thought it might be the opportunity to initiate a discussion on the merits of European technical schools, given how many people here have a STEM background, and have experienced the first-hand.
Which ones do you think are best at teaching? Which provide the best starting point, professionally? Which have the most productive, idealistic mood among the studentship? If you've been to several of schools, how do they compare to each other?
The floor is yours.