Any Truth In This?

stainluss

Im doing my CAO and was looking at the Irish Times University League there, the DCU SU president said:

A degree renowned as the best in the country along with some top-class facilities.

Is it renowned by employers as the best in the country? I never heard that? I know the work experience is good, but the best in the country?

KenHy

Which Degree? I'm sure DCU would be ranked as the best in some areas. Without the full quote though there is not much to comment on there.

stainluss

KenHy wrote: »

Which Degree? I'm sure DCU would be ranked as the best in some areas. Without the full quote though there is not much to comment on there.

That is the full quote. It seemed to be stating that DCU have the best recognised degrees in general.

irish_boy90

stainluss wrote: »

That is the full quote. It seemed to be stating that DCU have the best recognised degrees in general.

Trying to sell the college to you.

not many adverts will say, "Our product isn't the best, nor is it cheap, buy it anyway", they will always say it's the best.

While I believe many of the courses here are some of the best, They can't ALL be the best

There is no real way to say what course is the best though and it depends on what you are like not so much the course. You will always get people coming out of good courses not having a clue and then people who are great coming out of crap courses.

What course are you interested and maybe we can help you out though.

KenHy

Hmm, it doesn't really sound like a complete sentence, but it is just marketing which ever way you look at it. On the whole a degree from DCU will be viewed the same as one from UCD/Trinity/NUIG/UL etc... I wouldn't put much credence in those league tables. A degree is much more about what you do with it than who issued it.

stainluss

irish_boy90 wrote: »

What course are you interested and maybe we can help you out though.

Business Studies, I went to the open day and I liked the Business school. I like sound of work experience, too:)

johnjo763

Hey there, John Murphy here (Deputy President of the SU), I'm the one that gave the quote, not Alan (President of the SU). I was referring to my own course, Computer Applications, which at the time of my starting the course in 2005 was indeed regarded as the best computing course in the country, not only by employers but also very highly regarded internationally. Hence why I picked the course all those years ago!

--LOS--

It's true OP, just accept it :pac:

Tiroskan

Well if it's worth anything, everyone I know who's currently doing business at DCU seems quite happy with the course. I don't know much about it otherwise, or your employment prospects, but I'm sure there must be someone else around boards who can tell you more and I can reiterate what someone else said above; the deciding factor in how well you do is how much you choose to do and not exactly which course you choose to do, for the most part. I know people who've graduated recently who are working in completely different fields from those they studied in, but worked hard and made the best of their abilities.

Einstein?

true as the sky is blue ;p