NUIG or GMIT for computer engineering?

wcp1200

Which would be better?

TheCosmicFrog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biW2i9yK-10

Haha, sorry I couldn't help it. I'm going into second-year Information Technology, what's Computer Engineering?

syncosised

I'm going into Final Year Electronic and Computer Engineering in NUIG and it's pretty good. The new engineering building will be ready next year, so it's a good time to be starting. I can't really make any comparison to GMIT, but I would recommend NUIG.

Columc

From knowing people who have done both in NUIG and in GMIT and 2 people who have switched from GMIT to NUIg. NUIG seems to have the better course, wit a lot more being covered and the lectures being friendly and knowing more indept knowledge(or willing to express it to the students). However from what people say, NUIG is a lot of theory and a small bit of practical. While GMIT you get a lot of hands on work done, but not much theory as you would in NUIG.

This is what people have told me from doing Electronic and Computer Engineering

wcp1200

I would be more interested in the practical side i guess. But what im wondering is will having a degree from nui be better for getting jobs and better recongnised. I have heard though that gmit are better for IT and CE. Also. does anyone know anything about gti's access courses and if I do one can I get into NUIG or GMIT?

Thanks

TheCosmicFrog

wcp1200 wrote: »

I would be more interested in the practical side i guess. But what im wondering is will having a degree from nui be better for getting jobs and better recongnised. I have heard though that gmit are better for IT and CE. Also. does anyone know anything about gti's access courses and if I do one can I get into NUIG or GMIT?

Thanks

If you can, try and get straight into college through the CAO. You can get into GMIT through a GTI course, but it's more difficult than through the CAO.

If you have any questions about the Computer Science and Information Technology course in NUIG, feel free to PM me or ask in the "CS&IT 2010/2011" thread which the new lads started

Aaron.

wcp1200

After some more research I found a electronic and computer engineering course in GMIT that only requires 140 points(i got 165). So would this be the best option instead of doing a 1 year access course to get into NUIG?

TheCosmicFrog

wcp1200 wrote: »

After some more research I found a electronic and computer engineering course in GMIT that only requires 140 points(i got 165). So would this be the best option instead of doing a 1 year access course to get into NUIG?

CAO works by offering you the first course you get the points for. So put down the course you want most as #1 and put down that 140-point after the preferred courses (unless you really want to go for that 140-point course!). That way, if you get a better-than-expected score you'll be offered the courses you preferred first and you'll always have that 140 course to fall back on

wcp1200

Thanks for all the help. Just two more questions.1. Will i learn how to build my own PC.(something I really want to do)(what year?).2. Will I get a grant(how much?).

Thanks again for all the help.

RolandIRL

building your own PC isn't hard at all. the hard part is acquiring the parts, other than that, it's a doodle.
the grant depends on your income, and other factors as well (like how far your home is from the college. check out StudentFinance.ie for more info

martin699

wcp1200 wrote: »

Thanks for all the help. Just two more questions.1. Will i learn how to build my own PC.(something I really want to do)(what year?).2. Will I get a grant(how much?).

Thanks again for all the help.

http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/

theres a good site that shows you everything you need to have and do to build your own PC... that wont be really covered in an engineering/computer science course... although you will get a more detailed knowledge of how everything works together...

I did the Electronic and Computer engineering course in NUIG and found it good. As to the difference between NUIG and GMIT I think the best thing about the NUIG course is the paid placement in third year...

I dont think it matters really which one is better recognised as I have a friend who did the GMIT course and he is currently working in Cisco...

I only finished final year this year and started working 2 weeks after I finished in a company called Valeo... Got very lucky...

Grant depends on your parents income.

TheCosmicFrog

wcp1200 wrote: »

Thanks for all the help. Just two more questions.1. Will i learn how to build my own PC.(something I really want to do)(what year?).2. Will I get a grant(how much?).

Thanks again for all the help.

Nope, no actual PC building (very easy by the way, just follow the above poster's link!) but you learn what each individual component in a PC does, why and how.

Do you live in Galway at the moment? I have a proposition for you if you do

wcp1200

TheCosmicFrog wrote: »

Nope, no actual PC building (very easy by the way, just follow the above poster's link!) but you learn what each individual component in a PC does, why and how.

Do you live in Galway at the moment? I have a proposition for you if you do

Ya I live in Galway?

TheCosmicFrog

wcp1200 wrote: »

Ya I live in Galway?

I just sent you a Private Message

Columc

It's a Trap!

wobbles-grogan

Its a really good course to be honest!

Just finished it a couple months ago, it was very interesting and thought me a lot.

I got a job before i had even finished final year in IBM so that's good news too :-)

Its the sort of course that requires you to work to understand the material though. Don't expect to breeze through it! A lot of it isn't "hard" as such, it just requires time to think through and understand it, then again, maybe that was just me :-)

TheCosmicFrog

Columc wrote: »

It's a Trap!

This isn't 4chan... or is it?

Columc

TheCosmicFrog wrote: »

This isn't 4chan... or is it?

More of thing from London trip.. but yes they do say it on 4chan also