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Postgrads

  • 15-06-2002 7:35pm
    #1
    leeroybrown
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    With the exams being over and all that I'm no longer an undergraduate. I'm thinking of going back to do a (funded) research postgraduate (Masters) in IT.

    Anyone else here considering going back to do a Postgrad?


Comments

  • #2
    phobos
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    At last we're post grads, thank God.

    I just got my honours B.Sc. confirmed the other day, and I've applied to do the M.Sc. in Software Design & Development in NUI Galway. If all goes to plan, we shouldn't be too far away.

    Good luck with your application :)

    ;-phobos-)


  • #3
    plastic membrane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,219 ✭✭✭plastic membrane


    Originally posted by phobos
    At last we're post grads, thank God.

    I just got my honours B.Sc. confirmed the other day, and I've applied to do the M.Sc. in Software Design & Development in NUI Galway. If all goes to plan, we shouldn't be too far away.

    Good luck with your application :)

    ;-phobos-)

    Show off :) Nice one m8.


  • #4
    leeroybrown
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    Personally I think that the "taught" programmes are aimed more towards people who wish to move to an IT area. I think that fully research style postgrads much better suit people with prior IT/Eng qualifications.


  • #5
    alb
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    If you've already got a degree in engineering or IT or sth I wouldn't bother doing a taught masters. It's prolly a waste of time and you have to pay to do it anyway. As Leeroy said its really for ppl from other backgrounds moving into IT. I started a research PG in April.... getting paid to go back to uni isn't half bad. You'd wanna make sure you are doing research in sth you're interested in though, or it could be very boring. Nice relaxed atmosphere though and no fixed hours.


  • #6
    cerebus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 447 ✭✭cerebus


    Originally posted by alb
    You'd wanna make sure you are doing research in sth you're interested in though, or it could be very boring.

    I'd second that - anyone considering a research-based post-grad should keep it in mind. Make sure you do something you're interested in. It makes all the difference!

    Just as an aside, taught post-graduate qualifications shouldn't be dismissed out of hand - look at the US system, where very often a significant proportion of a PhD student's time is spent on graduate-level courses (though the research and subsequent thesis will still be the dominant/most important component).

    Having said that, a large number of the taught Masters in IT/Engineering offered in Irish third-level institutions do seem to be designed as conversion-type courses...


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