UCAS - Home Top 10 universities for computer science and information systems 10. University of Birmingham Academic reputation: 54.5 Employer reputation: 70 Citations per faculty: 80.2 World ranking: 101-150 Universities are ranked according to their global ranking for Computer Science & Information Systems as calculated by the QS World University Rankings 2012 by Subject. Computer programming: who is teaching our children to code? Picture: Alamy Graduate jobs: Top 10 universities for getting a job 12. University of Stirling Percentage of students in work or further education six months after graduation: 94.0% The University of Stirling has plenty to recommend it - its Law School is housed in the 18th century Airthrey Castle, and there is a nine-hole golf course on campus. The universities in this list have been ranked using data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency. Interested in applying to one of these universities?
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Choosing the Right University Every course and every university is different and each student wants different things. The chances of finding a perfect match can be a challenge despite over 150 universities and university-level higher education colleges in the UK and the wide range of courses available. You will almost certainly need to decide what is most important to you. Do you want the best course or one that is quite good but offers the options you really want? So choosing the the right course at the right university for you will require some research. The more research you put into the process the more likely you will make the right decision. This will then free you up to focus on your studies and ensure that you hit the grades which will actually get you to your univeristy and your course of choice. Good luck! So how do you go about choosing a university? For some, the choice of subject and type of course will narrow down the number of possible universities to just a few. Next page: The Location
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