Conversion Master's in Computer Science - worth it? 

Awesome as always, Karcia

This has been so useful in helping me understand the conversion masters better, thank you!

Great Video! Thank you for sharing your experience!!

As an ex-programmer from Asia I happen to be in a conversion master programme of CS in UK now. I totally agree with you that you don't pay so much for the knowledge, because nowadays you can learn almost everything online for free. But if you need a CS degree to prove yourself in job market, or an opportunity to work in UK, that would be different.

Excellent message! I agree, education is very important. However, a lot of people out there still think that universities are the only place where you can an education from. Like you said, we can now learn in/on many places. Keep the videos coming.

Thank you so much for your videos! It's really helpful!

This was very helpful. Thank you!

Just what i was looking for, thanks a lot!

Hi, I've heard that the conversion Master's at Imperial is very competitive (obviously they ask for a 1:1). Apart from good undergraduate grades, do you have any tips on how to make your application stand out? What did you write about in the personal statement since it's hard to write with little experience?

Hi Karolina, from your experience, was the course very maths focused? Or is it a basic enough level of understanding required?

Yes I have First degree in an Arts subject , completed an expensive very demanding MBA from a good University in Scotland but have now started another Masters in Computer Science which I'm finding the programming side very tough . The thing is you could learn all this yourself through the web and reading various books but employers would be not as impressed as from Imperial College , UCL or even Birkbeck College or Oxford or Cambridge Universities !!!

I'm in Finland and working as SWE at a once the largest phone manufacturer company's cloud software network management system organization. I was thinking about my choice for Master's as a non tech degree holder. My choices were limited to University of Applied Sciences since normal universities strictly require previous CS or Engineering Bachelor's. For me, got any opinions for 1) Cyber Security or 2) AI and Data Analytics engineering? Also, is an MSc worth it at all?

Hey, could you please find out How much would it cost for master's degree in computer science for international students

Thanks for the video. Do you have any recommendations as to material/ languages/ math that you think you would have found useful before you started?

Hey, great video! On a scale of 10, how hard is the course? On an average how many hours you have to devote for independent study per day? Is there an option to skip the dissertation? Any prep work that you would recommend for the course? have you any idea about the comp sci conversion course at Newcastle?

I liked how honest this video was. I have a BS in EET and I was thinking of getting a master's in CS, but I had some doubts. Now, I am not sure what should I get next.

Hello Karolina, Is it recommend to code all the machine learning algorithms from scratch so that I can learn math behind it or just understand and start to code?

Thanks for the video! I was wondering what sort of undergrad background other students had? Is it primarily STEM subjects? I'd love to study this & have been saving for a while, but my undergrad was in Architecture (UCL) - not much quantitative thinking, sadly :( (The best I have is A-levels in further maths / physics!)

Hii.. You told that the course employability is very good. So are you and your batch mates employed and happy now?? I am from India and did study economics(same as you) in my undergraduates and currently looking to get into some conversion programme.

Great Video!

I have a Business Degree in Bachelors. I have no coding and computer language experience. So can i do MSC in Computer Science?

Hi Karolina! If you are unsure of whether you'd like to do data science, data engineering, or machine learning engineering and are interested in research, what do you recommend for a good master's degree? Are computer science, data science, applied math, and statistics pretty equal? I have a background in engineering. Thank you!!

I am motivated thanks

Thank you so much.

What are your thoughts about apprenticeship CS programs ?

Its actually hard to believe you’re only at 10k subs

Thanks for your video! Im also a student studying Economics and mathematics in undergrad. I'm now waiting for a response from Imperial. Wish all the best!

What are your thoughts about apprenticeship programs ?

Hi Karolina! I got accepted to Imperial for the same conversion course and I'm wondering if the cost is worth it for overseas students. I'm expected to pay 36k pounds if I choose to enrol this September which is quite an exorbitant amount, but if I can get a SDE job in London after graduating it would be fine. How likely is it for someone from outside of Europe to land a job in the UK with this course? Thank you so much!

Thank you for this video! As a law student, I've always felt a lot of pressure to become a lawyer - but I'm not sure whether I want to be a lawyer. I've always had particular interest in legal topics which intersected with ComSci like internet regulation, data protection, and copyright law. Being able to be qualified to do both Law and ComSci has always intrigued me and this video has really helped explain the ComSci conversion course really well! Can I ask though what level of maths is required to do the course? I don't do a STEM degree and my maths is not very good X_X

I would like to make a major career change from psychology to computer science.. however I acquire little knowledge on the topic. With a 2.1 psychology bsc what route would you recommend I take?

Hey! I have a medical background and want to do a conversion MSc in CS with Data Science for transitioning into research. However, since I am based in EU, I have to do it online and the options are therefore scarce (only low ranked unis such as Sunderland, Keele, Wolverhampton etc offer online options). Do you think it's worth it? Given that conversion MSc are generally frowned upon by employers and to that you'd add the modestly placed universities. Worth it or not? Regards

I'm studying Electronics and Communication Engineering now. Am I eligible to do MSc Computer science directly or do I have to go with conversion computer science? In my Current UG I had 4 modules regarding computer science till now and I'm also having programming skills like Java, Data structures and algorithms, HTML, CSS, JavaScript.

Hi I'm from Kerala, India. I've completed Electronics and Communication Engineering (B Tech) in Kerala. But my decision was wrong I'm in to CS. I don't want to work in Electronics field. What If I do Msc in CS (Information and Communication Technology to be specific) conversion course in the UK, will it be worth it? Is this is good idea?. And I want to settle in the UK too, is there a possibility to get a skilled worker visa after this?

I'm an Economics graduate like yourself with an offer for computer science (cyber security) MSc from university of Kent. I'm passionate about this course but I'm nervous I might struggle with no programming experience. Any advice?

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Great video! Can you tell us what an average weekly schedule looked like? 🙏🏼

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If you are an EU person reading this, aside from going to the too universities in the UK I would instead pick Denmark or other countries of the Nordic area where you will deal with language issues of course , but the big plus is that the entire course is for free and you don't get a loan you have to pay afterwards. Arguably if your target market is the UK you can say that the cost you pay for can get compensated on your upcoming salary which will be a lot easier to get i you do the course in the UK. The thing about the course is that it not only has structure but what having structure means for the employer (and yourself). That makes it quite specific about what it is you can do and to what extent can be expected of you without of going in the trouble of hackathons or similar things while job hunting.

As someone currently on a masters conversion in this department (at a different UK university) I feel a bit short changed by it so far. I think I went in to it naively thinking I would be taught like it was an apprenticeship but I'm actually essentially teaching myself 95% of it, which I could have done anyway WITHOUT paying thousands to go to lectures to be told what to go and study. Then there's all the strict academic rules regarding assignments which is back in my life after many years since originally leaving uni. High stress, high cost, it bloody better be worth it at the end is all I will conclude with.

Do you know if Edinburgh’s has it?

what was your undergrad degree in? Did you need to have a strong math background to be accepted into the course

if your out of town for example albany ny being a student in london. the loan is given to you as long as you dont got an income. if your under disability you get grants in the uk for free.

Had a quick question about the loan and stuff, was this the postgraduate loan? And if so, I'm a bit worried that it doesn't even cover all of the tuition, let alone any living costs

Coming from an Economic bachelor what you had to do in order to be accepted? I see the requirements are either an engineering or a CS degree?

I am graduated in business studied a Graduate IT Diploma in NZ. To be a Data Engineer, do you think it would be better if I do a Master in Computer Science or in Data Science?

Cool

I finished with a 2:1 can I still apply for the course

Would you like to apply for PhD?

The policy for foreign students is the same everywhere. Especially medical school. Btw, did you check out what the riot was about?

The beautiful 😻 girl from Internet is back. ❤️ how are you? Yesterday I interviewed few people in my company. I also think people who know C++ are at an advantage as they can understand Java and C much easier. Also I subscribe that college can be temporary but learning is forever.

Bloody hell, the same degree at Imperial is now £22,250! Thats over an £8k jump. Do you reckon its still worth it at that cost?

What university did you do for your undergrad and im guessing it was a first class?

Python is also important

Everybody is expected to do a project at undergraduate and Masters level no matter which university you go to in the UK generally speaking….

oO i had memory management in my first or second semester of studiying game engineering - i agree its really usefull but i wouldnt go do a master for it ^^

omgawwww. theres a government grant and loan office in london. the office of student loans every college in london has it now.

Yeah that is the truth " Knowledge is free but prestige is not".

Hopefully, the fight was not something serious, ahaha!

All these companies now want a degree in CS. Like it or not you need a degree or masters in it

IMO, getting a formal uni education these days is just to show employers that you can commit and/or work hard at something. I totally agree that you can get most of the information online. When I was living in London I ended up doing heaps of MOOCs for programming in my spare time for about 4 years while I was working at a pub. At the end of 2020 I decided to go back to my home country Australia and study a degree in applied computer science. I'm absolutely shredding my degree, I would go as far to say that some of the MOOCs i've done were much more difficult than my undergraduate computer science courses. I would also say i think that the course delivery method of unis are so out-dated. 2-3 hour lectures to deliver content, big oof. Universities cannot compete with online learning it seems, because I learnt better and found it more enjoyable with MOOCs even though I'm doing well at uni. I still think there is value in a university degree, but I feel that may change soon if they don't 'modernise' their approach.

Here is their nasty policy. 2021 entry £34,750 per year

You learned C and c++ in masters degree we in india are taught that in class 12th And then don't get job which is as high paying job as uk gives 😂😂

ok?

Is student loan hard to pay off

That row 😂

Uni is not a game changer anymore , now a days if you are good at something there are lot of ways to let people know... and internet gives acces to knowledg to almos every one. But you have to put the work on your own, Tho one thing that universities are good at, is networking and pushing you to get things done. So, moral of the stoy... if you go to uni just to get a degree,probably you did something wrong, uni is all about makingconnections By the way... Dont you wanna be my friend? (I am linving in an adult world as well)

Pursuing Master degree in DataScience 🥳 better than ComputerScience 🤔

c++ has been rendered useless. if you learn c+ and python. you can use java e.ct c++ is no good any more. im a computer tech/programmer for 25 years

I think a degree in economics is far better than a computer science don’t know what are you went down that road although quite a few do some do very well some do very poorly but in the end industry wants people that knows about different technologies without actually saying it here not necessarily the masters degree in computer science. At least you can springboard onto a PhD that’s the upside

If you are not busy tomorrow, we can get married?

Would you like to apply for PhD?