<p>Hi everyone,
I need some advice on choosing between the master program in Electrical Engineering at Rose Hulman and computer science in Alberta.
I consider them to be my final choices because they offer me financial aid: Alberta offers full financial support and Rose has tuition waived.
Although Rose is noname on master level engineering, it is still industry-oriented and it seems the master program is kind of similar to its undergraduate education. While Alberta in Canada is strong in CS research and the overall reputation is much higher, especially for me as an international student who may come back home one day.
Both seems good for me to learn some real stuff and see outside world, plus, I prefer working in industry to doing research and I am fine with both two areas. Do you have any suggestions on both short and long term development? What will you choose?
Thanks a lot for any meaningful input!</p>
<p>Its really hard to say. I think, you can’t go wrong either way.
It depends more on where you see yourself working, geographically?</p>
<p>Thanks. Geographically speaking, it seems the States is more attractive than Canada to me, you know, as an international student. But I also know living big cities may be much more fun than smaller towns, though I am not sure about which lifestyle is more suitable for me. So I would rather look on the career development side: I would probably choose to specialize in embedded system/MCU development if I choose EE program at Rose, so what is the prospective of this field compared to more widely wanted positions like upper-layer application software/web development which most CSer will do after graduation?</p>