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In Sweden, rather than a "computer science", there's a "computer engineering" degree that also retains a lot of the electrical engineering stuff such as building a computer starting with a diode, building a flip-flop, a shift register, etc etc. Karnaugh Maps and everything.



Computer engineering degrees are also a thing in the US. I used to joke with friends it was 2/3rds Computer Science and 2/3rds EE.

https://catalog.utdallas.edu/2024/undergraduate/programs/ecs...


It's no joke - my Computer Engineering degree overseas was literally that. The average completion time was 6 years, I speed ran it and completed in 5 1/2. Nobody AFAIK could ever do it in less than 5.


In Portugal, before Bologna changes, a degree would take 5 years by law, but on average would be around 7.

After Bologna, no one really takes the plain three years version, as the old degree was upgraded to include Msc, and everyone with the old degree also got equivalence to the new one with Msc, and no one wants to search for a job having only the lowest level degree.


Nobody did it in 6 either… we all changed after first year into with comp sci or the arts


I always have problems after all these years understanding US concept of CS being mostly theory, because in Portugal that isn't something we have as such, that is rather a specialisation of Maths degree (Maths applied to Computation, loosely translated), which only math nerds take, not those into computing.

Even if we translate our degree names to CS, the contents of those 3 to 5 years are very much hands on, with many lectures requiring successful delivery of project assignments before attending respective exams.


We have both options in the UK, CE is what I studied.




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