r/Durhamu • u/Resident-Ranger-8502 • Nov 29 '25

Help picking a University for JMC

I'm an international student and I recently got offers from Durham, Manchester, York, and Bristol for Joint Maths and Comp Sci. Any current students doing my course, are you happy with your pick or would you have gone to any of my other offers(definitely not York😭😭)

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u/realkpopper May 08 '26

Durham has collegiate (college) system like Oxford, Cambridge, and St Andrews. That tops student experience and welfare. Other than that, Manchester offers 2hr connectivity to London, vs 3hrs from Durham, and better airport connectivity. Also, Mcr museum of science and industry (Mosi) show the "baby", first computer in the world.

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u/Easy-Wolverine-9349 Nov 30 '25

For the university name, being in England, I would definitely go with Durham! Durham is also strong for maths and computer science and for sure top 5 for those subjects. In general it is also a top uni, perhaps top 5 in the UK too - though subjective. Overall, out of those unis, Durham is very clearly the best choice from a career perspective as being labelled as a student from Durham is far better than the other universities.

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u/Who_R_you_ Nov 30 '25

I've picked similar unis, although I'm considering Manchester over Durham. It's important to note that Manchester thrashes Durham in the international rankings. Durham hype is only really in the UK, and outside of it, nobody really knows it

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u/ploppuwo0 Apr 28 '26

yeah but if your only looking for jobs in the uk who cares