Schools Anyone in Australia - Advice on prospective universities?

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A user seeks insights on pursuing a combined Computer Science and Science course, specifically Physics, at Australian universities, with a focus on UNSW. They express skepticism about information from university open days, considering it promotional. The user is looking for firsthand experiences regarding the quality of teaching and course content in Physics programs across various universities in Australia, particularly in New South Wales. Responses include a mention of the Australian National University (ANU), where a current student shares their first-year Physics experience, covering topics like momentum, energy principles, and electromagnetic interactions. They also highlight ANU's PhB program for high-achieving students, which includes research projects. The discussion emphasizes the importance of personal experiences over promotional materials when choosing a university.
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First of all, yeah, newbie here, "Yo wassup dawgz!" and all that.
Not really much of a forum user, more of a lurker, so sorry in advance for any ignorance I may portray forum-wise.

Anyway, I know this is a pretty specific question, but I figured I might as well post and see what I get.

I've been thinking of doing a combined Comp. Sci./Science course (which is only offered at UNSW, at least from what I've looked at) when I leave school, though from what I gather at most other universities science is a pretty flexible course, so choosing a course isn't really the problem.

I'm guessing most of the info I've been getting from going to open days at various unis (save for a good look around the campus) is mainly just self-promotion, so I'm interested in getting the opinions of people who've done/are doing a Physics course at a university in Australia (preferably NSW, but I'm open to others too).

I've looked at sites like rateyouruni.com.au /etc. but they don't seem to provide many detailed ratings specific to the courses I'm thinking of doing.

So, anyone who's done/doing any physics/computer science course at any uni in Australia, care to tell me what it was like at your specific uni? Teaching-wise, the content of the course itself, etc.?
Any help is much appreciated! =)
 
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Here you go, pick one lol. :smile: :approve:

Australian National University
University of Melbourne
University of Sydney
University of Queensland
University of New South Wales
Monash University
University of Western Australia
University of Adelaide
Macquarie University
Queensland University of Technology
University of Wollongong
La Trobe University
University of Newcastle
University of Tasmania
Griffith University
University of Technology,Sydney
Curtin University of Technology
Flinders University
RMIT University
University of South Australia
Deakin University
University of New England
University of Western Sydney
James Cook University
Swinburne University of Technology
Southern Cross University
University of Canberra
Victoria University
Australian Catholic University
Charles Sturt University
University of Southern Queensland
University of Ballarat
University of the Sunshine Coast
Edith Cowan University
Charles Darwin University
Central Queensland University
 
http://www.australian-universities.com/rankings/"

http://www.studyconnect.com/forums/"

The first link has rankings and info on the universities, the second is a forum with similar questions as the one you have.
 
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I'm at ANU doing Physics :).
These are the list of courses offered by the college of Science:
http://studyat.anu.edu.au/acad_orgs/195/courses/undergrad.html
I'm currently still in my first year so I can't really tell u much about the more advanced Physics courses, but we do matter & interactions in first year - the usual momentum principle, energy principle and electromagnetic stuff in first sem, and now we're doing waves and optics, angular momentum, special relativity and more on EM interactions.
We have a phB program here for Science. You can apply for that if you have UAI 99+. It's not all that different but u get a research project every 2 semesters or so.
I don't know too much about the Comp Science program but I guess it should be good. It's an honours course and only students with UAI 98 + are accepted.
 
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