EU MSc application without prior research

[zivo]

I'm right now in Senior year in a bad school ( I mean ranking 1k+, actually best in country so I have an excuse ), with good GPA ( about 3.25 equivalent ) considering applying for grad school in EU in nuclear/high energy physics. However I'm from a not so good university undergrad research isn't heard of, so if I go without prior research experience I might be in direct contest with locals with much more research experience than me. But I'm considering "pushing" it with the profs ( Who I admit are very open ) to get internship/small research going.

What I do however have is better than average -compared to EU student- computer knowledge, as I can code with 2(3?) languages: Python C/C++, Python with which I made some course helping programs earlier last year ( code that basically does my homework ) and have experience with scientific packages ( Scipy,Numpy,Sympy mostly ) and Data analysis ( Pandas, Matplotlib,seaborn linmodels...etc ), even though my knowledge of C/C++ is almost exclusive to development of user software ( mostly games though , but knowledge of 3D should be very useful as I heard ), I can also use Linux systems effectively and managed a Linux server once for a week. + I'm good with Algebra ( I love it! ). I don't have any diplomas apart from Comptia A+/Security+/Linux+.

So if pushing the profs for research doesn't work, do I stand a chance at applying for grad school if I leverage my computer knowledge and how computer intensive the specialties are ?

 

[mfb]

Check the requirements of the universities. If they accept you, finding a project for a master thesis shouldn't be too hard. An internship will certainly help. A summer student project would be interesting as well, but for this year it is too late.

 

[Vanadium 50]

What I do however have is better than average -compared to EU student-

On what basis do you make that claim?

"I am ever so much smarter than that guy over there" is very off-putting. I'm not sure it's even true in this case, and in any event, I don't think it will be a huge factor in admissions even if it were.