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What is the best place to study software development at?
Currently looking at:
UCT (applying, might get in but not sure, they say it's heavily contested)
CPUT
CTU

Any others you would recommend in Cape Town?
Would like to study C# and Java mostly, so far I have done beginners courses in Python, C# and C++.
Am matriculating end of year.
 
UCT else Stellenbosch, ideally stay away from colleges and get a redbrick degree.
 
Finally got to it, says last date application today, but "Application for undergraduate programme(s) is not available"

EDIT: Reading the wrong information, last application date 30 June 2014, guess I'm too late.
 
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UWC is a good institution, as a first step, I would check if they are still open for registration.

If it's not, you can also look at Unisa as an entry point to UCT. If your grades aren't quite sufficient, you can start at Unisa and transfer to UCT the following year. As a transfer student, they are more interested in your grades from Unisa.

The downside is you might not get credits for all courses so you will probably still need to do all years at UCT, but having some credits means you can make your studies easier by bringing forward some courses and reduce the number of courses you need to take in years 2 & 3.
 
Also look at London International (distance study through University of London) I'm doing this degree now in my last year and can attest it's the real deal, easily up there with UCT in terms of content and exams. Way above UNISA in terms of difficulty though so be prepared.. There is a local examination centre in town where you'll write, all very well organised.

http://www.londoninternational.ac.u...systems-bsc-diploma-work-entry-route#overview
 
Joker said:
Also look at London International (distance study through University of London) I'm doing this degree now in my last year and can attest it's the real deal, easily up there with UCT in terms of content and exams. Way above UNISA in terms of difficulty though so be prepared.. There is a local examination centre in town where you'll write, all very well organised.

http://www.londoninternational.ac.u...systems-bsc-diploma-work-entry-route#overview
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Difficulty is subjective.
 
Since you know what you want do, why not just focus on that ... try get an intern job and maybe look at the MCSD? Do you really want to spend years (full time) at a tertiary institution.
 
Joker said:
Also look at London International (distance study through University of London) I'm doing this degree now in my last year and can attest it's the real deal, easily up there with UCT in terms of content and exams. Way above UNISA in terms of difficulty though so be prepared.. There is a local examination centre in town where you'll write, all very well organised.

http://www.londoninternational.ac.u...systems-bsc-diploma-work-entry-route#overview
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How do you learn programming from a distance? That's one subject where the questions are endless.
 
AntiGanda said:
How do you learn programming from a distance? That's one subject where the questions are endless.
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There are tons of sites and tutorials out there, programming is more learning yourself than being taught in my opinion.
 
Shi said:
Since you know what you want do, why not just focus on that ... try get an intern job and maybe look at the MCSD? Do you really want to spend years (full time) at a tertiary institution.
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MS is constantly changing and is locked in to one very specific technology. What the OP perhaps needs is a broader experience of development.
 
Shi said:
Since you know what you want do, why not just focus on that ... try get an intern job and maybe look at the MCSD? Do you really want to spend years (full time) at a tertiary institution.
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Time very well spent in my opinion. I don't think that wanting to know a language or two constitutes knowing what s/he wants to "do". ;)
 
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