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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At the end of the day, it depends where you kid plans to have a professional career. If in the UK, then you are 100% correct. But if the plan is to go back to the US and even EU then the league tables are a little less relevant and the “pedigree” of the uni weights a little more. Please note I said a “little less” relevant. Clearly for an Econ major looking to work as an economist at an IB in NYC, they will know Warwick’s strength vs Bath….But in General and unfortunately, the perceived name recognition of the university will play a bigger role in the US.[/quote]

DP. This is highly dependent on which degree the student studied.  Above probably is true for general humanities degrees.

For STEM, most US hiring managers like me have a good handle on which UK schools are strong in the specific subjects we are hiring for.  Two oddball examples follow. I would quite happily hire an EE from Heriott-Watt (not usually considered top tier) to code Verilog/VHDL because they are quite strong in that.  Ditto for Essex (also not usually considered top tier) for an EE who specialized in optics, as they are quite strong in that niche.  Of course, I would hire almost anyone from Imperial, which is the MIT of the UK.[/quote]

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