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When I took my bachelors, each semester we split the 27-ish people in our year into groups of about 6 people that had to write a piece of software related to a theme, e.g. compilers or robots, where the courses that semester supported the theme. At the end of the semester we handed in a report of approximately 100 pages detailing the decisions and design and theory behind the practical work we did, which we had to defend orally.

The bachelor project was more of the same, but each group should do a part of a bigger piece of software. I don't recall having any academic references in our final report.

It was a very nice way to learn, as you had your group members to study with and learn from each other.

This was in Denmark, Aalborg University. Which have just been named the best engineering university in Europe, and the fourth best in the world [0].

[0] https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/en...




Hah, I was reading this thinking "That sounds so much like Aalborg". I'm so incredibly happy I went there :)

Here's another report from MIT from earlier this year, reporting largely the same, placing Aalborg at 3rd or 4th depending on the method used [0].

[0] http://neet.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/MIT_NEET_Glob...


That sounds so awesome compared to the style of learning I experienced in college. I wish more colleges took a practical approach.




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