[rvz]

   What you get:
    Imperial College branded online MSc degree.
   What you need:
    At least a GPA of 3.9 and £28k+.

So, One year for a online masters at £28k also requiring a three year BSc degree at £25k of debt sounds like your really getting your money's worth. /s

(This is £14k more expensive than a normal masters degree at Imperial)

[arcturus17]

Where does it say GPA of 3.9? All I've found is 2:1 for UK universities and anywhere between 3-3.5 for US. Also they say it won't say it's online.

[rvz]

They don't need to say it, but because they said the 'minimum' is a 2:1 / 3 GPA it doesn't mean that you will be considered for an interview. If too many people basically applied with the minimum at Imperial, they will just select those with the higher results.

On the safe side, I intentionally said '3.9' GPA / high 1st because it totally beats their requirement of a 2:1 which the competition will try to match. If anyone is seriously considering this university, they should instead get a 3.9 GPA, not a 3 or 2:1.

[mythrwy]

3.9 GPA sounds pretty restrictive as well for online program.

University of Colorado has an interesting approach to this for Data Science MSc. A series of placement tests rather than GPA.

https://www.coursera.org/degrees/master-of-science-data-scie...

[sweezyjeezy]

It's 14k more expensive for a normal degree for UK and EU students. It's cheaper for overseas students (normal price £33k), which presumably who this is aimed at.

[hogFeast]

You can do this MSc elsewhere for way less than £14k. Is that place Imperial? No. Is that a name brand uni that someone from HR will know? No. But there are lots of good engineering-focused schools in the UK that are known within industry and that charge closer to £7k (and you don't have to live in London).

EDIT: just saw is £28k over two years, the absolute most expensive courses in the UK are £28k over ONE year. This is crazy (Imperial is known for this kind of money grubbing).

[sweezyjeezy]

I'm not sure I understand - why is 28k over two years worse than over one year? That's cheaper per year.

[hogFeast]

Yep, the point as said in the original comment is that this kind of degree is usually 7k/year. 28k is the absolute max.