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by nmeagent 1295 days ago
> The difference probably belies in the rigor of the program.

This is anecdata of course, but my experience with a top-3 US undergrad aerospace engineering program in the late-90s, early 2000s was around 15-16 hours of class time per week, sometimes increasing to 18-19 or so with labs. Work outside of class was 3x this or maybe 4x around midterms or finals.