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The Ohio State University is in Columbus and if not the largest university in the world it is in the top 3.
by rotten 5y ago
The Ohio State University is in Columbus and if not the largest university in the world it is in the top 3.
- randcraw 5y agoYes, but OSU is not especially well known for computer architecture. In comparison, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois are all top-5 schools in EE/hardware. And the Champaign area is even more affordable than Columbus. So choosing Columbus must have satisfied multiple constraints, some of which aren't obvious.
- erosenbe0 5y agoChampaign doesn't have sufficient infrastructure (think construction workers even) so they'd be looking at Chicago suburbs. This would make Labor costs way too high. Wisconsin would be a fantastic choice but Foxconn boondoggle probably ruined that possibility.
- eatonphil 5y agoLargest university in the world? Top 3 in the US maybe but the largest universities in the world (I'm not talking about networks) are an order of magnitude bigger. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_universities https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_universities
- lenocinor 5y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_public https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_public... Top 3 US, as you said, but nowhere near top 3 in the world, as you also said. Also, enrollment sure isn’t everything. Speaking as someone who used to live near Orlando, UCF is #2 on that list and I had consistent bad luck hiring computer science grads from there. And 3 of the top 5 are in Florida (it’s been like that since 2015) and I don’t see tech employers scrambling to move to Florida en masse. The focus and quality of the institution definitely matters.
- ensan 5y agoThe number of enrolled students is not a good argument here.