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["Mathieu L." <lejatorn AT smgl.homelinux.net>]

On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 04:36:29PM +0200, Thomas Orgis wrote:
> This is maybe a bit offtopic for the list - but after all, it's also about 
> how new SMGL developers evolve (education).
> 
> Am Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:38:34 +0200
> schrieb "Mathieu L." <lejatorn AT smgl.homelinux.net>: 
> 
> > 2 reasons:
> > first it is indeed thx to the french education system that I passed my
> > Astrophysics master's when I was 22 (nothing unusual about that, I
> 
> Impossible in Germany (Brandenburg)
>       - 13 years of school to get Abitur, starting at age 6/7, ending at 
> age 19/20

here around 12 years, starting at 6 so you usually get your
"Baccalauréat" (which I believe to be the equivalent of your Abitur) at 18.

>       - 1 year Bundeswehr (army) or civil service for guys -> 20/21

hehe, fortunately we don't have that anymore for people born after 1980
(which is my case :) )

>       - 5 year standard study time for diploma -> 25/26

same here -> so 23 (22 if you're born at the end of the year like me).

> You could cut this by two years with 12 years Abitur (some parts of Germany 
> have it) and being not fit for army service (disabled, drug addict...) or 
> having enough brothers.
> 
> > already have 4 years in science at uni to do this one extensive year to
> > get a master's degree in cs. But of course, it's a very practical
> 
> That's really interesting... 
> 
> > formation since we only have one year, so we skip all the theory and
> > learn how to code properly, some software engineering, some db, some
> 
> ...and that would be a kind of CS study I can take.
> I did choose physics because I thought cs would be to boring with all that 
> stuff _not_ related to computers;-)
> Still, I didn't know what theoretical physics is back when I did the 
> decision...
> 
> Can I come over to france and do this one-year cs master after my diploma?

sure, we have ppl from all around Europe in my class; Armenia, Romania,
Syria, so why not Germany...
And you German ppl have quite a reputation here for being pretty good in
science, so it would be quite easy to get in I believe.

> Heck - I could even revamp my thesis work for cs since it's mainly about 
> numeric intergration and software design;-)

Could be...
> 
> 
> Thomas.
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