https://www.reddit.com/r/ucf/comments/1igwf1u/ucf_vs_uf_electrical_engineering/
created by Specialist-Mammoth49 on 03/02/2025 at 18:42 UTC
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Hi. I’m probably going to post this in both the UF and UCF thread. I got into both schools, but I’ve only really heard about UCF’s college of engineering since I live closer to there and practically half my high school goes there.
Cost is not an issue. Which program is better, and which college would it be easier to have connections/get internships at?
Comment by Nearby-Bread2054 at 03/02/2025 at 18:51 UTC
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They’re the two best engineering schools in the state.
Pros for UCF is location and the ease at which you can have work experience in the defense or space industry while in school. You can go to school half the time and go work at a big firm the other half. After graduation many UCF grads just go full time wherever they were working during school. UF has great internship opportunities but there’s not much in Gainesville itself, it’s more of the traditional route of going to school and then moving away wherever you land a job.
Pros for UF is most everything else. UCF has a great engineering school but the majority of the academics aren’t in the same realm. This affects both general education classes and then after graduation saying you went to UF carries a lot more prestige than saying you went to UCF.
Comment by Strawberry1282 at 03/02/2025 at 18:48 UTC
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Tour the schools if you haven’t already. Uf is a college town. Ucf is in a bigger city as far as Orlando. Wildly different campus experiences and feels.
I got into both, personally am happy with Ucf. Have had internships and job offers basically thrown at me, granted not for electrical.