r/limerickcity • u/4give- • 1d ago

TUS or UL for Cybersecurity

It's been on my mind for a while whether to go to TUS or UL to do cybersecurity. It always interested me but I've heard UL is very difficult in terms of lecture work and what not. What would be the pros and cons of both to anyone who has done either CS or even better, cybersecurity in either of the colleges.

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u/AfricanWarlord419 1d ago

CS job market is cooked right now, I've graduated from TUS in a CS course last year and haven't found a job yet and so have a fairly big chunk of other students in other CS courses in TUS. If you could I would avoid doing any cs related courses unless this is something you really want to do.

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u/4give- 1d ago

It's the only thing I am somewhat decent at already and had a huge interest since I was young. In my point of view, I would like to gain the knowledge rather than the bachelors degree. If I can't get a job from it immediately, oh well at least I have a proficiency in something I can use and work on from home.

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u/PorridgeUser 1d ago

I did digital forensics in LIT which was over 10 years ago now. Positive experience overall and I work in a very senior role in cyber security company now.

I was in UL doing cyber security for a while as well (research) and again positive experience.

Neither is a bad choice, you'll get out what you put into it. But you will probably have better opportunities for internships in UL.

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u/ArcaneTrickster11 1d ago

Pretty much no one is going to have done both, so you're not going to get a super accurate answer, but a good friend of mine during college did cyber security and she seemed to manage the workload fine and she did not have great time management. She ended up with a 1.1

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u/4give- 1d ago

Yeah sorry, I rushed the post a bit lol I meant like how were other people's experiences in either or. And did she do cybersecurity in UL?

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u/ArcaneTrickster11 1d ago

She did it in UL yes. Never really seemed like the workload was any higher than any other course

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u/4give- 1d ago

Cool thank you for your opinion 😊

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u/Mandalore707 16h ago

I have friends in both! I think ULs one seems fancier and is higher in points but TUSs is much more interesting and hands on material. I’m not sure about TUS but I also know that ULs is quite diverse and sometimes irrelevant though it does have you finish with a decent amount of skills.

Personally I’d suggest UL since the campus life is more active and it’s just nicer but if it’s out of pure interest I’d go for TUS.

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u/4give- 16h ago

That's pretty much exactly what my friend said good to hear he wasn't lying haha. I would love to go to the UL campus been there before and its breathtaking but since I'm more interested in the knowledge I say I'd just go to TUS thank u for ur opinion 😊

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u/Appearmissing69 17h ago

Choose the one with the most internship opportunities