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Originally Posted by bucsie
I studied "computer science". I'm not sure how it translates to what other countries teach, but my degree says I am an engineer in computer systems...but I am actually a programmer.
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It depends which specialisation or education you choose. If you choose to do less theory, but more programming, and more software design, then it's "Software Engineering". That's mostly taught at a university of applied sciences. If you choose to do more theory, more mathematics and more abstract and fundamental stuff, then it's called Computer Science. It's mostly taught at a research university.
Of course, Software Engineering has a bit of Computer Science in it, and the other way around too. My degree actually says something like "Applied Computer Science" if I remember correctly. It basically was Software Engineering, but with an inordinate amount of Computer Science mixed in.