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I find in STEM that's not such an issue.

I mean I studied Physics at a good UK Uni but it isn't like one of the best in the world or anything.

Then I did Neuroinformatics at Edinburgh which is really competitive due to their reputation in AI etc.

It was fine, ultimately linear algebra etc. are the same wherever you learn it. I think in less objective and more qualitative fields the reputation of the University etc. counts a lot more.

As someone who's taken two linear algebra courses at different schools -- it's really not. When the expected level is familiarity with basic concepts vs. being prepared for a top-tier graduate degree program, the course content becomes very different. When this is aggregated over all of your courses, then you start to get a gigantic disparity.

>The quality of education you'll get there is questionable, though

Why would you think this? From my experience technical universities in Europe do a lot less hand holding and a lot more practical courses than American ones do.

Do you got a source on your quality statement? Many European universities do quite good in the rankings.