University of Sydney or Australian National University

University of Sydney or Australian National University ?
For doing a masters in information technology which university is better and what is the living expense in both places ?
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I am not familiar with either Uni, but I would recommend going across the creek to NZ, perhaps Otago or Canterbury. I was an international student in music at Canterbury for 5 months in 2005 and loved every moment of it. They manage all their IT stuff in-house with their own students, I think. You may want to look into it.


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Try http://www.australian-universities.com/ for links to all Australian universities and rankings. Sydney is major city and Canberra is a relatively small town populated mostly by federal public servants. Canberra is probably cheaper for people who live there permanently but has fewer accommodation choices for students so the average cost is likely to work out higher. Parts of Sydney will have very expensive accommodation (but that's not where students live anyway). The costs of services, groceries, etc will be very much the same. Sydney has better public transport but Canberra is smaller and less complicated to get around. On the other hand, Canberra is situated in a country area and you may be more likely to need a car than you might in Sydney. Sydney has vastly more social and entertainment options than Canberra but I guess that you could say that Canberra has fewer distractions for a serious student. Sydney would have more part-time work options for a student. I think that your basic choice here is whether you would prefer to live in a large city or a small town.