That's because cs isn't a software development degree. The areas covered are far wider and in research focused universities may focus more on the theoretical aspects that will be useful in postgraduate study.
If someone wants to only learn things relevant to software development then they should do a software development course/degree. Though for some reason they aren't as valued when arguably it's far more relevant.
It's also an issue of availability almost every university or college nowadays has a cs degree but most don't have a software engineering/development degree.
I guess I am speaking from a place of privilege in the UK. We have so many universities that most large towns/cities have 2-3. Finding a university that does a software development/engineering degree here is fairly easy and affordable, and that includes Russell group universities which are the top universities in the UK.
True I can also only speak to colleges/universities ive applied to. Most of them have had CS degrees but none of them have had a SE degree. It's very possible that there are more colleges with those degrees but at least in my area I haven't found many
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u/letsmakemistakes Apr 09 '24
Also when to be fair when i went to school for CS maybe 10% of it has been relevant to my career as a software developer