Where is the best place to study to be a programmer?

Question

IT education

I'm going to university this year. Unified State Examination passed mediocre: 266 points. This is more than enough for my "top" university (SibFU in Krasnoyarsk), but as everyone tells me, if I want a better career, I need to get out of this city as soon as possible. I also applied to LETI, NSU, NGTU and SPbSUT.
The dilemma is that if at SibFU I enter the PI (software engineering), which I dreamed about day and night, then at the same NSTU I will pass the maximum at the ICT (computer science and computer technology). Only now I don’t know which direction is better for a “pure” programmer (administration does not particularly attract me), which city is better in terms of working as a programmer, where the level of education is higher. I really don't want to make the wrong choice and regret it later. If someone is in the subject, help with advice, please)
Thank you!

Answer 1

Ahahaha, man, exactly the same situation as you) As they say in one proverb: all roads lead to ikit)))

Answer 2

In general, the university does not play a decisive role in your skills. In terms of infrastructure, i.e. further career, the concentration of IT companies in the region and the city, the environment, in my opinion, 2 universities from your list win - St. Petersburg State University and Novosibirsk State University. I myself graduated from Novosibirsk State University and have been working in IT for 16 years. Of course, the university curriculum has changed over the past 16 years, but in general, these universities still hold their own and the army of IT specialists is growing every year. In the West, they don't know anything about NSU, and they don't know anything about Novosibirsk either :-). And here's Peter.
In general, no matter what university you go to, everything will depend on your interest and desire to learn

Answer 3

See what support programs and internships are conducted by large IT companies and which universities they often cooperate with (the companies themselves indicate all this).
Olympiad rating.

Answer 4

Moscow and St. Petersburg will give more connections;
the rest in general at the university is not particularly important

Answer 5

which direction is better

Applied Mathematics

Answer 6

Everyone forgets only one thing - the larger the university, the more difficult it is to study in it. Because stronger ones enter it.
The closest specialty is naturally software engineering. But programming is taught everywhere. And everything else, more advanced, will be taught at work.