What Students Say
Likes
- Dalhousie is reputed institute of Canada. It provides updated knowledge within current industry. MACS program also has COOP term which a good start to career development.
- Streamlined curriculum, focused on trending stacks. They performed curriculum review every two years and updates the curriculum effectively. University campus is also so friendly you can have anytime conversation with professors. They always stays present.
Dislikes
- Some mandatory courses I think is not useful for all. Not all students will like to attend data management course for example. Apart from that I think course content is good and effective if one likes or have interest
Required Exams for Admission
Overall I had good exposure with University. I have seen growth in my knowledge as well as in communication specifically when it comes to technical talk. University offers an opportunity where we need to present our work in front of leaders, and tell about the invention we did. It is really helpful.
Course Curriculum
Course is being updated every 2 years. Course also offers COOP program at the end of course which opens an industry exposure.
Faculty
I’m quite not sure about the ratio, but faculty availability is good. To reach out to any professor, 24 hour notice is sufficient.
Campus Life
I joined the university while pandemic period. So wasn’t able to explore campus life. But overall it is good, university is in halifax, very quite and nature friendly city.
Placement
University invites variety of companies from all over Canada such as Dell, CRA, Deloitte, and many more. Salary range was 25-42 cad/hr.
Accommodation
I was living in sharing rental condo. Average monthly cost was 1500 CAD
Exams
My Scores: IELTS: 7 or above Writing 6 Speaking 6.5 Listening 7.5 Reading 7 GRE 305 SOP, LOR, and CV are required. LOR should be more focused on prerequisites of course. University has one interview round, usually about fundamentals of computer science. I had an interview with existing professor of data management course
Fees
37000 CAD