Mila/Université de Montréal - A review

My personal experience has been top notch. Being a student at UdeM is quite something once you open the course registration every semester and look at the subjects being offered for ML and the person whos is teaching it. The courses are hard and require work but the evaluation is fair and the teaching faculty are the same people who original wrote papers on the stuff that's being taught. Professors are approachable and listen to feedback, there are tons of networking opportunities and you are always surrounded by a cohort that helps you improve. Montreal as a city itself is perhaps my favorite city in North America and probably a students dream come true. Every semester students can also take up to two courses from another University too. Needless to say, I really think the experience is worth it.

10/10 for courses and industrial exposure is quite good, since it is in Montreal which is a tech hub especially or AI startups. This year the internship fairs were a bit lack luster but I supposed its the same everywhere considering how bad the job market is right now. But I have heard from past students that its generally very good. I got a good internship and so did quite a few of my friends so its definitely not an issue.

Ioannis Mitliagkas was my ML professor in the first semester and he is one of the best professors I have ever met with respect to how he teaches. Most of the professors at UdeM/Mila and McGill are big names in ML and have google scholar citations for days but I was really impressed with how much care they take to teach students and impart that knowledge too. Also although I did not have a class with the esteemed prof Yoahua bengio, I attended a few of his special lectures and it is quite awe inspiring to listen to his insights about the field as a student.

10/10 , has everything , most universities in Montreal do. UdeM and McGill being the two premiere universities in Montreal have very good campuses and extra curriculars.

We have internship fairs and don't really have placement programs like ones that happen in India. However, students who graduate from here usually end up landing high paying jobs in tech companies.

I live in a 4 bedroom apartment with 2 other roommates right opposite the university and we pay 590 CAD$ per person. There are University dorms as well but I am not aware of the pricing structure.

I took the GRE and had a 320 and an 8.5 in IELTS but I believe since I personally applied through Mila (you can apply directly too) they thoroughly examined my profile for ML knowhow. ML projects (github repo links with fleshed out projects), ML career (LORs), undergrad GPA, research experience in ML, and a very good technical SOP are the top qualifications for Mila. For UdeM, I believe its mostly undergrad GPA. "Since I applied to Mila primarily (they offer the course through UdeM, you need to secure admission into both but Mila has more requirements so mentioning that, directly applying to UdeM is simpler), I required all 3 things, 3 LORs (2 academic for me and 1 from professional background.), 1 SOP, 1 CV. Highlight ML experience and technical knowhow and/or research interests or project interests that have a research spin to them.

27 992,70 CAD $/ year : this is without scholarship for Professional MSc. , research MSc. is fully funded.

I got the scholarship called the : Bourse d’exemption UdeM - 2e cycle : 9787.95 $ per year. No separate application is required for this, it depends on the student profile, and is decided by the department.