What Students Say
Likes
- Good funding opportunities, very affordable college town and plenty of on campus opportunities.
- KU offers good funding opportunities for international grad students.
- KU has good research projects and resources in the fields of ML and AI.
Dislikes
- Graduate courses are not so much relevant to the corporate or tech industry except for 1-3 courses.
- Competition for TA and RA is more right now compared to 2 years in the past.
- More Indians and hence more competition.
Required Exams for Admission
Experience of a life time, I have got more funding support than I have expected and overall experience was great.
Course Curriculum
Not so relevant to current tech industry especially for computer science.
Faculty
For some courses it would be 1:20 and for some popular courses like ML it would be 1:50.
Campus Life
The university itself has lot of international clubs that students can participate and volunteer for. Libraries are excellent. Wifi is available everywhere on campus. Recreation center is free for students during winter and spring terms. Transport through university bus is free through out the town.
Placement
Mostly regional companies like Paycom, Security benefit and some start ups nearby. Not many opportunities during our time due to covid but I heard there were good number of internships offered in fall of 2022.
Accommodation
It’s not sponsored by university and it would cost around $300-$600 monthly depending on various factors like separate room, groceries and utilities.
Exams
GRE : Above or equal to 300, mine is 305 IELTS : At least 6.5 with 6 in all sections, mine is 7 Has to submit SOP, LORs and resume. Try to keep SOP generic and not lean toward any specialty.
Fees
$38,000
Scholarship
Yes, I was appointed as Graduate Teaching Assistant and received full tuition funding for 3 semesters. It was worth ~ 30000$
