University of Florida, Doctor of Philosophy [Ph.D] EPSRC CASE Doctoral Training Partnership PhD in Chemistry on-campus [id: 155231]
Reviewed on Feb 6, 2025(Enrolled 2024)What Students Say
Likes
- The facilities like buses are free, special health insurance for grad Students(12 usd /month only)
- Well equipped labs.
- Good funding for research.
Dislikes
- Hard to get on campus housing.
- Fellowship amounts are a bit less.
- Less increment in Fellowship for grad students.
Course Curriculum
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- The course curriculum are not that difficult they are standard.
- For graduate students your have to take 6 courses 3 from your division and 3 from outer division. And in each sem you have to opt for atleast 9 credit.
- The courses are really standard. But there will be lots of assignments and exams you have to take for each course. There are almost 20 indian students enrolled in my course.
Admission Experience
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University of florida - admitted
Michigan state university- got offer letterI got admitted to University of florida.(UF)
Yes I got rejection from 2 university-Purdue university- rejected
Ohio state university- rejected -
For Ohio state university I think probably lack of research experience or lack of a research paper can be a cause of my rejection and also they gives important to GRE score though it's not mandatory but if you have a good score it can help.
For purdue my guess is that probably they admitted lots of students in the field of area that I wanted to work in last year so this year there was a very less vacancies for those area so it was a tough competition and also research paper can play a great role. The most important thing is the LOR. If you are taking LOR from a person who have a great recognisation will boost your application for sure. - Among the 2 colleges I got offer letter UF was best option for me because the field I wanted to do research was much more advance in UF rather than MSU.
- I applied through there central admission portal.
- For the application I had to submit my transcript of bachelor's and Masters and my Toefl score.
- And needed 3 LOR from my professors.
- So the minimum score in TOEFL should be 85 and in speaking 23. With a GPA of around 3 out of 4.
- The overall admission experience was smooth. Within one month of application deadline I got my offer letter and I accepted that. After that the university issued me my I20 and I applied for DS 160. And applied for Visa and got the visa smoothly.
- I applied for PhD in chemistry as a student of Chemistry I wanted to do research in the field of organic chemistry and as a result I applied to UF as the research facility and technology there is very much advance.
- I filled the application form on Nov 2023. Then after 1 and half month I got my offer letter in January 1st week. Then after some time I accepted the offer letter through mail.
- Then after 1 month they send issued me my I20.
- Then there was some virtual tours of the university and zoom meet with faculties took place. Then we got our Institute mail id's and our Institute student profile. Then we applied for DS 160 on the month of April and then applied for visa on may and got my visa issued by the end of may. Then we came Here at University on August and submitted the final marksheet and transcript hard copy to complete the registration process.
Class Schedule
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- So the classes are typically scheduled in the morning but some classes takes place at evening and also in night (7-9pm).
- The average no. Of students in a class is around 40.
Faculty
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- So in a classroom of 40 there will be one faculty. So the teacher to faculty ratio for a single course is fine and also if you have any problem in class you can easily visit them in their office hours.
- Most of the teacher uses both boards and power point presentation to teach in the class. They also upload every class material in online portal so If you miss any class you don't have to worry much about that. Usually faculties don't help students to find part time job there are specified persons for that. Every faculty member is admirable they will always listen to you and your problems.
Campus Life
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- There are two campus for our university.
- Main campus - At Gainesville.
- It has 2 library, one soccer stadium , swimming pool, gym, primary Health care , shands hospital. Housing for students, cafeteria across the campus, several Departments, theatre, gaming room, music room, and many more. There were some Olympians who won medal in 2024 olympic were from our university.
- Every now and then there is game day of soccer leagues takes place in our campus stadium.
- The second campus is at Jacksonville. It is 1and half hour away from main campus.
Part Time Jobs
- Every Graduate student secure TA position. The RA depends on the Supervisor . If your Supervisor approves you can be promoted to RA from TA.
- The paycheck for TA is 27500 USD per year.
- Other campus jobs are working in library, cafeteria, catering services.
- Most of cases the wages are $13/hour.
- Student are allowed to do 20hours/week job.
- If you are capable enough you will definitely get a job either on campus or off campus.
- Most indian students work in starbucks, subways, panda express, palm and pine catering etc. They get an hourly pay of around 13- 14 USD. You are eligible enough and good in communication you will get jobs easily. They can apply through their departments HR office or they can get recommendations from a certain person to get a job. And also every year university organizes a workshop where people come to hire students for the part time jobs. Thats the best time to get a job.
Placement
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- Almost every student gets job within 6 month of their graduation.
- The average salary for the students can be around $80k to $150k depending on the field of work.
- Usually students get job through campus placement or through the recommendation of professors.
- For chemistry all the major pharma and chemical industry company hires the students after their graduation.
Accommodation
Off Campus
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- We found our accommodation by asking seniors who came here before us.
- Our monthly rent is 550 including utilities for a 4 × 4 shared apartment.
- Ac, washing machine, heater, dryer, kitchen appliance, gaming room, swimming pool, parking area are included.
- Stoneridge apartments, BLVD, Lexington crossing this are good option for Indian students as most of the Indians stay there.
- It take 20 min by bus to go to University from our apartment.
Exams
- The required exam is TOEFL.
The required documents for the admission process are -
1. LOR
2. CV
3. TOEFL score
4. Transcripts
5. SOP
6. Diversity statement. - For me there was no interview.
But most of the interviews takes place through online zoom meeting. And 2-3 faculties usually takes the interview. Mostly The faculties from your field will be in the panel.
Fees
- So the tuition fees for our course is $30000 per year. That's includes only your course and tuition fees.
- There is also a student fees of $1400 per year that you have to pay in 3 parts in 3 sems (spring, autumn and summer).
- For hostel the charge varies depending on the rooms you are opting. For me it's $560/month.
- The buses are free for students.
- For grocery it's almost $300/month.
- For us the monthly expenses are around -$1000( excluding the tuition fees)
Scholarship
- Yes every Graduate student gets TA or RA assistantship. That's worth $27500 per year. And also your $30000 tuition fees is also waived. We only have to pay that student fees of $1400.
- But you have to maintain a GPA of 3.25 to get this scholarship.
- Other than this there also some fellowship but only few students get those.
- For masters student and ug students there is also some scholarships which will be around $20000 but for that you need to have good GPA. And there are also part time jobs available for the students.
