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6 Reviews Found
Likes
- Location: I love how the university is located in the center and integrated into the city, giving us a feel of home wherever we go.
- Structured curriculum: All the courses here at Pitt are brilliantly structured based on the various industry requirements post-graduation.
- Student-Faculty ratio: All of us here have access to all the professors and additional industry experts who help mentor us throughout the process.
Dislikes
- Tuition cost: Even though Pitt offers great scholarships, the tuition fees are on the higher side especially for international students compared it to other public universities.
- Limited diversity: Some programs here at Pitt have less diversity of people. For example: my cohort has only one international student that is me.
- High cost of housing: Since the university is located in the city, the cost of housing is pretty high.
Campus Life
- The University of Pittsburgh has 5 campuses:
-Pittsburgh Campus - Oakland, Pittsburgh
-Johnstown Campus - Johnstown, PA
-Greensburg Campus - Greensburg, PA
-Bradford Campus - Bradford, PA
-Titusville Campus - Titusville, PA - The university has so many facilities, multiple gyms, libraries, sports center, playing arena and the list can go on.
- Some of the major events so far were the homecoming week, college football/basketball/volleyball games, fall fest, international week, and many more.
- As master students, we don't have enough time to get into extracurricular but we have career/academic-focused events that help us in our career that I can mention about. I recently traveled to New Jersey for a case competition representing the university. But there are numerous students organisations and clubs to be a part of!
Accommodation
- Masters students go for off-campus housing. I had a family friend of mine who stays here who helped me out with the housing.
- The monthly rent for my house is $1,000 plus $200 for utilities. The house is unfurnished but the kitchen is furnished.
- Luckily I did not face any issues. The house is located about 1 mile from the campus which takes me about 15-20 mins by walk. Most of the Indian students stay in walking distance to campus.




Likes
- Courses Offered in CompSci and Information Science.
- PCHE cross-registration program allows students from University of Pittsburgh to enroll into other universities in the PCHE like CMU.
- Campus and student facilities.
Dislikes
- Expensive Tuition Fees.
- Challenging Climatic Conditions.
- Networking opportunities are limited.
Campus Life
- University of Pittsburgh has 5 campuses and Pittsburgh campus is a main campus. The 5 campuses are Bradford Campus, Greensburg, Johnstown, Titusville and Pittsburgh.
- I love the libraries and study places at University of Pittsburgh. Hillman Library, Cathedral of Learning has best study spots. The university has at least 3 gym and wellness facilites, cafes, student health centre and pantry.
Accommodation
- I have opted for off-campus. I found friends who also got accepted into the University of Pittsburgh through discord and whatsapp. I looked for accommodation with my friend in apartment.com or zillow. I also took help from seniors in Pittsburgh to verify the accomodation.
- Finding a good accomodation was really challenging, there are aspects you would want to consider like heating, rent, neighborhood, utilities.
- Finding a reasonable accomodation closer to campus was challenging.Consider giving importance to good heating in the house; make sure heating is included in your rent and don't have to pay extremely high electric bills. It is also good to stay closer to the campus.


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Accommodation
Shared a 1 BHK apartment with 2 other people for 900$. Each paid 300$. Electricity, wifi extra. Kitchen comes with stove, refrigerator and oven. Sometimes even with a microwave. Room comes with central heating and cooling system. Average rent, if your are sharing with at least 2 people should be around 350-400$. Anything around 500$ per person is expensive and should be avoided.
Top rated public university in the country. Frequent career fairs (job fairs). Ample on-campus job opportunities. Affordable city for living (rent is cheaper). Free public transportation for students.
Accommodation
I am living off campus since I am a grad student. Most of the apartments here are well maintained and rarely have any issues related to water, electricity or gas
I was interested in Natural Language Processing and there is some good research done in this university
The location was near home and in a good place. The school name is world renowned. I knew there were a lot of alumni, especially in my field. Overall seemed like a good choice for undergraduates studies.
I was looking for a medium-sized school in the Midwest or east coast, as well as an accessible urban campus where I would be able to do things outside of the school. Pitt checked all the boxes and I fell in love with the campus when I visited for the first time.




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