University of Alberta Reviews
Updated Jan 12, 2021
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Pros
"Excellent work environment, challenging work" (in 94 reviews)
"Small Work load and flexible hours" (in 50 reviews)
Cons
"Low salary (good for post docs though)" (in 33 reviews)
"Too much course work for graduate students" (in 20 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
"One of the best universities"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at University of Alberta full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
great city and culture very nice campus
Cons
very cold in the winter. Limited opportunities for jobs in biotech
Pros
Great facilities and scientific labs
Cons
bad weather and a small number of TA positions
"Good"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at University of Alberta
Pros
the work there is flexible
Cons
so far I very much enjoy working there
Pros
total was great experience
Cons
total was great experience and i recommend it.
"Research Assitant"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at University of Alberta full-time for more than a year
Pros
- Challenging environment -Acess to unlimted academic resources
Cons
None really it is one of the best places to work in
"Working here as a graduate student in engineering"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at University of Alberta for less than a year
Pros
- Flexible schedule as a research assistant - you get to do research, take some valuable skills with you - University with a fair amount of prestige and reputation in Canada - If you have good research supervisor, all is good. If not... good luck
Cons
- Flexible schedule as research assistant - Recent economic downturn seem to have hit the engineering department hard - How you overall experience is depends more on your research supervisor - too much bureacracy - How many machine shops do you need? - new construction projects in engineering just seem to be a money drain, the building facilities have many issues which can affect your experiments - Edmonton is an orange town, expect lots of entitled union workers in the university - I did research before at University of Calgary also, my honest opinion is it is waaay easier to get stuff done at U of C than U of A. - IT infrastructure seems to be lagging behind other institutions - Edmonton's northern location is inconvenient, takes too long for supplies to arrive
"Standard university"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at University of Alberta full-time
Pros
Nice place to work.
Cons
Lots of bureaucracy but that is standard for a university.
"Technician"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I worked at University of Alberta full-time
Pros
Excellent work environment, lots of time off, great benefits and retirement plan.
Cons
Association (union), which means that everyone gets the same step increase each year, regardless of effort. This means the superstars are not recognized.
Continue reading"PhD student in Computing Science"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
I have been working at University of Alberta
Pros
Professors are very nice. Grad students are friendly.
Cons
The weather is too cold.
"PhD Student"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsApproves of CEOI worked at University of Alberta
Pros
Great School, vibrant campus and cutting edge research topics
Cons
Super cold city! This also has adverse effects on human resources
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