Algoma has two Campuses: Sault St. Marie & Brampton, I choose Brampton campus because it is the only university which has Campus in Brampton Downtown plus it's a good university academically! If you want to explore the local/ regional areas of Ontario, Sault St. Marie is the best campus for you. For city (downtown) life, Algoma has Brampton Campus which is connnected to Bus & subway terminals of GTA. Furthermore, courses at Algoma are field specific and provides the opprtunity to get onboard with big MNC players like Deloitte, Amazon, etc. Graduate Certifcates are of 2 years which enables upto 3 years of PSWR (Post Study Work Rights) for an International student. Additionally, there is an official break of 4 months in between where an international student can work full-time legally (for Graduate Courses only).
Course Curriculum :
All the offered courseworks at Algoma are beneficial and has a great curriculum. The industry connections of Algoma are quite good and especially for Business & Economics program, they have a good industry connections (at Brampton Campus Specifically)
Exams :
GRE is not required, IELTS: 6:0/6:0 is the base requirement to get into any Algoma University Graduate Courses. My score was 7.5 Overall, no less than 6.5 in any module. Moreover, Algoma is giving an entrant scholarship upto 6K CAD on entire tuition fees to every student. In addition to that, there are no specific limitation to number of backlogs.
Placement :
Algoma has an online portal where they invite their industry connections to place students every-year. I am yet to graduate but I can share one of my seniors got placed by University right after completing the graduation so it is quite good at Algoma.
Internship :
Not Applicable to me but yes, there are courses which has Co-op attached
Fees :
Total Tuition for two Years (Graduate Certificate in Project Management): CA$37,854 tuition reduced by a CA$6,000 bursary= CA$31,854
Scholarship :
Algoma Entrace Scholarship for International Students (South-Asia): 6000 CAD Bursary on Entire tuition fees. It is for every student who applies to Algoma, the bursary will be there in Final/ Full offer (Not in Pre- Offer).
Faculty :
There was a manadatory subject during our first semester named Anishinaabe, where we were taught the traditional stories of Anishinaabe People who are the aboriginal indians. Learning deeply about their culture was blissful and an eye-opener, the course structure at Algoma is really good and enables individual to acheive all academic goals. Most of the faculty members are actively interactive, helps students through the course but when it comes to academic honesty they are strict!
Campus Life :
Algoma's Brampton campus is huge compare to other candian college(s) campus in Brampton. Since, Sault St. Marie is the main campus, it's actually really huge! I have been Orientation leader from last two semesters and I tell you that all the extra curriculam activities at Algoma are captivating and infirmative. The university brings every culture and community close to each other and they host all the Indian festivals all round the year so that students can make new friends and gel up with the faculty.
Hostel :
I am living with my friends in Brampton but University do help in arranging the local accomodations, campus accomodations, and Hostel accomodations as well. So, no need to worry, you are in right hands.
