• The University of Alberta offers a Master of Science in Computer Science-Statistical Machine Learning for a duration of 2 years (4 terms).
  • This course is offered on a full-time and on-campus basis.
  • It is a thesis-based program in which students are students are expected to write a thesis.
  • The department provides two degrees for the program such as MSc and Ph.D.
  • The Master of Science (MSc) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Statistical Machine Learning may be taken jointly in the Department of Computing Science and the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences.
  • The program provides an opportunity for the students to build strong foundations in probability theory and statistics. 
  • MSc thesis students are required to select a research area and name up to 3 professors as potential supervisors. 
  • The university consists of 50 tenure-track faculty members, 42 faculty lecturers, and 97 sessional lecturers.
  • The UofA has a wide array of awards, scholarships, and prizes to assist in funding for graduate student’s studies. 
  • Students having specialization in machine learning may lead to work as a researcher in companies like Google, Yahoo, Amazon, or Netflix.
  • The faculty have won multiple teaching and research awards at the local, provincial and national level, including the 3M Teaching Award, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, etc.
  • Job opportunities in this program are Machine Learning Engineer, Data Scientist, NLP Scientist, etc. 
  • The average salary goes up to 26,250 USD after completing this program.