What Students Say
Likes
- Work term placements- Commerce program at MUN has a 100% work term placement rate. The placements are spread across provincial government, federal government, Private firm, crown corporation, and NGO offices
- Inclusivity & Diversity- Even though MUN is in a not so immigrant populated province of Canada. The campus includes students from all around the world and they are treated well.
- Same fee structure for all programs- You can choose to switch to any program in the future and having to pay the same fees.
Dislikes
- Weather in this province is one of the worst in Canada. Very Windy
- Fee hikes. It used to be very affordable. Not anymore
- The campus buildings could be better. Needs renovation
English language proficiency test results, 12th marksheet is required. Done go for consultants. Do your own research of what programs you want. If you ndont have your 12th marksheet ready, apply with your 11th marksheet and they may give you a provisional acceptance. Present 12th marksheet to get the final acceptance letter. Their acceptance process is quite slow.
Course Curriculum
My program's duration is 5 years. It has 45 courses, 3 credit hour each implying 135 credit hours. These courses are to be done in 9 semesters 4 month long. Along with this, 3 work terms, 4 month each, is also compulsary. 2 breaks, 4 month each are also scheduled. It is a very rigid structure. The work terms can add a lot of value to your academic experience as you will get hands-on experience on what you will be doing after graduation.
Faculty
My program's duration is 5 years. It has 45 courses, 3 credit hour each implying 135 credit hours. These courses are to be done in 9 semesters 4 month long. Along with this, 3 work terms, 4 month each, is also compulsary. 2 breaks, 4 month each are also scheduled. It is a very rigid structure. The work terms can add a lot of value to your academic experience as you will get hands-on experience on what you will be doing after graduation.
Campus Life
There is no fun in campus. Infrastructure is not special. It's quite basic can use renovations. No campus festivals. Boring as boring can be. There is plenty sports facilities.
Placement
There is a great chance of getting full-time job offer from your work term employer if your performance was adequate. Aprt from that, job competition can be very challenging. Learn skills and build a network in the Univeristy and among employers to secure a job.
Accommodation
I opted off-campus accomodations as campus residence was very expensive. The off-campus housing rates are also sky rocketing now. It is hard to find an afforable and liveable place around the university.
Fees
Although once considered to be one of the most affordable univeristies of Canada, after the fee hike, its not highly worth it as there are much better options available. Fees are per course taken plus other charges such as insurance, sports arena membership, student union fees, online studies fees etc. Tuition fees were paid partly by parents and partly by the savings I was able to accumulate with my work terms.
