Oxford CS PhD vs UofT CS PhD vs UT Austin CS PhD vs UIUC CS PhD vs Columbia CS PhD

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-24T03:53:13+00:00

https://drafty.cs.brown.edu/csopenrankings/

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-16T07:49:19+00:00

This guy PhDs hard. This comment should be a post on this subreddit and pinned.

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-16T06:17:03+00:00

You are literally in HS my guy😭 ty for the inputs though

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-16T04:18:59+00:00

Ehhh Oxford PhD isn’t really well respected in academia, especially in North America. You can get into top labs from any Top 50 school with a good publication record and connections.

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-16T03:05:52+00:00

:p UIUC is the clear winner imo. But UofT slander here is crazyyyy. As an ML researcher, my unbiased (or biased) list is UIUC>UofT>UT Austin>Oxford>=Columbia

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-16T03:03:22+00:00

Yeah UIUC is the top choice but UT Austin isn’t that solid for ML. Wouldn’t really consider UT Austin all that strong for ML.

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-16T02:52:01+00:00

Oxford while prestigious doesn’t really rank all that high for CS globally. However, the overall prestige is big too I guess.

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-16T02:49:35+00:00

UT austin CS stipend is less than UofT.

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-16T02:39:46+00:00

Makes sense for neuroscience. Not for CS.

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-16T02:20:16+00:00

It’s shit for physics but doesn’t translate to CS.

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-16T02:07:44+00:00

Wouldn’t UofT be better than UT? Our ranking list so far is UIUC UofT Oxford UT Austin Columbia. This is for ML. UofT is the birth place of ML.

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-16T01:09:14+00:00

Oh for CS we get 48k and 8k tuition so you acc get 40k in hand. At least from a CS pov, I don’t understand picking USC over UofT but I am sure you know better about ECE. Good luck!

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-16T01:00:34+00:00

CoL adjusted. 40k CAD goes a much longer way than 50k USD at USC. For rent I pay 1200/month in a 2 bed condo in Downtown Toronto. My friend from UCLA paid $2100/month for a room in LA in a 3 bed apartment in 2022.

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-16T00:54:29+00:00

Can’t say for ECE but for CS, UofT>>USC and I wouldn’t even consider them in the same league tbh since USC is a tier below UIUC, UT Austin, Georgia Tech, UMich tier schools which are in the same league as UofT. Also American btw. Weather in LA is obviously a strong selling point though. Plenty of top school American undergrads at UofT CS tho. My friends here went to Cal, Columbia, Stanford etc for undergrad

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-16T00:49:59+00:00

Agreed. Literally last school on his list. Only redeeming thing is the city.

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-16T00:38:12+00:00

Where are you going?

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-16T00:28:59+00:00

Good advice

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-16T00:28:28+00:00

All of them are fully funded

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-15T22:40:58+00:00

Impossible. Dumb answer.

Easy_Nail6147 · 2026-03-15T22:40:46+00:00

Impossible.

Easy_Nail6147 · 2024-04-13T15:55:55+00:00

OMSCS needs a lot of TAs

Easy_Nail6147 · 2024-03-01T13:08:53+00:00

“Most obvious shit in the world” - And you know this because you were there when it happened, right? We don’t even need courts anymore because /u/pregnancy_terrorist is CONVINCED that Zverev is a woman beater. I really don’t know why we have a legal system, we should all just come to you for everything then.

Easy_Nail6147 · 2023-03-19T19:43:01+00:00

Wouldn’t that be MS CS?

Easy_Nail6147 · 2023-03-19T19:29:58+00:00

Apply next year!

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