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The prospect of this university seemed great from the beginning but I soon found out that it is a dieing program trying to hang on to something. Everything I was promised and looking forward to from the start never happened ex: I was suppose to play in a grad quartet, a major reason for my interest in the program, which never happened. I was forgot about both years I have been there so far by the graduate coordinator which meant I never received information the first year about meetings I was suppose to attend; and the second year I wasn't even given a grad contract until I called and inquired even though I was told the year before that I didn't have anything to worry about. No one in the entire department has any idea about what is going on. For example if you need to get a form for something or have a question you can't just ask someone and get an answer of what to do or who to talk because if you listen to then nine times out of ten you will have to do it over a different way and it takes ten times longer to get it done. I can in no way shape of form say that anyone should attend this university unless you want to spend more time dealing with useless administrative running around that should be easy and take little time but never ends up this way. I give this department an F Jun 30 2008 Music - Performance

Coming to pursue my Graduate studies in USA ws quite an experience for me. After reaching at Cleveland State University things changed. It was quite different from the perception. As in overall the University is good but as of academics go its not upto the mark. The classes are very boring and less informative. The faculty ust comes and teaches whatever is their in the pre available notes. The concepts are not clear. Lot of assignments. Faculty ae approachable and helpful but they cant explain well. The university has good infrastructure and technical availability. In case you dont have any other admits do come to CSU or else avoid. The fees has been reaching skies. Oct 03 2007 Computer Science

My review concerns the Chemical Engineering Department only. I am not qualified to speak to the other departments with much authority. I joined CSU thinking that all 4th tier public colleges would be similar in their quality of education and research. Unfortunately, I was so wrong. The graduate program is not focused on research. If you are hoping to perform interesting research in a state-of-the-art facility, please consider U of Toledo, the Ohio State U, U of Cinci or one of the many other universities in Ohio. Students are not allowed to seek research opportunities outside of the department and are discouraged from visiting labs or doing rotations within the department prior to advisor assignment. Students thus have to make an uninformed decision when requesting an advisor. The level of funding for graduate students is the worst I have ever known or heard of, even for a public school. There are actually graduate students in this department who are paying for their tuition and get no stipend. Now, this is unheard of in an engineering school. Those of us who do get stipends are still below the poverty level and qualify for welfare. Although the stipend is so little, we are not allowed (per our contract) to get an outside job. Of course, tuition waivers and stipends come with the price tag of fored teaching assistantship, which is understandable. However, it is likely that the graduate student will be assisting in a class he or she has never taken. Obviously, the undergrads suffer because of this policy. I have met a couple of supportive and helpful faculty members who clearly are using CSU as a stepping stone in their career. The permanent faculty, however, have no interest in the students and are known to use name-calling and insults in the classroom to point out when a student is doing something incorrectly. This is most evident in the Advanced Thermodynamics course where the professor laughs and ridicules the students on an almost daily basis. The behavior of this one instructor makes me embarrassed to be asssociated with this department at all. Unfortunately, the grading scale is frequently not known during the course and tests are handed back after several weeks. We typically don't know if we are doing A work or F work. Even when asked directly about the grading methods and scale, the faculty will usually not give a straight answer. This is extrememly frustrating and not acceptable. My experience in this department has been terrible. Several of my peers regret joining CSU and worry that their futures are limited now. I worry for them, too. It's unfortunate that members of the department outright lie and deceive the students prior to their enrollment. With graduate school it's not as easy to transfer schools and in the case of international students, it is darn near impossible. The only good reason to attend CSU-Chemical Engineering is if you can do your project or thesis at your employer's and will have your tuition reimbursed. There is no reason to come here from overseas, despite the propaganda they must be sending out. Dec 17 2005 Chemical Engineering

For a state university in an urban environment CSU is not only affordable but I have found exceptionally qualified faculty and an excellent opportunity to learn and advance myself. Aug 26 2005 English

 

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