A public teaching and research university in Kamloops, BC, offering a wide range of programs from trades to graduate degrees, including open learning options.
Address: 805 TRU Way, V2C 0C8 Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Trades and Technology, Nursing, Adventure Studies
Domains taught:
- AI and Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Engineering, Life Sciences, Software Engineering
Diplomas*:
- Associate Degree, Bachelor, Certificate, Diploma, Graduate Diploma, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Strong co-op and experiential learning opportunities. Partnerships with regional industries, Indigenous communities, and international institutions. Significant open learning division (TRU Open Learning).
Research:
Research in areas relevant to the BC Interior, including environmental science, Indigenous studies, tourism, and health. Growing research capacity.
Famous Alumnis:
Lorne Cardinal, Steven Galloway
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
1500
Current students***:
25000
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
70000
Pros
Comprehensive university offering trades to master’s degrees, strong open learning options, serves BC Interior.
Cons
Kamloops is a smaller city, research profile is developing compared to U15s.
Best For
Students in the BC Interior or those seeking flexible open learning, with interests in trades, tourism, health, or environmental programs.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Vancouver Island University is the closest domestic counterpart for ecology and sustainability, life sciences and AI and machine learning; it runs the same bachelor's, master's, associate degree, certificate, diploma and graduate diploma programmes, and covers marine science as well.
- University of Regina is the closest domestic counterpart for ecology and sustainability, life sciences and data analytics; it is smaller, enrolling about 16,000 students against roughly 25,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Lakehead University overlaps with this institution on ecology and sustainability, life sciences and data analytics, so the two are easy to compare, and it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral programmes.
- University of Victoria works in much the same fields, chiefly ecology and sustainability, life sciences and data analytics, and it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral and mba programmes.
- Another national school that puts ecology and sustainability, life sciences and data analytics at the centre is Cape Breton University, and it is far smaller, with about 5,500 students against roughly 25,000 here, and is also a public institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- University of the Highlands and Islands, based in the United Kingdom, is built around ecology and sustainability, life sciences and data analytics much like this institution, and it also offers doctoral programmes and covers marine science as well.
- Open Universiteit, in the Netherlands, takes a similar route through ecology and sustainability, data analytics and AI and machine learning; it also offers doctoral programmes, and is slightly smaller, at about 17,000 students against roughly 25,000 here.
- On content, Cornell University in the United States and this university are close, as both teach life sciences, data analytics and AI and machine learning; it has almost the same size, at about 26,000 students, and also offers doctoral and mba programmes.
- La Trobe University in Australia shares the ecology and sustainability, life sciences and data analytics orientation of this university, and it covers agriculture and mathematics as well, and is slightly larger, at about 36,128 students against roughly 25,000 here.
- The closest overseas parallel on ecology and sustainability, life sciences and data analytics is Arizona State University, located in the United States; it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral and mba programmes.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Agriculture, Environmental Impact, Health Sciences, Research and Development, Sustainability
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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