A public college in Durham Region, Ontario, offering a wide range of programs in business, IT, skilled trades, health, and media. Focus on experiential learning and career preparation.
Address: 2000 Simcoe Street North, L1G 0C5 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Skilled Trades, Business, Information Technology
Domains taught:
- AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Data Analytics, Engineering, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Software Engineering
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Certificate, Diploma, Graduate Certificate
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Strong links with employers in Durham Region and the GTA for co-op placements, apprenticeships, and applied research.
Research:
Applied research in areas such as advanced manufacturing, AI and data analytics, sustainable agriculture, and social innovation.
Famous Alumnis:
Tyler حضور
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
1200
Current students***:
30000
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
100000
Pros
Comprehensive range of programs, focus on hands-on learning and job readiness, modern facilities.
Cons
Large commuter student population, focus is primarily on diplomas and applied skills.
Best For
Students in Durham Region seeking career-focused education in trades, technology, business, or health, with an emphasis on experiential learning.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Centennial College of Applied Arts & Technology is the closest domestic counterpart for automation, manufacturing and life sciences; it covers aerospace and robotics as well, and is larger, enrolling about 45,000 students against roughly 30,000 here.
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of automation, manufacturing and life sciences can consider Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology, and it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, certificate, diploma and graduate certificate programmes.
- For students who like the manufacturing, life sciences and data analytics focus of this institution but want another option nearby, Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning fits well: it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, certificate, diploma and graduate certificate programmes.
- St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology overlaps with this institution on automation, manufacturing and life sciences, so the two are easy to compare, and it is smaller, enrolling about 14,000 students against roughly 30,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Seneca Polytechnic shares the core fields of this institution, namely automation, life sciences and data analytics; it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, certificate, diploma and graduate certificate.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Birmingham Metropolitan College (the United Kingdom) works on the same fields as this school, chiefly manufacturing, life sciences and data analytics; it is slightly smaller, at about 25,000 students against roughly 30,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- If this institution is on your list for manufacturing, life sciences and data analytics, University of Warwick in the United Kingdom deserves a comparison, because it is also a public institution, and also offers master's, doctoral and mba programmes.
- On content, University of Alabama in the United States and this school are close, as both teach manufacturing, life sciences and data analytics; it also offers master's, doctoral and mba programmes, and is slightly larger, at about 39,000 students against roughly 30,000 here.
- Looking internationally, University of Pennsylvania in the United States is where life sciences, data analytics and AI and machine learning get a comparable treatment; it has almost the same size, at about 28,200 students, and is private, whereas this school is public.
- In Ireland, Technological University Dublin teaches much the same core subjects, automation, data analytics and software engineering, and it also offers master's, doctoral and associate degree programmes, and covers food science and civil engineering as well.
*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, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Continuous Improvement, Design for Manufacturing (DfM), Information Technology (IT), Lean Manufacturing, Project Management
*: 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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