A large public college in Southwestern Ontario, offering a wide range of programs including diplomas, certificates, apprenticeships, and applied degrees.
Address: 1001 Fanshawe College Boulevard, N5Y 5R6 London, Ontario, Canada
Trades and Technology, Health Sciences, Media and Design
Domains taught:
- AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Engineering, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Software Engineering
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Certificate, Diploma, Graduate Certificate
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Strong partnerships with regional employers for co-op education, program advisory, and applied research. Known for its focus on student success and career preparation.
Research:
Applied research in areas such as sustainable building technology, advanced manufacturing, digital media, and health innovation.
Famous Alumnis:
Les Stroud, Brad Long, Damian Warner (attended)
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
1800
Current students***:
43000
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
200000
Pros
Comprehensive range of programs, strong focus on experiential learning and career services, modern facilities.
Cons
Large student population, focus primarily on diplomas and applied skills.
Best For
Students in Southwestern Ontario seeking career-focused education, apprenticeships, or applied degrees in a variety of technical, creative, and health fields.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology overlaps with this school on industrial design, automation and manufacturing, so the two are easy to compare, and 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 follows much the same lines as this school, with automation, manufacturing and life sciences as common ground, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, certificate, diploma and graduate certificate.
- Nova Scotia Community College offers a comparable education in industrial design, automation and manufacturing: it is also a public institution and also offers associate degree programmes.
- Durham College follows much the same lines as this school, with automation, manufacturing and life sciences as common ground, and it is slightly smaller, at about 30,000 students against roughly 43,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology overlaps with this school on industrial design, automation and manufacturing, so the two are easy to compare, and it runs the same bachelor's, certificate, diploma and graduate certificate programmes, and covers food science as well.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Abroad, West Herts College (the United Kingdom) covers industrial design, manufacturing and life sciences in a comparable way, and it also offers associate degree programmes and covers data analytics as well.
- North West Regional College offers an international parallel to this school, with industrial design, manufacturing and life sciences as common ground; it also offers associate degree programmes and covers data analytics as well.
- If this institution is on your list for industrial design, life sciences and software engineering, Swinburne University of Technology in Australia deserves a comparison, because it also offers master's, doctoral, graduate diploma and mba programmes, and covers astroscience and robotics as well.
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on industrial design, life sciences and software engineering is Queensland University of Technology in Australia, and it covers finance and civil engineering as well, and is slightly larger, at about 52,073 students against roughly 43,000 here.
- Seen from abroad, University of Auckland (New Zealand) is a close relative on subject matter, since life sciences, software engineering and engineering are central to both, and it also offers master's, doctoral, graduate diploma and mba programmes, and covers chemistry and statistics 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.
- Design for Manufacturing (DfM), Design Thinking, Innovation, Lean Manufacturing, Project Management, Quality Management System (QMS)
*: 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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