A large public college in Toronto, offering a broad range of career-focused programs, including apprenticeships, diplomas, certificates, and applied degrees. A leader in polytechnic education.
Address: 205 Humber College Blvd, M9W 5L7 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Creative Arts and Media, Business, Health Sciences
Domains taught:
- AI and Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Engineering, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Software Engineering
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Certificate, Diploma, Graduate Certificate
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Extensive partnerships with industry for program advisory, work-integrated learning, and applied research. Strong focus on experiential opportunities.
Research:
Applied research and innovation in areas such as digital media, sustainable technology, social innovation, and health and wellness.
Famous Alumnis:
Yvan Baker, Nathan Dales, George Stroumboulopoulos (radio broadcasting)
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
3000
Current students***:
86000
Foreign students***:
20%
Cumulative former students***:
260000
Pros
Wide range of programs, strong emphasis on hands-on learning and career readiness, multiple campuses in Toronto, good industry connections.
Cons
Large student population, focus on applied skills, competitive for some programs.
Best For
Students in Toronto seeking diverse, career-focused polytechnic education with strong experiential learning components and industry links.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Both schools build their programmes around industrial design, life sciences and data analytics, and Seneca Polytechnic is the one to compare first within the country, since it covers automation as well, and has almost the same size, at about 90,000 students.
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of manufacturing, life sciences and software engineering can consider Centennial College of Applied Arts & Technology, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, certificate, diploma and graduate certificate.
- Durham College shares the core fields of this school, namely manufacturing, life sciences and data analytics; it covers automation as well, and is smaller, enrolling about 30,000 students against roughly 86,000 here.
- A good alternative in the same country is Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology, which likewise covers industrial design, manufacturing and life sciences; it covers automation as well, and is smaller, enrolling about 43,000 students against roughly 86,000 here.
- Another national school that puts industrial design, manufacturing and data analytics at the centre is Toronto Metropolitan University, and it is smaller, enrolling about 48,000 students against roughly 86,000 here, and is also a public institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom shares the industrial design, manufacturing and life sciences orientation of this school, and it is smaller, enrolling about 37,000 students against roughly 86,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- West Herts College in the United Kingdom is the nearest foreign match on industrial design, manufacturing and life sciences; it is far smaller, with about 10,000 students against roughly 86,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- On content, Swinburne University of Technology in Australia and this institution are close, as both teach industrial design, life sciences and data analytics; it is also a public institution, and also offers master's, doctoral, graduate diploma and mba programmes.
- The closest overseas parallel on industrial design, life sciences and data analytics is University of Technology Sydney, located in Australia; it covers finance and civil engineering as well, and is smaller, enrolling about 51,038 students against roughly 86,000 here.
- University of California, Los Angeles offers an international parallel to this school, with industrial design, life sciences and data analytics as common ground; it is also a public institution, and also offers master's, 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.
- Design Thinking, Innovation, Project Management, Quality Management, User-Centered Design
*: 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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