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Why study in
Canada ?
Upon graduation, International students are allowed to work full time in Canada for one year in a job related to their field of study, before returning home. This provides an excellent opportunity to gain experience in an international setting. |
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For the last six consecutive years, Canada has been chosen by the UN as the best place in the world to live. Many factors contribute to Canada’s top marks:
high education enrollment levels; high quality, low cost education; universal healthcare system; an uncompromising respect for fundamental rights and human dignity; clean and safe cities; and cosmopolitan, multi-ethnic cities with unparalleled cultural and recreational amenities. Canada spends more per capita on education than any other country in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 7.1% of GDP versus 6.1% in other countries. In Canada education falls under the jurisdiction of the provincial government, though the federal government plays an important role in providing additional financial support for education, student assistance, funding for research and support of international education. Canadian schools have the latest in research labs, wired classrooms, and internet access in many of the residence rooms. To maintain high standards and current programmes, provincial bodies and government departments review and appraise all new programmes and monitor existing programmes, usually on a five to seven year cycle. Canadian degrees and diplomas are recognised around the world, and are on par with those of other Commonwealth countries. Canadian work experience is recognised and sought after by multi-national companies, who actively recruit on Canadian campuses. Sixty percent of animation technology in Hollywood comes from Canada. The 1998 Gourman Report, an independent US Report, scored 18 Canadian Electrical Engineering programmes in top 40 such programmes in North America. The 1997 Global Competitiveness Report ranked Canada first in the G7 in priority on developing knowledge workers. 25% of Canada’s research capacity is found within the education system, students are frequently involved in research projects, often in their under graduate years. Canada’s commitment to education extends to distance education and a variety of co-operative programmes enabling Canadian and international students to gain valuable work experience as a part of their studies. Job prospects are enhanced not only by the skills and training received, but by the networking contacts that are established during the co-op experience. Canada’s community college system is one of the world’s best in training students to meet the needs of business, through co-operative programmes and working closely with business and industry in an effort to understand current needs, and develop programmes which will address those needs, and produce graduates in demand by business and industry. The Canadian teaching methodology - the presentations by the professors, and the nature of the assignments given - develops many valuable skills and encourage independent thinking. The selection of programmes to study in Canada is vast, and the opportunity for mobility within the programmes themselves will broaden your experience and interests. Traditional programmes are available in business and management; computer sciences; and engineering. Additionally programmes such as tourism and hospitality; media communications; multicultural studies; aerospace engineering; genetics; early childhood education; artistic makeup; E-Commerce; toxic waste management; marine biology; veterinary medicine and fashion, to name but a few, are available to study at various levels. |
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