At Georgian, we work with industry and community partners to offer relevant, cutting-edge curriculum, quality work placements, and co-op experiences with top employers. Our students graduate with the skills and the mindset to be innovative thinkers and changemakers who can transform their workplaces and communities. Our vision is to accelerate success through exceptional teaching and learning, innovation, and partnerships.Established in 1967 Georgian is a changemaker college. We are the first and the only college in Canada designated a changemaker college by Ashoka U for our role as a leader in social innovation and changemaking in higher education. One of the highest graduate employment rates among Ontario colleges 89.7% of our alumni found work within six months of graduation, well above the provincial average, which we’ve exceeded for 20 years (2018-19 KPIs). 80,000 alumni, 13,000 full-time students, more than 3,600 international students from 85 countries.Georgian College's main campus is located on a 140-acre (57 ha) site on the northeast edge of Barrie. The Barrie Campus is home to the University Partnership Centre, offering degree studies and combined degree-diploma programs. The Barrie Campus is also home to the Sadlon Centre for Health, Wellness and Sciences. Opened in 2011, this $65-million, 165,000-square-foot (15,300 m2) facility has allowed Georgian to double its enrolment in health and wellness programs to 3,000 students and allow students to pursue health sciences-related certificates, diplomas and degrees, including advanced degree programs. It is home to a variety of health care teaching clinics open to the public, as well as laboratories and classrooms. The new Peter B. Moore Advanced Technology Centre is a $30-million, 56,000-square-foot facility at the Barrie Campus. It is home to the first engineering degrees in Central Ontario, Lakehead-Georgian degree-diploma programs, and labs with emerging robotics, mechatronics, and manufacturing technology. It has the only anechoic chamber in the region. Students and faculty use the space to partner with industry and community partners on research projects.Georgian also offers graphic design and photography programs in downtown Barrie, at the Arch and Helen Brown Design and Digital Arts Centre. A bus runs regularly between Georgian's downtown Barrie and north Barrie locations. The Barrie Campus offers an on-campus residence. The eight-floor residence houses approximately 525 students, which includes 16 live-in residence life staff (15 Resident Attendants and a Manager of Residence Life). There are also two dual bedroom rooms for students with disabilities. During the summer, this residence becomes a summer accommodation facility and hotel, although a few students remain in the building for the summer semester.A recognized leader in student work experience:Ontario’s #1 co-op college6,200 employer partnersPioneer in co-op programs across the province with the highest percentage of students enrolled in paid co-op work terms in the Ontario college systemAll programs emphasize practical, hands-on learning and most offer formal work-integrated opportunity-ranging from paid co-op terms to internships and field placementsSeven campusesBarrieMidlandMuskoka (Bracebridge)OrangevilleOrilliaOwen SoundSouth Georgian Bay (Collingwood)Downtown Barrie Arch and Helen Brown Design and Digital Arts Centre. Barrie Campus home to Peter B. Moore Advanced Technology Centre-first in our region providing students and industry partners with access to research, incubator, changemaker and fabrication space. Career and Employment Community Services locations in Barrie, Orillia and Orangeville. On-campus residences in Barrie, Orillia and Owen Sound; variety of off-campus housing options. Indigenous Resource Centres in Barrie, Midland, Orillia and Owen Sound. Approximately 2,600 full and part-time employees. $3 million in bursaries and scholarships available each year
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