Niagara College
Niagara College
Among many other outstanding colleges and universities in Toronto, there is Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology which was established more than fifty years ago. Its three main campuses are located in Niagara on the Lake, in Welland and in Toronto and the forth one in Saudi Arabia in the city of Taif, where students study management, hospitality and culinary arts. More than four thousand international students out of nine thousand full-time students obtain high quality education in Niagara College.
Programs
College offers full and part-time programs available to everyone including international students. As for the full-time studies, Niagara College has a wide range of certificate, diploma, advanced diploma, apprenticeship, bachelor’s and graduate degree programs so just choose that suits your needs and go straight to the fascinating journey of post-secondary studies. Let’s take a closer look at the certificate programs which last for just one year. Some of them are: Culinary Skills and Baking and Pastry Arts, for the ones who are interested in learning how to cook on the professional level, Community Pharmacy Assistant for the ones who are interested in medicines and prescriptions, Mechanical Techniques, Personal Support Worker, Welding Techniques, Motive Power Techniques and a number of others. As was mentioned, there is a Community Pharmacy Assistant certificate program in Niagara College which aims at instructing future workers of community pharmacies, pharmaceutical distribution wholesale industry and long term care special pharmacies who work hand by hand together with pharmacy technicians and registered pharmacists. After achieving a certificate of Community Pharmacy Assistant in Niagara College you may also go for a diploma of Pharmacy Technician in Niagara College or in Centennial College which lasts for two years. This diploma will be an affirmation of your profound knowledge of pharmacology, pharmaceutical calculations and good skills in aseptic techniques. After graduating from Niagara College, you will have a chance to work in hospital and community pharmacies, pharmacy benefits administration and consulting firms, and also in private medical industries.
Choosing Baking and Pastry arts for your certificate studies in Niagara College will open up a world of culinary for you and may become a first step towards more profound studies of the field either in Niagara College or in the other educational establishments. Niagara College provides students of the program with the most modern equipment for extensive practice of cooking and Baking and provides instruction on the basics of hospitality management. Niagara College has in possession special facilities for teaching students brewery, winery, distillery, nursery and apiary and also chocolate and sugar labs. The program can become a solid foundation for the co-op diploma program in Culinary Management lasting for two years. The co-op program presupposes work experience together with studies, which is essential for all the people who strive to become professional in Culinary Arts. During these two year, students participate in catered events, recipe competitors and a number of researches enhancing their skills. The similar program is offered by George Brown College in Toronto, which also helps to gain all the important knowledge for being a culinary manager and build a successful career in restaurant, spas or catering companies. After graduation from this program, you can choose to continue studies in Advanced French Patisserie or even achieve Honors Bachelor in Culinary Management in George Brown.
Niagara College also provides an apprenticeship program as a Hairstylist during which students learn the newest hairstyle techniques and models, together with learning one of the essential; parts of this profession: safety and health techniques, acquire aseptic skills and how to ensure health safety for all the clients and themselves. The apprenticeship program of Niagara College lasts for two or two and a half years and includes lots of hands-on experience, participation in different hairstylists competitions, together with the completion of more than 450 hours of studies in college. After achieving the certificate a former student can work as a chemical technician, color technician, salon manager or consultant, educator and product sales representative in the related sphere. Other apprenticeship programs include: industrial technical, welder, metal fabricator, cook, electrician, general machinist and general carpenter.
If you wish to start your studies in the College from the Bachelor’s Level, well, here are some of them: Bachelor’s of Game Design, Bachelor’s of Game Programming, Honours Bachelor of Business Administration in Hospitality or in Human Resources.
The sphere of Game Design is becoming more and more popular every year, as the industry is rapidly evolving and a huge number of resources is invested into this sphere. Computer games enthusiasts may learn how to turn their hobbies into the source of income in the College on the program of Game Design. It will take a student only four years to acquire the skills of designing, developing games, learning the history of gaming and design, art creation techniques of 2D and 3D animation and how to develop the games that are doomed for success. During the studies in the College students work together on various collaborative projects, working out and compiling impressive portfolios to show them future employers. If you’re more interested in the writing codes for the games and ensuring accuracy and correct functioning of the games, its usability, then Bachelor’s of Game Programming in Niagara College will be your perfect choice. The program is collaborative with Brock University, which means that after graduation you will achieve both the Bachelor’s of Game Programming from Brock University and Advanced Diploma in Game Development from Niagara College. The program affords the ground for building a career in mobile games applications companies, gameplay and graphics, artificial intelligence programming and user interface programming and design. International students need to pay around $18000 for a year of studies in Niagara College on the program of Game Development.
Niagara College has various Graduate Certificate programs such as: Advanced Care Paramedic, Artisan Distilling, Ecosystem Restoration, Business Analytics, Commercial Beekeeping, Event Management, Hospitality and Tourism management. One program of Niagara College which leads to a graduate certificate is Teaching English as a Second Language. It lasts for a year and is devised for those who want to become a teacher of English, having an opportunity to work anywhere around the world. To be eligible for this graduate program of College, you will need to have a Bachelor Degree and the proficiency in the English language, with the IELTS score of a minimum seven. International students who wish to study the program in Niagara College need to pay a little more than $17500 for the whole program.
College also offers an Advanced Diploma in Broadcasting TV, Radio and Film. The program lasts for three years during which student are instructed on the disciplines of radio presentation, photography, film making, production tools, writing for the screen, editing, directing, production management, online content management and entrepreneurship to be able to create and coordinate media content for different medium and platforms and write and produce various cinematographic works. The overall cost of the program at Niagara College is around $55000 for international students.
Niagara College also offers various transfer programs which means that a student can transfer their credits to Brock University in Canada, Sanda University in China, Niagara University in the USA and University of Santo Tomas in Chile. Also students may participate in different exchange programs with the parenting universities of Niagara College within the country and outside of it.
Keep in mind that Niagara College offers different scholarships and awards to support your studies in Canada. For example, a scholarship of up to $1500 can be awarded for the international students who are enrolled in the English Academic Preparation program. The scholarship of $2000 are offered for the citizens of Turkey, Ukraine, Latin America and Brazil and also students from Africa Continent, Caribbean or CIS countries who has been admitted to the Niagara College.
Accommodation
Niagara College students are welcome to reside in the dormitories which are located very close to the main campuses of the college. The dormitory is equipped with all the necessary facilities for students. Every student of Niagara College will be provided with a private bedroom, clean linens, fan, bookshelves and a desk lamp. There is a shared three piece washroom, kitchenette with a fridge, microwave and a sink, satellite TV and Internet in each room. International students are to pay around $8000 for an academic year of residing in Niagara College dormitory. All the students who live in one of the dorms can participate in team sports, athletics and different organized events for the residents or even organize one themselves.
Future Prospects
International students who studied in Niagara College may decide to continue their education in Canada on the programs described above or start to work in Canada, obtain a post-graduation work permit which allows foreigners to gain work experience in Canada for up to three years. To obtain the permission to work, a graduate from Niagara College needs to meet some requirements such as having completed full-time studies, achieving a diploma, a certificate or a degree.
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