Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto Metropolitan University also known as Toronto Met is located, which is already clear from its name, in the city of Toronto in Canada. The university was previously operating as Ryerson University from the very 1948 for almost eighty years. With its slogan being «With mind and skill» Toronto Metropolitan University offers a number of programs in seven faculties from Arts to Engineering and Architectural Sciences. Currently, there are more than forty thousand undergraduate and about three thousand graduate students obtaining high-quality post-secondary education within the walls of Toronto Metropolitan University.
Programs
The university offers students to study in undergraduate, graduate and continuing education programs. Let’s begin with the undergraduate programs offered by Toronto Metropolitan University, there are Criminology, History, Philosophy, Language and Intercultural Relations, Politics and Governance, Civil Engineering, Accounting and Finance, Early Childhood Studies, Nutrition and Food, Disability Studies and a number of many other programs. So for instance, the completion of Disability Studies leads to the degree of Bachelor of Arts and is aimed at teaching students how to improve the life of people with disabilities, learning about the social and cultural problems they encounter on a daily basis and the prejudice they are forced to comply with. During their studies in Toronto Metropolitan University students gain practical experience in community centres and in schools. Moreover, the program is offered in a hybrid format with online and offline classes, which leaves space for students’ flexibility and guarantees the convenience of the study schedule. After they graduate from Toronto Metropolitan University, students will be able to work in rehabilitation centres, early childhood inclusion facilities and advocacy schools. After achieving a Bachelor's degree at Toronto Metropolitan University, students may pursue their further studies in the program of critical disability studies at York University and achieve a Master’s degree or even a PhD afterwards.
Another program of Metropolitan University is Language and Intercultural Relations which also leads to an Honours Bachelor degree. The university offers to choose among three specializations for the program: language and cognition, translation or advanced skills in the Spanish or French languages. The graduates of the program will learn the skills necessary for establishing the connections between different cultures by learning their languages and cultural peculiarities. So after finishing Toronto Metropolitan University, students will be able to work as interpreters, teachers, international aid officers and human resources generalists. International students pay around thirty thousand dollars as a tuition fee for a year of studying in the program.
The University also offers the program of Interior Design after successful completion of which, you will be awarded a Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design. Such a field of studying presupposes learning from experience and practice. The educators of Toronto Metropolitan University being totally aware of this, offer students to participate in special workshops, internships, competitions and field trips to apply their theoretical knowledge in practice. To be eligible for this program at Toronto Metropolitan University, you will need to present your portfolio of ten works, which will serve as examples of your work and indicate if you have a predisposition for working in the sphere of interior design. Moreover, the portfolio needs to include three freehand drawings of a staircase, a chair and some organic materials of your personal choice. The process of admission and studying itself is very demanding and rigorous, but it surely pays off after graduation as you will be able to work in the world of design as an interior, exhibition and film production designer or even a visual merchandiser.
If you strive to combat the injustice and prejudice existing in society today and are ready to dedicate your life to this purpose, then try the program of Social Work offered by Toronto Metropolitan University. After four years of studying and up to seven hundred hours of field experience in community projects or international organizations, you will be awarded a Bachelor of Social Work degree. Upon graduation from this program at Metropolitan University, former students can work as social workers, wellness therapists and field education coordinators in education, non-profit and social service organizations.
If you want to achieve a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, then Toronto Metropolitan University can offer you a program during which you will acquire the skills of reporting, interviewing and audio, text and visual media production. During the four years of studying the program Journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University, students study such disciplines as International Relations, Politics, Macroeconomics and Media Techniques among a number of others. The program is offered by the Creative School faculty of Metropolitan University and promises to educate future journalists, technical writers and social media specialists. As for the graduate programs, offered by the Creative Schools of the university, there you may choose among Master’s degrees in Fashion, Journalism, Film, and Photography Preservation and Digital Media. So after finishing the Bachelor's program of Journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University, you may spend the next two years deepening your knowledge and studying for the Master of Journalism either at this university or at the University of British Columbia, which includes an internship during the summer period and will cost an international student around $30000 for a year. As for the tuition fee of the Master of Journalism degree at Metropolitan University, it’s around $25000 for an academic year.
Another related program of Toronto Metropolitan University is Sports Media which aims at instructing students on the peculiarities of sports journalism, marketing and entertainment management in the sphere of sport. After graduation students can work as sports journalists, marketing managers and agents in sports management, psychology and business spheres.
If you need some help with financing your studies at Toronto Metropolitan University, you may find yourself eligible for scholarships and awards. For example, there is a Black Graduate Student scholarship offered to black students who take one of the graduate programs at the university. Some PhD students can meet the requirements of the Microsoft Fellowship if they conduct research in the field of computers.
The continuing education programs of Toronto Metropolitan University include certificate programs in Accounting, Design Management, Lighting Design, Financial Planning, Retail Management, Project Management and some language certificates of proficiency in French, Spanish and even business translation from French. Another certificate program offered by Toronto Metropolitan University is in Photography Studies where you will learn a set of business skills needed for photographers such as bookmaking, photoshop techniques, digital printing and the human figure. By the end of your studies, you will work out a special portfolio full of fashion, wedding and portrait photos you took while studying in Toronto Metropolitan University.
Accommodation
There are three main university residences offered for students to live in. For example, one of the buildings comprises nineteen floors and more than three hundred rooms available to the first-year students as well. There Toronto Metropolitan University students may choose whether to live in two-bedroom or four-bedroom suites, resembling apartments. Each apartment is comprised of a kitchen, a washing room and a living room, where neighbours can study or hang out together, enjoying leisure activities when they have free time. Another residential building is quite older than the previous one, it was opened in 1987 and has eleven floors. The peculiar feature of this building is that Toronto Metropolitan University students live in extra-large rooms: double or single. There is a shared kitchen and a study or lounge room on each floor, where students can cook their food and spend time studying. Another hall of residence of Toronto Metropolitan University is arranged in a similar way: a kitchen and study rooms are located on each floor, while students enjoy their own kitchenette with a microwave in their own rooms, also single or shared with another neighbour. In addition to these types of rooms, there are also apartment-style ones with four or five students living in one suite, sharing a kitchen and a bathroom. And a so-called paired style room, where two students live in their own private bedroom and share one washing room and a small living room, with their kitchen being on the floor. Students who wish to reside in one of the buildings during their studies at Toronto Metropolitan University are obliged to buy meal plans which can be of different varieties from cheaper to more expensive ones. As for the fees, living in a double room will cost an international student around $2000 for three months, which is sixty hundred less than residence in a paired style room. Three months of living in a two-bedroom apartment will cost an international student around $3300.
Future Prospects
After graduating from one of the Toronto Metropolitan University programs, students can follow one of the next paths: building a successful career in their native country in the field they studied; continue their education in the next level programs in the same university or in other educational establishments of Canada, or finally stay in Toronto or in any other Canadian city to gain some work experience and pursue a career. If the last two options sound more appealing to you, then you will need to extend your visa for the continuation of your studies or obtain special permission to start your work path in Canada.
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