<p>Can anybody suggest me good Canadian colleges and not Universities which are best for their engineering programs ..
I know that I can find these by myself only but I seriously need some suggestions..
Help would be very much appreciated..</p>
<p>In Canada, a college means a community college. Only a university can grant degrees. What are your stats? Are you American or overseas?</p>
<p>@tomofboston:
Actually that is not entirely true there are some colleges that can grant both bachelors degrees and diplomas for many of their programs. This us usually done through the college having a relationship with a nearby university, where the associated university grants the degree and the college grants the diploma to the student. Technically you are right, since it is the university that is granting the degree, but functionally, the student is part of the college and is being granted the degree for their work there so in fact you can actually get a bachelors degree through college. These joint diploma/degree courses are often in technical fields.</p>
<p>@90xtreme: Is this what you meant? Or by “college” did you mean an LAC style feel with an emphasis on undergrad school? If so off the top of my head I would suggest Queens University, in Kingston Ontario, which is the closest thing to having a LAC “feel” in Canada that is well known in the country.</p>
<p>If you are looking for a school that has more of a focus on undergraduate education rather than graduate schools you might want to focus on looking at “Comprehensive Universities” <a href=“http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2012/11/01/2013-comprehensive/[/url]”>http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2012/11/01/2013-comprehensive/</a></p>
<p>For engineering I would strongly suggest the University of Waterloo, which has a top notch engineering program which is very well respected in Canada.</p>
<p>Yeah I am aware of Queens University but I’m looking for Community colleges providing degrees or those colleges who are connected with some Universities…</p>
<p>Actually 90xtreme is my brother and he is helping me out here…</p>
<p>@namelesStatistic my brother started of the post actually…BTW can you suggest some community colleges…</p>
<p>One college which i know of that has a pretty good reputation is Humber College. They have transfer programs where you can earn a diploma there in two years and then transfer your credits to one of a list of universities and complete a degree there.
For example her is mechanical engineering:</p>
<p>[Mechanical</a> Engineering Technology | Transfer Guide | Humber College - Toronto, Ontario Canada](<a href=“http://www.humber.ca/transferoptions/transfer_agreements/Mechanical_Engineering_Technology]Mechanical”>http://www.humber.ca/transferoptions/transfer_agreements/Mechanical_Engineering_Technology)</p>
<p>(Queens is on this list btw)</p>
<p>You should also check out Ontariocolleges.ca for more ideas. I included the link for mechanical engineering by default, but you can just as easily search for another type of engineering.[Mechanical</a> Engineering Programs at Ontario Colleges | ontariocolleges.ca](<a href=“http://www.ontariocolleges.ca/SearchResults/PROFESSIONS-TRADES-MECHANICAL-ENGINEERING-TECH/_/N-lps7]Mechanical”>Mechanical Engineering Tech | ontariocolleges.ca)</p>
<p>An interesting trend is occurring where some colleges that were dependent on surrounding universities to grant their students degrees in diploma+bachelors programs have been trying to gain university status for example OCAD (Ontario College of Art and Design) was originally a college that granted degrees through the University of Toronto, but it recently became a university in its own right. Sheridan college is also seeking to become a university.</p>
<p>Be sure to do thorough research before committing to one of these college programs. They are Mech Eng Technology, which is different from an actual Mech Eng degree at an accredited Canadian university. You are not guaranteed to be approved for transfer credit and at most schools, if you have top grades, the most you will be credited with is one year. You will also be required to have the necessary high school pre-requisites for Eng. that every high school grad will need. I know a couple of people involved with Eng. at Queen’s and the number of students who are accepted for transfer in this way is very, very small. I’m not sure why you’d want to start off at a college rather than applying straight to a university engineering program. it doesn’t make a lot of sense.</p>
<p>@alwaysamom Actually the problem is of financing my education…I know that in order to study in Universities one needs to have above 90% in their high school and BTW scoring 90% or above it is a very easy game for me and I think that I can get accepted in most reputed universities but the problem which lies is about financing my education as I’m from overseas…So I am thinking of going into a community college…</p>
<p>@NamelesStatistic ,thanks for helping me out here…UW is my dream university and I want to study there in the first place but because of the financial problems I think I can’t study there although I’m meeting all their necessary pre-requisites high school courses needed for their eng. program…</p>
<p>Alex, I understand the financial issues but if you have to attend a college and complete a diploma there for 2-3 years and, if you’re very lucky, get accepted as a transfer student, you will still only get credit for one year, meaning you’ll have three years of fees to pay to a university. Make sure that that is going to make financial sense, in addition to addressing the likelihood of being accepted as a transfer student which as I said at some universities is very rare. The diploma you’ll get at a college in Canada will not result in you being an Engineer without then going on to get a university degree.</p>
<p>If you are an American and price is really an issue, you should check out the University of Windsor. It has a special “US neighbour fee” rate of $5000 per semester. It doesn’t have the same reputation as UW but it is cheap.</p>
<p>[University</a> of Windsor slashes tuition cost for Americans - Windsor - CBC News](<a href=“http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2013/05/02/wdr-university-windsor-international-students-americans-tuition-cut.html]University”>University of Windsor slashes tuition cost for Americans | CBC News)</p>