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Ryerson University
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Quick Facts:
Founded 1948
Granted full university status 1993
20,000 full-time students
650 master's and PhD students
More than 80 undergraduate, master's and PhD programs
The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education is Canada's largest, with 61,000 registrations, up almost 60 per cent in last 10 years
Five Faculties: Arts; Business; Communication & Design; Community Services; Engineering and Applied Science
95.8 per cent of Ryerson graduates report employment two years after graduation
Attracted more than 121 outstanding new faculty in past two years
More than $10 million in funded research annually
$100-million fundraising campaign, Invest in Futures, has raised $74 million to date, securing support for scholarships, buildings and facilities, and research chairs.
$210-million campus expansion includes six new facilities:
Centre for Computing and Engineering
Sally Horsfall Eaton Centre for Studies in Community Health
Heidelberg Centre - School of Graphic Communications Management
Student Campus Centre
Heaslip House (for The Chang School), opening fall 2005
Faculty of Business building at Dundas and Bay Streets, opening fall 2006
Ryerson's 107,000 alumni include Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts founder Isadore Sharp; broadcaster Valerie Pringle; internationally award-winning interior designers George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg; Alias President Doug Walker; star of Will & Grace, Eric McCormack
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$10 million in scholarships and bursaries are distributed annually by Ryerson to its students.
"I loved the rich mix the Journalism program provided. I could indulge and develop my interest in history, literature and economics and then spend the afternoon chasing a news story in downtown Toronto." - Journalism graduate Dana Robbins, now Editor-in-Chief of the Hamilton Spectator.
90% + is the employment rate at two years after graduation for a large number of Ryerson undergraduate programs.
"The curriculum was quite broad, so I was exposed to many facets of engineering. It was a good balance of theory and practice. The educational background students receive at Ryerson makes it easier for them to adjust to the business world." - Mechanical Engineering graduate Todd Young, Vice-President and General Manager, Turboprops Bombardier Aerospace - Regional Aircraft.
$100 million is the target of Ryerson's Invest In Futures fundraising campaign. A significant portion of funds raised will be directed to student learning and financial needs; improving and upgrading academic and innovative program initiatives; and towards new facilities.
"Ryerson really armed me with the skills to do the kind of work I wanted to do. The practical, hands-on placements in downtown Toronto that we were thrown into after our first months of classes really taught me how to do my job." - Faculty of Community Services graduate Jan Yorke, now at Georgian College teaching Canadian politics at the Justice and Public Safety Institute, Orillia, Ontario.
Approximately 19,000 full-time undergraduate students, and 600 graduate students are currently enrolled at Ryerson.
"Ryerson was a great preparation for what I'm doing now. I learned all about running a business at Ryerson - all the stuff I'm using for my business now came from Ryerson..." - Fashion School graduate Anna Chan, now founder and owner of her own accessories company, featuring her line IMOOI.
$10 million is the amount of annual funded research at Ryerson, which is more than a four-fold increase compared with a decade ago.
Five new graduate programs have recently been introduced at Ryerson, including Master's programs in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management, and Immigration and Settlement Studies; and PhD programs in Civil, Electrical and Computer, and Mechanical Engineering.
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