The City of Oshawa is the proud home to Durham College, Ontario Tech University and Trent University Durham Greater Toronto Area (GTA) - three globally recognized institutions offer access to top talent, are home to world-renowned centres for research, and develop and generate innovate business solutions for our community.
We proudly recognize and join in celebrating with our post-secondary education and research partners several of their recent achievements.
Canada's best primarily undergraduate universities
According to the Maclean's annual ranking, Ontario Tech University and Trent University continue to enhance their national reputations for high quality post-secondary education across a number of metrics, including:
Ontario Tech University
- No. 2 in reputational survey
- No. 5 in student services
- No. 2 in total research dollars
- No. 1 in social science and humanities grants
- No. 4 in medical/science grants
- No. 2 in library acquisitions
- No. 8 nationally in the overall/combined' category
Trent University
- No. 6 in reputational survey
- No. 4 in student services
- No. 7 nationally in the overall/combined' category
- No. 8 in total research dollars
- No. 6 in social science and humanities grants
- No. 6 in medical/science grants
A full list of university rankings can be found on the Maclean's Education website.
Durham College
Recently named one of Canada's Top 50 Research Colleges for the ninth time, Durham College also ranked:
- No. 1 among medium-sized colleges in the percentage of social science funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada over a three-year period
- No. 2 among medium-sized colleges for the number of paid student researchers
A full list of key research milestones is available on the Durham College website.
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Home to nearly 30,000 post-secondary students and over 140,000 global alumni, Oshawa's post-secondary institutions contribute substantially to our city's economic, social and cultural landscape.
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"Talent is a major driving force of economic growth and prosperity," said Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter. "On behalf of Oshawa City Council, it is with great pride that we congratulate our education partners at Durham College, Ontario Tech University and Trent University Durham GTA for being nationally recognized for excellence in education and research. The world continues to take notice of the great City of Oshawa as an ideal location to learn, grow and thrive."
"One of Oshawa's greatest assets is its people and we are becoming a beacon as a metropolitan city and thus Toronto's most dynamic neighbour through our robust pipeline of local talent and world-class research assets," said Councillor Tito-Dante Marimpietri, Chair, Economic and Development Services Committee. "Our great city is host to nearly 30,000 post-secondary students and were incredibly proud of the national and global recognitions that Durham College, Ontario Tech University and Trent University Durham GTA continue to receive. These well-deserved recognitions are driving further interest internationally as a global player with our collective alumni population of over 140,000 continuing to make their mark on the world."
"The City of Oshawa continues to strengthen its reputation with in-demand degree programs that produce job-ready graduates," said Councillor Bob Chapman, Vice-Chair of the Economic and Development Services Committee. "The steady stream of accomplishments we're seeing from Oshawa post-secondary institutions is resonating beyond our region. The momentum of research and innovation in our community is contributing to record levels of student applications, and we look forward to welcoming even more post-secondary students to our city in the coming years."
