Concordia University

Website / www.concordia.ca

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Concordia University is welcoming, engaged, and committed to innovation and excellence in education, research, creative activity and community partnerships.

The university draws on its diversity to transform the individual while strengthening society. Its established and emerging strengths and research-diversity reflect its status as a comprehensive university in a major metropolitan city.

Concordia offers 300 undergraduate programs, 195 graduate programs, diplomas and certificates and 35 postgraduate programs. Non-credit programs are offered by the School of Extended Learning.

Research-creation activities take a wide-spectrum approach to social issues, industry needs, cultural diversity and science and technology. From environmental sustainability to human health and well-being, Concordia’s researchers are making major contributions to new knowledge.

Concordia’s Sir George Williams campus is in Quartier Concordia in downtown Montreal. With the opening of the Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex (2005) and the John Molson School of Business building (2009), Concordia has capitalized on its academic strengths in high technology, fine arts and business studies, while contributing to urban renewal.

The Loyola Campus, in Montreal’s west-end, houses a modern science complex and a communication studies and journalism building, renovated and expanded in 2005. In 2011, the campus welcomed two state-of-the-art research facilities: the Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics and the PERFORM Centre (Prevention, Evaluation, Rehabilitation, FORMation) dedicated to researching better health through prevention.

The university has a commitment to accessibility. With 30 percent of its students enrolled part-time, many courses are available during the evening. The main library is open 24 hours a day.

Arts and Science: The university is internationally recognized for its programs and research in communication studies, journalism, public and oral history, human rights, exercise science, psychology and genomics. The faculty is also renowned for the small classes and interdisciplinary nature of its six schools/colleges: Liberal Arts College, Science College, Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability, the School of Community and Public Affairs, School of Canadian Irish Studies and the Simone de Beauvoir Institute.

Engineering and Computer Science: Key programs focus on energy, environment and infrastructure; aerospace and transportation; nanotechnology and materials; and information security and telecommunications. All Bachelor of Engineering programs at Concordia are accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board.

Fine Arts: Disciplines include digital design and interactive media, electronic textiles and gaming. Students can specialize in the visual and performing arts in such areas as art history, contemporary dance, design, film production, music, theatre and studio arts.

Concordia’s John Molson School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AASCB); it provides undergraduate and graduate business programs. Accountancy and finance are in high demand. Unique graduate-level programs include the Kenneth Woods Portfolio Management Program and the Goodman Investment Management Program.

Student fees

Canadian student fees 2011-12 *
Undergraduate tuition fees: $2,168 - $5,858
Graduate tuition fees: $2,439 - $6,590

International student fees 2011-12 *
Undergraduate tuition fees: $14,562 - $16,259
Graduate tuition fees: $14,710 - $16,382

* Source: Statistics Canada. Fees for general programs in arts and humanities.

Note: In addition to tuition fees, universities generally charge fees for goods and services supplied to students. This includes areas such as student associations, sports and health. These additional fees vary widely per university and per student and can run from a few hundred dollars to a few thousand dollars. Check with the university for details.

Student enrolment

2011 rounded preliminary fall enrolment *
Full-time (undergraduates): 20,750
Full-time (graduates): 4,150
Part-time (undergraduates): 9,260
Part-time (graduates): 1,050

* Source: Conference of Rectors and Principals of Quebec Universities