Ryerson University

Ryerson University is located in the heart of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ryerson is named after Egerton Ryerson and was founded in 1948.

Facts & trivia

• Received full university status in 1993
• More than 80 degree programs in its Faculties of Arts, Business, Communication & Design, Community Services, and Engineering and Applied Science
• 11 undergraduate degree programs are unique among Canadian universities: Arts and Contemporary Studies, Disability Studies, Early Childhood Education, Fashion, Graphic Communications Management, Health Services Management, Image Arts, International Economics, Occupational and Public Health (Occupational Health and Safety option), Radio and Television, and Retail Management
• 10 graduate programs, four of which lead to a Ph.D., offered through the School of Graduate Studies; two master's programs unique in Canada: Photographic Preservation and Collections Management, in partnership with George Eastman House in Rochester, New York; and Immigration and Settlement Studies
• Annual funded research has increased more than four times the amount over a decade ago, from $2.4 million to $10 million
• Home to 20,000 full-time undergraduate students, 600 graduate students, and more than 61,000 Continuing Education enrolments
• International student enrolment of more than 901, representing 90 countries
• The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Canada's leading provider of university-based adult education, offers more than 1,000 courses, workshops, and seminars; 185 distance education courses; over 65 career-related certificate programs, and 10 advanced training designations
• Largest undergraduate Faculty of Business in Canada
• Undergoing the largest expansion in 30 years, with more than $210 million in construction
• 106,000 alumni