Centennial College is Ontario's first community college. It was established in 1966 and primarily serves the eastern portion of the Greater Toronto Area through five campuses and seven satellite locations. Our college is best known for its record of exemplary teaching, innovative programming and extensive partnership building.

Our mission is to educate students for career success. We make every decision to support the career and personal development of our learners. Our curriculum, teaching and services also demonstrate that we value the diverse profiles of our learners.

Centennial is recognized as one of the most culturally diverse post-secondary institutions in Canada. Almost 100 ethno-cultural groups are represented and 80 languages are spoken on campus. Our five campuses and seven schools produce future leaders, and we can prepare you for career success. At Centennial College, our vision is to transform lives and communities through learning.

Centennial offers high-quality Canadian Education that is hands-on and employment-focused. Meaningful relationships with industry ensure Centennial College programs are forward-thinking as the economy evolves. Many of Centennial’s programs directly link students to the industry through work placements, professional networking, and applied research opportunities. 

Centennial has an international reputation as one of Canada’s top research colleges, top-tier institutional ratings for academic quality, and outstanding rankings in student satisfaction. Centennial consistently ranks as the top college in Toronto for student satisfaction! Source: Ontario Colleges, Key Performance Indicators (KPI): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. 

With seven specialized academic schools, Centennial College offers more than 200 programs in Business, Engineering Technology and Applied Science, Communications, Media, Arts and Design, Community and Health, Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts, and Transportation. Centennial also offers English and Foundations programs for college and university preparation. 

Our focus has always been on preparing graduates to enter the work force, while teaching our students to be leaders. We’ve worked to build lasting partnerships with local communities, while preparing our graduates to succeed globally.

Locally, we continue to offer industry-recognized full- and part-time programs at four Toronto campuses. Whether in our classrooms, our labs or the community, Centennial student experience the real world before they even graduate. They're job-ready, and that's a fact employers have told us, as more than 94 per cent of those hiring Centennial grads are satisfied or very satisfied with their hires.

Over the past 50+ years, Centennial College has transformed itself from a local community college to a worldly institution, with a presence in countries like China, India, South Korea, Vietnam, The Philippines, Panama and Mexico.

Suzhou Centennial College is the first Canadian college approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education to deliver Canadian credentials in China.

As a leader in internationalization, we’ve done extensive work teaching international students. At the same time, we are enabling more Canadian learners to have an international adventure, be it completing a semester in Spain, an internship in South Africa or a Global Citizenship learning experience in the Amazon Basin.

We believe a Centennial education is an education without borders, because the world has changed, and so have we. We’ve re-created our College, giving ourselves a unique position in the marketplace and the world. We are now prepared for the next set of challenges: To be more innovative and entrepreneurial, to further exploit the benefits of technology, to creatively engage our employees, to build more bridges with communities and employers and to see our graduates do meaningful work and have meaningful lives.

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Editing by CIE of Suzhou Centennial College