Established in 1970, Douglas College is the largest graduation college in British Columbia, Canada, with approximately 25.000 students per year educated. Douglas offers the most bachelor and post-graduate programs of any college in B.C. It is noted that it blends the intellectual foundations of a university with the technical skills of a college.
Approximately 17,000 students (including 4,210 foreign students from over 92 countries) take credit classes at Douglas every year. Due to the strong academic base of the institution, the majority of these credit-based courses are moved to different research universities in B.C. And across Canada, providing students with versatile paths to achieve their academic goals.
Douglas also provides hundreds of short-term high-quality non-credit classes, programs, and workshops to approximately 8,500 students through the Continuing Education and Training Community, in areas such as business, music, wellness, perinatal, job development, industry training, and more. Over 960 seasoned, teaching-focused faculties bring intellectual... Read more
Established in 1970, Douglas College is the largest graduation college in British Columbia, Canada, with approximately 25.000 students per year educated. Douglas offers the most bachelor and post-graduate programs of any college in B.C. It is noted that it blends the intellectual foundations of a university with the technical skills of a college.
Approximately 17,000 students (including 4,210 foreign students from over 92 countries) take credit classes at Douglas every year. Due to the strong academic base of the institution, the majority of these credit-based courses are moved to different research universities in B.C. And across Canada, providing students with versatile paths to achieve their academic goals.
Douglas also provides hundreds of short-term high-quality non-credit classes, programs, and workshops to approximately 8,500 students through the Continuing Education and Training Community, in areas such as business, music, wellness, perinatal, job development, industry training, and more. Over 960 seasoned, teaching-focused faculties bring intellectual rigor and real-world knowledge to the Douglas classroom. Outside the classroom, over 900 other staff work together to build a fun, inspiring, welcoming, and respectful atmosphere.
The College has two main campuses in Metro Vancouver (New Westminster and Coquitlam) as well as a number of smaller training centers in Surrey, Burnaby, and Maple Ridge. With both major campuses directly on the SkyTrain Line, Douglas is one of the most open post-secondary institutions in Metro Vancouver, attracting students from across the city.
Douglas College provides about $100,000 in entrance scholarships per year to prospective foreign students who have been competitive in their prior academic studies. Currently, two types of entrance scholarships are available at Douglas College for the Autumn, Winter, and Summer Semesters: Regional Entrance Awards range from $1000 - 2000 and Education Entrance Scholarships of about $2500. The college has International Student Scholarship which is an undergraduate scholarship for international students, this scholarship will cover up to CAD 7000 of the scholarship fees. A limit of 5 qualifying recipients will be selected for each academic year.
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