Conestoga College

Yes, the biggest retail manufacturer in the world by revenue, Walmart, is known to recurit graduates from Conestoga College.

However, it is not the only top organisation that hires from the Ontario based institute, with the likes of Linamar, TD & Manulife all hiring from the institute. 

The Conestoga College placement rate for graduate students stands at 87%, that too within six months of completing respective graduation, per data curated from official sources.

The college graduates were able to land jobs across a number of prominent industries in Canada & worldwide, with the most prominent ones mentioned below:

Conestoga College offers over 300+ career-focused courses across a number of industry relevant streams, including Business, Healthcare, & Human Resource Management among others.

Of the approximately 300 courses, 25 courses are specialised degree programs, also including Ontario's first college-based engineering courses.

Listed below are some popular UG courses offered by the institute:

• BE Cyber Systems Engineering
• Bachelor of Applied Technology (Honours) in Architecture
• Bachelor of Communications Management (Honours)

The Kitchener - Doon campus is Conestoga's first & the largest campus.

The campus is home to all the main administrative offices & offers a majority of full-time & part-time courses available as part of the Conestoga College course catalog.

Per the latest student reviews curated from Shiksha Study Abroad, Conestoga College attains a safety rating of 4.4 out of a possible 5. This suggests the institute is safe to a decent extent. 

Further, 57% of the students to have shared their experience with Shiksha, have claimed to never have faced any sort of discrimination at the university.

The public transportation near the college campus is also given a rating of 4.1 on a 5.0 scale.

The Kitchener (YKF) airport is the closest air-station present near the Conestoga College campus near Kitchener, Ontario.

The distance between the college campus & the airport is about 7 kms, which means going to & from the location is very easy.

Some other popular airports available near the region are: Toronto (70 kms), Billy Bishop Toronto City (YTZ) (84 kms) & the Buffalo (BUF) airport at a distance of 150 kms.

Yes, students get the access to impressive placements at Conestoga College. According to the reviews posted by students on Shiksha, the college ranks -

• 3.6 stars for part-time work
• 3.3 for post-study work jobs
• 3.2 stars for internships

With the help of the above-mentioned rankings it can be concluded that the college is good for placements. Walmart, Tim Hortons, RBC, CIBC, Scotiabank are some of the top recruiting companies for the Conestoga College graduates.