Centennial College
Centennial College in Toronto offers more than 400 full- and part-time diploma, certificate and degree programs (including more than 50 full-time online offerings). Programs span courses in business, media, arts, community services, engineering technology, health care and transportation, and promote experiential learning with lab instruction, apprenticeships, paid co-op education and industry placements. The $72-million Bombardier Centre for Aerospace and Aviation features a hangar large enough to accommodate commercial jets, labs, workshops and a resource centre.
The school has five campuses in the Greater Toronto Area, with a residence next to its campus in Scarborough that can house 740 people.
In 2023, Centennial opened its 18,000-square-foot Performing Arts Centre in the heart of Scarborough. The school also recently opened the $105-million six-storey addition to the A-Block building at the Scarborough campus. It is the province’s first net-zero-carbon, mass timber, LEED Gold-certified higher education facility. A new advanced manufacturing Injection Molding and Automation Lab opens this fall, with new equipment, workstations, a collaborative robot, a hybrid injection molding machine and more. The school is the largest trainer of automotive service technicians in the province and is launching new courses this fall focused on hybrid/electric vehicles.
Students have the opportunity to take part in work or study programs internationally and in other parts of Canada, including a land-based treatment program on Manitoulin Island, where therapeutic techniques are woven together with Anishinabek culture.
Quick facts
School size:
Large
Tuition:
Degree $7,200-$8,800
Diploma $3,900-$8,400
Certificate $3,600-$9,900
Post-Grad $3,500-$7,400
Residence offerings:
Yes
Popular programs
Diploma in Practical Nursing—Flexible
Computer Systems Technician Networking Diploma
Diploma in Business
Software Engineering Technician Diploma
Diploma in Office Administration—Health Services
Cool options
Music Industry Arts and Performance: This advanced music diploma program prepares students to nurture musicality and creativity while developing knowledge of music technologies, business and entrepreneurial skills.
Healthcare Environmental Services Management: This one-of-a-kind program trains environmental services managers to develop systems and processes to protect workers, clients and patients from environmental hazards in a health-care setting and operate buildings that are safe.
Baking and Pastry Arts Management (Online): This program allows students to complete the baking and pastry arts management program without attending classes on campus.
