How to choose a school and major for studying in Canada

# Studying in Canada # Introduction Canada is an inclusive immigrant country, and students from all over the world are also welcome to study in Canadian universities. So, how to choose a school and major for studying in Canada? The following is the relevant information shared. Welcome to read the reference!

1. How to choose a school and major for studying in Canada?

First, how to choose a school to study in Canada

1. Academic achievements

You can first look at the known achievements of the school, including international rankings, papers published by the school, research results obtained, and social evaluation. These are reliable information that needs to be accumulated for a long time.

2. Teacher-student ratio

The teacher-student ratio will directly affect the teaching mode and effect. Generally, a high proportion will help teachers control the classroom, stimulate students' enthusiasm for learning in a more free and relaxed atmosphere, and elite education will explore students' potential.

Step 3 collect books

It can directly reflect the scale and achievements of the school, because alumni donation is also an important source of books after the school purchases, and it is also necessary to ensure the subscription of core publications, so that students can find information more conveniently and have a positive impact on their studies.

4. Software services

In addition to hardware inspection, international students should also pay attention to the supporting services provided by the school, including medical services, psychological services and student services, which will have a great impact on students' sense of belonging.

5. Immigration policy

China students studying in Canada, in addition to obtaining high diplomas, quite a few students have the idea of emigration, which is normal. There are many kinds of immigrants in Canada, and each province has its own immigration policy. Studying abroad is mainly for experienced immigrants. For international students, Quebec, Manetho, Saskatchewan and other countries have formulated good immigration policies. If you choose to study in these provinces, you can get a 1-3-year work visa after graduation, and you can easily immigrate.

Second, how to choose a major in studying in Canada

1. Find your hobby

When considering university majors, students can pay more attention to their academic performance, English level, personality characteristics, interests and what kind of work they want to do in the future, and then they can find this big field. In this way, students and parents will be more relaxed and the final choice will be more targeted.

2. Understand professional courses

Similar courses may have different contents. Applicants should carefully read the course content on the school website or enrollment brochure to avoid choosing the wrong major. When choosing a major, students can learn more about the curriculum of the school's major and the training plan for students. The names of some majors may be only one word apart, but the directions of study and employment are quite different.

3. Combined with their own characteristics analysis

The future job market is changeable, which requires international students to make a rational analysis. Whether developing at home or in Canada, if you want to create and embody your own life value, you must analyze your learning ability and characteristics and do your relevant "homework" before entering the exam. Foreign students can learn the real value and future development prospects of their major through various materials. Of course, choosing a major must also be combined with your own actual situation and development direction. Every foreign student has his own advantages, such as mathematical logic thinking ability, image thinking ability, language expression ability and performance ability.

2. Good universities and colleges to study in Canada

1. University of Toronto

Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto is a world-class public research university and a world-renowned top institution of higher learning. The school has 3 campuses, 300 undergraduate majors and 32 libraries. The main campus is located in downtown Toronto, and the campus surrounds the Ontario government and queens park.

The University of Toronto is recognized as one of the best universities in Canada because of its high level of scientific research, large scale, strong faculty, high teaching quality, the latest teaching methods, advanced teaching materials and teaching equipment.

Since its establishment, the University of Toronto has made outstanding achievements in various disciplines and enjoys a high reputation in the world. The College of Arts and Sciences is an academic unit of the University of Toronto.

2. McGill University

McGill University, founded in 182 1, is located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is a world-renowned top university and one of the member universities of universities 2 1. It enjoys a high reputation in the world for a hundred years, and its research level is world-renowned. It has the reputation of "Harvard in the North" or "Harvard in Canada".

McGill University has a proportion of doctoral students in Canada, and has trained the most Nobel Prize winners and Rhodes scholars in Canada. In many research projects, such as micro-robot, nerve regeneration and functional recovery, genetic basis of human diseases, telecommunication research, survival and development, international crisis behavior, marine products and so on.

3. University of Waterloo

The University of Waterloo is a research-oriented public university founded in 1957. Located in Waterloo, southwest Ontario, the school is famous for its cooperative education that pays equal attention to learning and practice.

The key development directions of the University of Waterloo are the hottest fields: computer science, engineering, mathematics, and there is also a mathematics college in North America.

There are as many as 14 majors in engineering schools in Waterloo, and all engineering majors are compulsory paid internships. Students should also carry out paid internships while completing the on-campus courses. In this way, students will have a complete year of accumulated work experience after graduation, which is very popular in employment. Many students get job opportunities before they get their diplomas. Silicon Valley giants such as Microsoft, Google and Facebook go to the University of Waterloo to catch many graduates every year.

4. Queen's University

Queen's University, also known as Queen's University, is the second oldest university in Ontario. The residents here are simple and friendly, and the law and order is good. Because it is located next to Lake Ontario, it is the center of Thousand Island Resort.

Queen's University is a highly respected university in Canada, which is famous for its excellent teaching quality and colorful history. Its teaching quality has been widely praised by all walks of life, and it is also called "Canadian Ivy" with the University of Toronto and McGill University.

The school has first-class business schools and medical schools in Canada, and the major of engineering physics in science and engineering ranks first in Canada, and it is famous for its humanities, art, education and law.

5. University of Calgary

University of Calgary, founded in 1966, is located in Calgary, Alberta, western Canada. It is the youngest medical and doctoral university in Canada.

In the fields of energy and engineering, the University of Calgary also has outstanding scholars in the fields of public policy, applied science and even space science.

President EdMcCauley said: "At the University of Calgary, we think and practice from an international perspective and implement leadership in all aspects of life, work and study. We are the driving force for social progress and community development, including valuable student experience, teaching experience, scientific research and scholarships, and mature multi-level cooperation. "

6. University of Victoria

Victoria University in Canada is a comprehensive public university in Canada and one of the top three law schools in Canada.

Victoria Garden City is located at the southern tip of vancouver island in southwest Canada, surrounded by the sea on three sides. The climate is mild and belongs to maritime climate. There are only smokeless industries in the city, and the air is fresh. It has been rated as one of the top ten living cities in the world by major travel magazines in the world for many times.

Victoria University is one of the three largest cooperative universities in Canada. Students in the project alternate between school and work, so that they can not only study for a degree, but also gain work experience and experience related to what they have learned, laying a good foundation for finding an ideal job corresponding to their major after graduation.

7. Simon Fraser University (SFU)

Simon Fraser University was founded in 1963. It has been rated as one of the top universities in Canada by McLean, an authoritative current affairs magazine in Canada, and has been ranked among the top universities in Canada 10.

Simon Fraser University enjoys a high international reputation in innovative teaching, cutting-edge research and social cross-expansion, which benefits from SFU's advantages in liberal arts, science, interdisciplinary and professional courses and its unremitting efforts in the integration of teaching and research.

SFU has always been one of the comprehensive universities in Canada, and it has been listed as one of the 100 world universities under the age of 50 by Times Higher Education.

Simon Fraser University attaches great importance to diversity and welcomes international students from all over the world, especially those from China. Two of the school's previous directors were the First and Second Cultural Counsellors of the Canadian Embassy in China, who strongly recommended China culture.

3. Recommendation for studying in Canada

1, actuarial

After graduation, students majoring in actuarial science can become actuaries through actuarial examinations, and work in government, banks, insurance companies and other institutions, with an average annual salary of nearly 80,000 US dollars. Applying for actuarial science requires a good mathematical foundation. Most domestic science and engineering students have excellent academic background, so they can consider applying for this major.

2. Education

Pedagogy has always been regarded as an "unpopular" major. More and more English education graduates will choose education as their major.

3. Oil and gas

Oil and gas, mining safety and other majors started late in China, and some of them are still blank. Returnees who study these majors will have more room for development in China. Therefore, it is suggested that domestic students and parents choose their majors with a developmental vision, broaden their horizons and choose some specialties with characteristics and advantages in Canadian universities.

4. Tourism and hotel management

With all kinds of large-scale international activities held in China, the demand for tourism and hotel managers in China is increasing, especially for senior managers with high foreign language level and overseas study background. Canada's tourism and hotel management majors are particularly prominent and will become one of the first choices for Canadian students.

5. Urban planning

Urban planning is a branch of architecture. Students majoring in urban planning, civil engineering, landscape planning and architecture in China can apply for this major. In the United States, most students can work in the government or enter professional planning offices after graduation. Although the salary is not, there is a lot of room for personal prestige improvement.

6. Garden landscape

Practical majors such as horticultural landscape design, food science and nutrition will gradually become popular majors studying in Canada because they are included in the "experience category" of immigration majors.

7. Food nutrition

At present, the upsurge of health preservation in China is rising day by day, and the income of nutritionists is also rising, but this major requires higher scores in biology and chemistry. It is difficult to apply because of insufficient professional interest and poor grades.

8. Pharmacy

Pharmacy is relatively unpopular in China, but it is a popular specialty in many foreign countries. At present, the average annual salary has reached nearly $6,543,800, and the next 654.38+ 00 years will be a hot job. And students with backgrounds in clinical medicine, biology, chemistry, environment, engineering and pharmacy can apply.