SWOT Analysis of Ontario Tech University (UOIT) Competitor

            The principal competitors of the UOIT are Trent University, Ryerson University, York University, and UofT. All of these universities provide quality education and gain a competitive edge by excelling in various categories. For instance, Trent University has been ranked no.1 in the province of Ontario Canada in the undergraduate class. Trent University is ranked 29th among the top universities in Canada. Trent is considered to 2 best research institutions in Canada. Ryerson University, on the other hand, is renowned for Canada's leading undergraduate business school. It also has the third largest undergraduate engineering school as well (Kotler).

            Ryerson is ranked 10th in Canada in terms of student enrollment and can give tough time to UOIT. Ryerson has the opportunity to expand its services in the upcoming future further. York University is Canada's third largest university. The business school of York has been ranked ninth by The Economist in the year 2011. York University have Canada’s oldest film school and is considered finest in Canada.  The University of Toronto is the place from where the insulin & stem cell research begin. According to the statistics of 2018 ten Nobel laureate's and four prime ministers of Canada have been associated with this university (Ahmed, Ullah and Alam).

Trent University of Ontario Tech University (UOIT) Competitor

            Trent University is actually a public university in Ontario. It also has a satellite campus serving in Oshawa. This institute has been providing educational courses for more than forty years. There are various graduate programs that are offered by Trent including Masters in Anthropology, Applications of Modeling in Social and Natural Sciences, Masters in History, Politics, Culture, Theory, Environmental and Life Sciences, and Material Sciences.

            The University of Trent is recognized by students because of its variety of programs in almost every sector, especially in the field of business studies. When it comes to the faculty of business at the university, the objective isn’t just to discover the business world, but also to come up with business courses, which are needed for students to be familiar with the real business world. The aim is to lead, challenge, and question it (Spender). Moreover, the university’s School of Business provides range of postgraduate certificates for students to get more grip in the field of business and two important certificates are Human Resource Management and Marketing & Entrepreneurship (Trent University)

University of Toronto Competitor of Ontario Tech University (UOIT)

            The University of Toronto is actually a public research institute in Canada. The royal charter has founded it as the College of King. This institute has educated 3 Canada’s Governor Generals, 14 Justices of the Supreme Court, 4 foreign leaders, and 4 Prime Ministers. Furthermore, as of 2018, a Fields Medalist has been working with the institute along with ninety-four Rhodes Scholars. The biggest strength of the University of Toronto is the quality of education that it delivers along with the practicality. Similar to the education that it is delivering, the faculty of business is motivated to teach practical knowledge to students about the business world. The Bachelor of Business Administration program has so many courses to offer and some of these important courses are Management and Marketing, Strategic Management, Management and Accounting, Management and Human Resources, Mathematical Applications in Economics and Finance, and Economics for Management Studies (UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO)

Ryerson University Competitor of Ontario Tech University (UOIT)

            Ryerson University is a public research university in Canada. In addition to delivering part-time and full-time undergraduate and graduate programs leading to different degrees, the institute also seems to offer distance education and part-time degrees. It has a faculty of science, architectural science and engineering, community services, arts, and management.

            The strength of Ryerson University resides in the fact that it is a home to the biggest business school in Canada. When it comes to the faculty of business, it delivers largest undergraduate programs which are grouped into retail management, tourism and hospitality management, business technology management, accounting and finance, business management, business technology management, as well as Master of Business Administration (MBA). The MBA program of this university is ranked in Top 10 MBA programs in Canada by the Canadian Business (Ryerson University)

York University Competitor of Ontario Tech University (UOIT)

            York University is a public research institute in Canada. It is a third-largest university in Canada and there are almost 52,300 students. It actually has eleven faculties including the Faculty of Design, Media, Arts, Graduate Studies, Environmental Studies, Health, Education, Science etc.

            The strength of York University resides in the education that it delivers regarding field of Business. The objective of the faculty of the business of York University is different from others because it is about changing the lives of students while delivering a competitive edge (Kotler). The university offers vast range of business related programs such as Business & Sustainability Graduate Diploma, Business Analytics, Master of Business Administration (MBA), International Master of Business Administration (IMBA), Kellogg–Schulich Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) etc (York University)

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