OCAD University: Statistics

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#2578 of 14,131 In the World
#720 of 2,597 In North America
#62 of 101 In Canada
#19 of 24 In Ontario
#4 of 4 In Toronto
#796 of 1,025 For Illustration and Concept Art
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Quick Review

Acceptance rate
65%
Enrollment
4,827
Type
Non-profit
Funding
Public-private
partnership
Highest Degree
Master
Website
www.ocadu.ca
Languages
English

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Acceptance Rate65%
Admissions RequirementsCompetitive admission
Academic CalendarSemesters
Enrollment4,827
Full time employee250
Student:staff ratio19:1

We've calculated the 65% acceptance rate for OCAD University based on the ratio of admissions to applications and other circumstantial enrollment data. Treat this information as a rough guide and not as a definitive measure of your chances of admission. Different programs may have significantly varying admissions rates.

Research profile

OCAD University has published 625 scientific papers with 4,328 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, Political Science, Philosophy, Law, Art & Design, Sociology, Environmental Science, and History.

Publications
625
Citations
4,328

OCAD University majors

by publication & citation count

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
503 / 3,067
Computer Science
366 / 3,425
Engineering
311 / 2,201
Political Science
311 / 1,473
Philosophy
310 / 1,978
Law
295 / 1,433
Art & Design
294 / 1,101
Sociology
279 / 1,976
Environmental Science
276 / 2,304
History
244 / 903
Geography and Cartography
213 / 1,390
Biology
213 / 2,082
Psychology
203 / 1,726
Business
192 / 1,363
Archaeology
180 / 849
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
168 / 1,326
Physics
165 / 1,554
Linguistics
150 / 773
Medicine
149 / 1,954
Fashion Design
139 / 236
Human-Computer Interaction
136 / 956
Economics
130 / 1,066
Geology
113 / 1,210
Mechanical Engineering
105 / 687
Mathematics
94 / 1,048
Quantum and Particle physics
93 / 721
Ecology
93 / 1,247
Literature
90 / 278
Chemistry
90 / 1,958
Paleontology
85 / 396
Multimedia
83 / 298
Development Studies
82 / 658
Aesthetics
81 / 328
Art History
77 / 58
Anthropology
76 / 656
Social Psychology
71 / 474
Management
69 / 663
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies
66 / 154
Management Information Systems
61 / 753
Education Majors
60 / 464

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1991 1 0
1992 0 0
1993 0 0
1994 0 0
1995 0 1
1996 0 0
1997 0 1
1998 0 0
1999 0 0
2000 1 0
2001 1 0
2002 2 0
2003 0 0
2004 4 2
2005 7 1
2006 2 2
2007 4 5
2008 6 10
2009 3 8
2010 11 11
2011 17 11
2012 21 32
2013 36 47
2014 55 87
2015 40 123
2016 45 205
2017 35 289
2018 55 314
2019 46 439
2020 54 561
2021 53 684
2022 59 697
2023 55 737
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Programs and Degrees

The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by OCAD University.

Note that the table provides a general overview and might not cover all the specific majors available at the university. Always visit the university's website for the most up-to-date information on the programs offered.

Programs Bachelor Master Doctoral
Art & Design Yes Yes No
Biology No No No
Business No No No
Chemistry No No No
Computer Science Yes Yes No
Economics No No No
Engineering No No No
Environmental Science No No No
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Yes Yes No
Mathematics No No No
Medicine No No No
Physics No No No
Psychology No No No
Maîtrise/Master's Degree Design, Fine Arts, Media Studies
Diplôme et certificat de 2e cycle/Graduate Diploma and Certificate Fine Arts

OCAD University alumni

  1. Michael Ironside

    Michael Ironside
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    television actorfilm directorscreenwriterfilm actorvoice actor
    Biography

    Frederick Reginald "Michael" Ironside is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He is known for playing villains and antiheroes, but has also portrayed sympathetic characters.

  2. Peter Ho

    Peter Ho
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    television actortelevision produceractorsinger
    Biography

    Peter Ho is an American-Hong Kong-Taiwanese singer, actor, television producer, director, screenwriter and model based in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Since his debut in 1998, he has released seven albums and has starred in over 25 films and television series, most notably Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Wind and Cloud, One Meter Sunshine, Goddess of Mercy, The Young Warriors, Three Kingdoms, King's War, Summer's Desire, and Nothing Gold Can Stay.

  3. Aimee Chan

    Aimee Chan
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    graphic designeractormodel
    Biography

    Aimee Chan or Chan Yan-mei (Traditional Chinese: 陳茵媺) is a Canadian born actress based in Hong Kong. She was the winner of Miss Hong Kong 2006 and was offered a TVB contract shortly after.

  4. Richard Williams

    Richard Williams
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1933-2019 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwritervisual artistfilm produceranimator
    Biography

    Richard Edmund Williams was a Canadian-British animator, voice actor, and painter. A three-time Academy Award winner, he is best known as the animation director on Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) -- for which he won two Academy Awards -- and as the director of his unfinished feature film The Thief and the Cobbler (1993). His work on the short film A Christmas Carol (1971) earned him his first Academy Award. He was also a film title sequence designer and animator. Other works in this field include the title sequences for What's New Pussycat? (1965) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) and title and linking sequences in The Charge of the Light Brigade and the intros of the eponymous cartoon feline for two of the later Pink Panther films. In 2002 he published The Animator's Survival Kit, an authoritative manual of animation methods and techniques, which has since been turned into a 16-DVD box set as well as an iOS app. From 2008 he worked as artist in residence at Aardman Animations in Bristol, and in 2015 he received both Oscar and BAFTA nominations in the best animated short category for his short film Prologue.

All 53 notable alumni

OCAD University faculties and divisions

Course/Programme : Aboriginal Visual Culture Indigenous Studies, Visual Arts
Course/Programme : Alternative Studies Design, Fine Arts
Course/Programme : Continuing Studies Art History, Design, Multimedia, Painting and Drawing, Photography, Sculpture
Course/Programme : DFI (Digital Futures Initiative) Media Studies, Multimedia
Course/Programme : English Language English
Course/Programme : Graduate Studies Advertising and Publicity, Art Criticism, Art History, Design, Fine Arts, Media Studies
Course/Programme : Interdisciplinary Studies Media Studies, Technology, Visual Arts
Faculty : Art Art Criticism, Fine Arts, Media Studies, Painting and Drawing, Photography, Printing and Printmaking, Sculpture
Faculty : Design Advertising and Publicity, Ceramic Art, Design, Graphic Design, Handicrafts, Industrial Design, Jewellery Art, Painting and Drawing
Faculty : Liberal Studies Arts and Humanities, English, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Technology, Visual Arts

General information

Alternative names OCAD U
Founded 1876
Motto Imagination is Everything
Colors black, white

Location and contacts

Address 100 McCaul Street
Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1W1
Canada
City population 2,794,000

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