Seneca Polytechnic

About Seneca Polytechnic

Seneca Polytechnic (legally Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology) is a public college in Toronto, founded in the 1960s and branded as a polytechnic since 2023. It offers more than 145 full-time programmes, including bachelor's degrees, diplomas and graduate certificates.

Seneca is known for business, IT, engineering technology, health, creative arts and aviation; its Bachelor of Aviation is taught at its own flight campus in Peterborough. It has more than 70 transfer agreements with universities in Canada, Australia, the UK, Ireland and the US.

Founded

1967

Type

Public college (polytechnic)

Students

30,000 full-time

Main campus

Newnham, Toronto

Programmes

145+ full-time

Location: Toronto, Canada

Toronto, Canada

Seneca's largest campus is Newnham in north Toronto, one of the biggest college campuses in Canada. It also teaches at Seneca@York on York University's campus, at King campus in King City, and at the Peterborough aviation campus.

Toronto is Canada's largest city, with a big Pakistani community, plenty of student jobs and good public transport.

For international students

Seneca welcomes about 10,000 international students a year from around 130 countries. Programmes usually start in September, January or May. You will need academic documents and an English test such as IELTS.

Canada caps the number of new study permits each year, and most applicants now need a Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL) from the province along with their admission letter. The rules change often, so our team checks the latest requirements for your course before you apply.

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