Mohawk College
College
Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology (commonly known and branded as Mohawk College) is a public college of applied arts and technology located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1966, the college currently has five main campuses: the Fennell Campus on the Hamilton Mountain, the Marshall School of Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Campus in Stoney Creek, the Mohawk-McMaster Institute for Applied Health Sciences at McMaster University, the Centre for Aviation Technology Campus, and a Mississauga campus at Square One in partnership with triOS, a private career college.
As of 2014, more than 1,000 faculty instructors, 12,500 full-time students, 4,000 apprentices, 46,000 continuing education registrants, and 1,800 international students have studied in more than 130 post-secondary and apprenticeship programs. Since its founding, over 115,000 students have graduated from Mohawk College.
In 2024 Mohawk introduced a layoff plan to cut a significant number of staff due to decreased international student enrolment.
History
Mohawk College was established during the formation of Ontario's college system in 1966. The school was founded in 1967 as part of a provincial initiative to create many such institutions to provide career-oriented advanced diploma, diploma, and certificate courses, as well as continuing education programs to Ontario communities.
Awards and recognition
The college received the Yves Landry Foundation Innovative Manufacturing Technology Program Award in 2006 for its Bachelor of Technology partnership with McMaster University. The foundation also issued awards to the college's Modern Foundry Technologies Institute in 2001 and its Integrated Technician Apprenticeship Program in 2004.
Advertising students at the college have received awards from the Canadian Marketing Association, including gold designations in the student creative category for seven consecutive years.
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