Trent University

Trent University

Trent University is a public liberal arts university in Peterborough, Ontario, which was founded in 1963 and welcomed its first students a year later. It has been set up as a collegiate university system with its colleges - Champlain, Lady Eaton, Catharine Parr Traill, Otonabee, and Peter Gzowski - each having their own residence halls and student governments. It has around 17,000 students across its campuses and colleges. Trent University has been ranked as Ontario’s number 1 undergraduate university for 12 years in a row in Maclean’s University Rankings. It has also been ranked as number 1 in Ontario and number 2 in the whole of Canada for overall reputation and second in the country for most innovative university. What is the Trent University acceptance rate for International Students? The Trent University acceptance rate is 49%. Trent University has been working hard to upgrade and improve its facilities in recent years. This has included the transformation of the Bata Library to add an entrepreneurship and social innovation centre and educational design research studio. There’s also a new Student Centre and new residence and academic building at the Durham Greater Toronto Area campus. Student Life Trent University has ranked as the second best university in Canada for student services in Maclean’s University Rankings. As well as placing in the top 6.6% of universities in the world, Trent University also enjoys high levels of student satisfaction. 95% of students said they were happy to have chosen the university while 94% were satisfied with the overall quality of their education received here.

Our Campuses

Durham GTA Campus

Oshawa, Canada

Peterborough Campus

Peterborough, Canada

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Programs at Trent University

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Master's

Postgraduate Certificate Applied Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

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Artificial Intelligence
2 years
Canada
Master's

Postgraduate Certificate Software Development and Applied Artificial Intelligence

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Software design focuses on how programs are structured before and while they are written: breaking problems into components, choosing patterns and interfaces, and building systems that stay understandable as they grow. Practical coding sits alongside architecture, testing and version control. Graduates often work as software engineers, architects and technical leads.

Software Design
2 years
Canada
Master's

Postgraduate Certificate Logistics and Supply Chain Management

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This field follows goods from raw material to customer: sourcing, production planning, warehousing, transport and the information that ties them together. It involves modelling flows, controlling inventory and cost, and managing disruption across suppliers and borders. Graduates often work in procurement, logistics, operations planning and distribution.

Supply Chain Management
2 years
Canada
Master's

Postgraduate Certificate Health and Wellness

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Health care is concerned with how health services are organised, delivered and improved, taking in patient needs, clinical practice, ethics, quality and the systems holding it together. Health sciences sit alongside management and social science. Graduates often work in clinical support, health administration, public health bodies and service improvement.

Health Care
2 years
Canada
Master's

Postgraduate Certificate Applied Artificial Intelligence & Financial Analytics

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Artificial intelligence studies how machines can perceive, learn, reason and act, covering machine learning, neural networks, language and vision, search and planning, and the ethical questions raised along the way. Mathematics and programming underpin the work. Graduates often work in machine learning engineering, research, data roles, robotics and product development.

Artificial Intelligence
2 years
Canada
Master's

Postgraduate Certificate Accounting and Computer Science

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Accounting deals with how financial information is recorded, verified and reported so that decisions can be made and organisations held to account. Study covers financial and management accounting, auditing, taxation and reporting rules. Graduates often work in accountancy practice, corporate finance teams, audit, tax, and financial management or analysis.

Accounting
2 years
Canada
MSc

MSc Psychology

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Psychology studies mind and behaviour: perception, memory, development, personality, mental health and how people act within groups. It is an empirical discipline, so designing research and interpreting evidence sit at its centre. Graduates often work in mental health services, research, education, human resources, user research and social services.

Psychology
2 years
Canada
MSc

MSc Forensic Science

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Forensic science applies laboratory analysis to questions raised by investigations: what a trace of material is, where it came from, and what it can reliably show. Evidence handling, analytical chemistry and biology, and careful neutral reporting are central. Graduates often work in forensic laboratories, investigative support and analytical testing.

Forensic Sciences
1 year
Canada
MSc

MSc Environmental & Life Sciences

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Biology is the study of living things, from molecules and cells to organisms, populations and whole ecosystems. Laboratory and field methods sit alongside genetics, physiology, evolution and ecology. Graduates often move into research and laboratory work, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, conservation and environmental roles, education and science communication.

Biology
2 years
Canada
Master's

MMgt Master of Management - Strategic Change Management

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Business examines how organisations are created, financed, run and grown, from managing people and money to reading markets and making decisions under uncertainty. Coursework blends analysis with practical judgement. Graduates often move into management, consulting and entrepreneurship, or into specialist roles across finance, operations and marketing.

Business
1 year 4 months
Canada
Master's

MMgt Master of Management - Health Care Management

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Business administration concentrates on running an organisation as a whole: coordinating people, budgets, operations and strategy so that separate departments work in step. Attention falls on decisions that cut across functions rather than on a narrow specialism. Graduates often move into general management, operations, consulting, and planning or administrative roles across sectors.

Business Administration
1 year 4 months
Canada
Master's

MMgt Master of Management

Trent University

Business examines how organisations are created, financed, run and grown, from managing people and money to reading markets and making decisions under uncertainty. Coursework blends analysis with practical judgement. Graduates often move into management, consulting and entrepreneurship, or into specialist roles across finance, operations and marketing.

Business
1 year 4 months
Canada
BSc

BSc Biology - Health Sciences

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Health care is concerned with how health services are organised, delivered and improved, taking in patient needs, clinical practice, ethics, quality and the systems holding it together. Health sciences sit alongside management and social science. Graduates often work in clinical support, health administration, public health bodies and service improvement.

Health Care
3 years
Canada
Bachelor of Arts

BA (Honours) Medical Professional Stream

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Medicine studies the human body in health and in illness: how disease develops, how it is diagnosed, and how treatment and prevention work. Anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and pathology combine with clinical reasoning, ethics and communication. Graduates often work in clinical care, and also in medical research, public health, education and health policy.

Medicine
4 years
Canada

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