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Global Fashion School Rankings 2015

Ryerson University School of Fashion

Toronto , Canada

Located in downtown Toronto, Ryerson’s school of fashion is the oldest fashion programme in Canada. Ryerson is highly competitive and has a low acceptance rate of sixteen percent for fashion design and fourteen percent for fashion communication programmes. All undergraduate students are required to complete four hundred hours of fashion industry internships between the second and final years of study, and third year students can apply for international exchange programmes. Students scored the university very high for both business and marketing aspects in their studies. Graduate courses are small in size and, overall, students praised the high international diversity of the student body. Students were dissatisfied by careers services, which are somewhat limited by the smaller scale of the Canadian fashion industry.

Select Year

12th

Undergraduate, Fashion Ranking 2015

Full-time fashion students

640

International students

5%

Student : Teacher ratio

39:1

15:1 including part time lecturers

Tuition: Domestic/intl

$6k/$18k

Acceptance rate

16%

16% for Bdes Fashion Design, 14% Bdes Fashion Communication

Graduation Rate

80%

Courses Offered

Undergraduate:
Fashion Communication (Bdes), Fashion Design (Bdes)

8th

Graduate, Fashion Ranking 2015

Full-time fashion students

25

International students

12%

Student : Teacher ratio

3:1

Tuition: Domestic/intl

$8k/$18k

Acceptance rate

46%

Graduation Rate

94%

Courses Offered

Graduate:
Fashion (MA)

Student & Alumni Comments

"It was an eye opening experience and taught me a variety of skills across all facets of fashion that make me stand out as a job candidate today. The professors were always available to their students and encouraged us to solve problems on our own using whatever resources are available, ultimately providing the greatest learning experience."

Alumni

"Very diverse classes and amazing teachers. Throughout the years, I've managed to learn how to utilise various skills (management, design tools, software applications, etc.) applicable to fashion, technology and business. All of these skills I've learnt continue to help me in cultivating my career path."

Alumni

"I enjoyed the fashion school experience, but I wish I had the experiences many of my friends based in New York at FIT or Parsons had. The Toronto circuit is smaller and seldom offers employment opportunities."

Alumni

"I learned a ton of technical knowledge (textiles, draping, pattern drafting etc) that puts me far ahead of many of the creative-only type schools (for example Parsons) in positions other than design."

Alumni

"The school doesn't teach you how to become a star, it teaches kids how to do the job and be the best at it."

Alumni

"The school is very technical and does not focus on the creative process. I wish they had more professors to help develop your own creative process."

Alumni

Full Undergraduate, Fashion Ranking

The Business of Fashion's global fashion school rankings aim to provide an objective assessment of the top undergraduate and graduate fashion programmes around the world.

Full Graduate, Fashion Ranking

The Business of Fashion's global fashion school rankings aim to provide an objective assessment of the top undergraduate and graduate fashion programmes around the world.