page_title: Polytechnics Canada
hierarchical_section_title: Polytechnics Canada
caption_attribution_description: The Clayton Carroll Automotive Centre of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
context_page_description: Polytechnics Canada is a national association of Canada’s leading colleges, polytechnics and institutes of technology. With members located in Canada’s key economic regions. Polytechnics Canada is the voice of institutions with a common focus on advanced technical and technological education. In 2016/2017, the association's thirteen members engaged over 11,850 students in applied research, trained over 45,000 apprentices, and provided work-integrated learning opportunities for 63% of all programs across a wide range of credentials.
  Polytechnics Canada focuses on three main areas of federal policy advocacy:
  Innovation, applied research and commercialization
  Talent, including apprenticeships, the skilled trades and work-integrated learning
  The future of work, workforce development, and labour market information to guide the decisions of students, educations and employers
  Polytechnics Canada’s members collectively represent 234, 700 full-time students, 97,750 part-time students, 55,500 international students, and produce 82,700 graduates annually. The association’s members have strength across a variety of credentials, offering:
  185 stand-alone bachelor’s degrees
context_section_description: Polytechnics Canada is a national association of Canada’s leading colleges, polytechnics and institutes of technology. With members located in Canada’s key economic regions. Polytechnics Canada is the voice of institutions with a common focus on advanced technical and technological education.  In 2016/2017, the association's thirteen members engaged over 11,850 students in applied research, trained over 45,000 apprentices, and provided work-integrated learning opportunities for 63% of all programs across a wide range of credentials.
  Polytechnics Canada focuses on three main areas of federal policy advocacy:
  Innovation, applied research and commercialization
  Talent, including apprenticeships, the skilled trades and work-integrated learning
  The future of work, workforce development, and labour market information to guide the decisions of students, educations and employers
  Polytechnics Canada’s members collectively represent 234, 700 full-time students, 97,750 part-time students, 55,500 international students, and produce 82,700 graduates annually. The association’s members have strength across a variety of credentials, offering:
  185 stand-alone bachelor’s degrees
  26 bachelor’s degrees offered jointly with a university
  967 diploma programs
  604 certificate programs
  306 graduate certificates
  261 apprenticeship programs
caption: SAIT Polytechnic
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