TOP UNIVERSITIES COMING TO TORONTO
FOR STUDY AND GO ABROAD FAIR
On September 26 and 27th, students, parents, professionals, educators and all those
interested in studying and living abroad will converge at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto
North to meet with representatives from over 100 universities and colleges from all over
the world, to learn about top-ranking Undergraduate and Graduate programs, both at
home and overseas.
Many of the universities attending the Study and Go Abroad University Fair are
consistently ranked top in the world. To give you an example of the prestigious line-up at
the fairs: University College of London – ranked 4th in the world (according to QS World
University Rankings) in 2009 and 2010; Kings College London ranked 23rd; UCLA at
35th; and the Politecnico di Milano, ranked as one of the top European universities in
Engineering, Architecture and Industrial Design, and in many disciplines, regarded as a
leading research institution worldwide.
The fair will host many institutions in the top 200 in the world including Australia’s
University of Melbourne, University of Western Australia and Monash University; UK’s
University of Bristol, University of Bath, University of Warwick, Queen Mary, University of
London and Cardiff University; the US, top-ranking universities coming include Purdue,
Penn State, Stony Brook, UCLA, University of Southern California; and from Korea,
Korea University. These are just to mention a few of the institutions which will be at the
fair.
The Study and Go Abroad Fair, now in its seventeenth year, will welcome approximately
2,000 visitors who will have a unique opportunity to explore Bachelor’s, Master’s and
Doctoral programs in a wide range of subject areas. A program of hourly seminars will
run throughout the event and will start an hour before the fair opens each day with
feature speaker Jean-Marc Hachey, author of The BIG Guide to Living and Working
Overseas. The seminar program is varied, highly informative and interesting. Admission
is free!
Almost 30,000 Canadians went to the US to study in the 2008/2009 academic year;
4,400 studied in Australia (2007), and the Universities and Colleges Admissions
Services (UCAS) reports that the number of Canadian applicants to UK universities
increased by 19.4% in January 2010 versus 2009. In today’s world, an education abroad
can be a competitive advantage in the marketplace as well as an excellent way to
expand personal horizons.
Study and Go Abroad Fair
Where: Sheraton Parkway, Toronto North, 600 Highway 7 East, Richmond Hill
When: Sunday, Sept 26 from noon to 5pm; Monday, Sept 27 from 5pm to 8pm.
Seminars start an hour early on each day.
Admission, seminars and parking are FREE.
www.studyandgoabroad.com
info@studyandgoabroad.com
Contact for Press questions:
Katie Idle – 778 998 3587
Katie@recruitincanada.com