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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
  Ryerson University, commonly referred to simply as Ryerson is a public university in Toronto, Canada. It has 24,000 full-time students, and offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Its Urban Campus surrounds Yonge and Dundas Square, with the majority of its buildings in the blocks northeast of the square. The University offers several programs which are unique in Canada across its five Faculties.
The University was originally established in 1948 as Ryerson Institute of Technology. In 1963-64 its name changed to Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. In 1993 Ryerson gained full University status and changed its name once again to Ryerson Polytechnic University. Since 2002 it has been known simply as Ryerson University.
In addition to offering full time Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degrees, the University also offers part time degrees and certificates through its Chang School of Continuing Education, with over 65,400 annual enrollments.
The University has a large body commuter students, with only 840 students living in Residence across three Residence buildings.
Recently, The University has been undertaking the largest campus expansion of its history, with 6 new buildings constructed within the last decade and 2 additional constructions already announced. There has also been extensive renovation to several buildings, included the Ryerson Theatre, which is one of the largest theatres in downtown Toronto with over 1200 seats.
Campus The University's Urban Campus is located in the Downtown Toronto Core, surrounding Yonge and Dundas Square. It is easily accessible by Subway from Dundas Station. The campus surrounds Kerr Hall, one of the older buildings on the Ryerson Campus. The Ryerson Campus is a collection of buildings, some of which built by Ryerson, but many others which are historic buildings that were converted for use by Ryerson such as the Theatre School's building, which was formerly the Ontario College of Pharmacy, built in 1841.
Campus Expansion
In recent years, the campus has undergone the largest campus expansion of its history. 6 new buildings have been constructed within the past decade and 2 further constructions are in the planning stages, including a Learning Success Centre at the corner of Yonge and Gould Streets on the former site of Sam the Record Man's former flagship store. This represents over $210 million in new construction.
George Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering
"The George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre'' is a 4 storey building that is part of Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario.
The building was to have been originally designed by Santiago Calatrava (designer of the atrium of Brookfield Place). Nearby residents fought the inclusion of a tower component. The project was withdrawn and re-tendered.
Completed in 2004 by Moriyama & Teshima Architects and home to Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Aerospace Engineering. The state-of-the art building cost $65 million to complete.
The building was officially renamed in 2005 to the George Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering after a five million dollar donation from George and Helen Vari.
Ted Rogers School of Management
Previously known as Ryerson's Business Building; however, it was changed to the current name after a $15 million donation from Ted Rogers. This latest addition is located within a new wing of the Toronto Eaton Centre at the southeast corner of Bay and Dundas Streets, the Ted Rogers School of Management occupies three floors of the nine-floor wing (two floors are occupied by retail uses, with an above-grade parking garage occupying the remaining three storeys). The integration of the Ryerson faculty with commercial uses in the same building has been praised as an innovative solution for the downtown university |
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