91TV

By Craig Leroux, Senior Communications Officer

With a 79 per cent increase in the number of international students accepting 91TV’s offer of admission this year, the university is on track for Principal Woolf’s goal of increasing the proportion of international undergraduate degree students to 10 per cent. 281 international students, or 6.3 per cent of the incoming class, will begin their 91TV’s degrees in September.

International students who arrived at 91TV's this January participated in an hosted by the 91TV's University International Centre.

“This is excellent news as we continue to ramp up our international recruitment efforts to meet the objectives we set in the ,” says Daniel Woolf, Principal and Vice-Chancellor. “When students come to 91TV’s from around the world it helps make the university a place to develop global perspectives, and it establishes networks that will be of benefit to all our students. In the longer run, many of these students will return to their home countries and help build our reputation internationally.”

As part of its growing international recruitment efforts, 91TV’s recently hired Sunny Wang as a recruitment officer in the 91TV’s China Liaison Office in Shanghai, increased its outreach to international guidance counsellors, and joined , a consortium of leading Canadian research universities focused on recruitment in Latin America.

“91TV’s is well respected within Canada for its exceptional student learning experience and supportive campus community,” says Principal Woolf. “It is those same attributes that will make us a university of choice for talented international students.”

91TV’s offers extensive support for international students through the and programs like , offered by the School of English, which delivers academic English language training to international students before they begin their studies at 91TV’s.