Ontario Tech University

Ontario Tech University is a public university in Oshawa, Ontario, on the eastern edge of the Greater Toronto Area. It opened in 2003 as the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, a provincially created STEM-focused institution, and adopted the Ontario Tech University name in 2018. It was founded as a technical and professional university rather than a collegiate campus, with sites in north Oshawa and downtown Oshawa.

Faculties cover engineering and applied science, science, business and information technology, health sciences, social science and humanities, and education. Graduate work is strongest in engineering, nuclear and energy systems, computer science, and health sciences. The university's location near Ontario's nuclear generating stations and a historic automotive manufacturing base shapes laboratory and industry-linked research.

Enrollment is about 10,000 students, including a growing graduate population and a substantial share of international students. Faculty number a few hundred. As a young university, its alumni are still early in careers in engineering, information technology, and the health professions.

Graduate degrees include master's and doctorates in the STEM faculties, with a mix of coursework professional master's and thesis research. Supervision follows a North American committee model. The year is organized in semesters. Oshawa is a mid-sized industrial city; students split time between the north campus and downtown, with Toronto within commuting distance.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, Ontario Tech University lists 3 graduate programs in computer science and operations research & management science: 2 master's programs and 1 doctoral program.