About
Located in the Heart of the Niagara Region – just minutes from one of the world’s most well-known tourism destinations – Niagara College offers more than 130 innovative programs between the state-of-the-art campuses in Welland and Niagara-on-the-Lake. Together these campuses provide unique living laboratories and top-notch facilities that deliver hands-on applied learning opportunities, world-class applied research, and smaller class sizes in an intimate and friendly environment.
The 125-acre Niagara-on-the-Lake campus features ecological lagoons, wetland systems, landscaped gardens and a 40-acre on-campus teaching vineyard. Students and visitors are also offered unique experiences at the on-campus enterprises: The NC Teaching Brewery, Winery, Distillery, NC Teaching Greenhouse and NC Teaching Spa, and Benchmark–a student-led restaurant that showcases food, wine and beer created and prepared by students. This campus houses the schools of Academic, Liberal and Access Studies; Business and Management; Environmental and Horticultural Studies; Hospitality, Tourism and Sport; Apprenticeship; and the Canadian Food & Wine Institute.
Why Niagara College - Niagara-on-the-Lake
- Campus Life and Surroundings: The Outlet Collection at Niagara sits immediately across the street, and features over 100 well-known retail brands, as well as plenty of food options. Niagara Falls, one of the wonders of the natural world, is only 25 minutes away by car. The beautiful Niagara Parkway, Niagara River, and Ontario Wine Country are within driving distance as well.
- Facilities: The Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus offers students access to a range of modern facilities, including the Benchmark Restaurant, the NC Teaching Brewery, the NC Teaching Greenhouse and the NC Teaching Spa.
- Hands-On Learning: Niagara College focuses on providing students with hands-on learning opportunities. Many of the offered programs have a practical component.
- Many Options: Niagara College offers a range of programs, ensuring that there is something for every student.
College Diploma - Greenhouse Technician
As a Greenhouse Technician graduate, students will have a strong understanding of balanced plant environment, pest management technology and labour management policies and the ability to successfully manage greenhouse or nursery production.
- • The 125-acre Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake is located in the heart of Canada’s expanding greenhouse industry and serves as a living lab for students including Ontario’s largest training greenhouse, container and field nursery operations, and on-site greenhouse equipment.
- • Gain practical greenhouse experience working with an integrated pest management system.
- • Connect with greenhouse leaders via extensive field trips to local ornamental and vegetable greenhouses and industry trade shows.
College Diploma - Horticultural Technician
Horticultural Technician students are focused on sustainable growing techniques and maintenance practices to help increase the biodiversity of the urban/suburban landscape.
Highlights
- • The 125-acre Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake serves as a living lab with the Niagara College Greenhouse Nursery, Ontario’s largest training greenhouse, newly renovated landscape design studio and computer lab, and a heated landscape workshop.
- • Study and research new technologies for generating flowers, fruits, turf and trees.
- • Gain practical experience exploring sustainable growth techniques in the campus landscape, gardens and greenhouse.
- • Hands-on learning of plant health to protect biodiversity in nature.
This program requires valid language test results
Applicants interested in applying for direct admission, but are yet to complete an acceptable language test, can do so, but must provide valid results before receiving a final offer letter. (Varies based on student nationality)
This program has nationality specific English requirements
This program offers conditional admissions
For conditional admission, instead of submitting language proficiency test scores, applicants may complete English courses prior to the academic program. The length of the English course is determined based on the applicant‘s level of English proficiency.
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