Conestoga College, PG diploma in Information technology Business Analysis
Reviewed on Aug 21, 2025(Enrolled 2023)What Students Say
Likes
- Ambience & Teaching culture - Entire campus has a wonderful environment. The campus is vast with multiple blocks where each block is associated with each courses. The campus is well known for the wide variety of courses it offers the students. Right from haircut to research technology, students have flexibility to choose the courses of their interest. Apart from the two year courses, there are one year courses too which will help the students to switch or learn multiple subjects. The college prefers students to apply the concepts in real life for better understanding and expertise.
- Recreation centre - The next big thing about the doon campus is the big building which gives the options for students to utilise for their mobility and exercises. It has a North and South Gymnasium with a large gym, basketball court, volleyball court, badminton court, Indoor cricket stadium, Squash court and a 250 meter runway along with a Pitapit which sells healthy and protein food.
- Events - The craziest and funniest things are the events held in the campus. You don't get surprised when each week has at least one event happening in the campus. You have the Venue which is an Indoor party hall where you can booze, eat, sing and dance with your fellow mates and outdoor events that happen during the summer and fall with DJ and EDM artists entertaining you all around. You should never miss this. It is a place to expand your network and friends.
Dislikes
- Class timings - The class timings are too extreme. You have early morning classes at 8AM sometimes and sometimes your class ends late night around 10PM. Although few courses are online, the issue comes when the classrooms are in different blocks and students have to walk for at least 10 minutes in this large campus. Attendance is taken into consideration. Students have to inform the professor if they are on leave.
- Increased tuition fees - While applying for the college, students were advised of a fixed amount for each semester fees, but things have changed later, the fees was increased by 1500 dollars in the third semester and fourth semester. This bought a burden to all the students. Increased fees created a major inconvenience for everyone.
- Overcrowded students (as of 2023 and 2024)- The large number of students was a major trouble as every single time we step into the campus, we see students and crowd everywhere. As majority of the students travel in the buses, they hardly got the space to even stand in the buses. If there is no space available, students had to wait for another bus in the freezing climate. It is not easy to stand in the extreme temperatures.
Course Curriculum
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- There is no difficult course in this course. You just have to take care of Capstone in the last semester. Most of the part is theory, as my course is IT business analysis.
- Positive aspects is that course is flexible for anyone in the IT field. You have the scope to go for it if you want to get into the IT industry or the banking industry.
- Negative aspects is that you get very less chances of being hired as there are few positions in the Business analyst roles.
- 2 classes at most; 0 is the least. 30 students is the average count. 80% of the students are Indians.
Admission Experience
- I have applied to Humber, Fanshawe, Lambton and Conestoga colleges. I received admission from Fanshaw college in London. Humber put my application under review for a long time. Lambton did not accept my application due to admission being filled. Conestoga accepted my application and I joined this college without a second thought. I applied for the Doon campus specifically. It has access to many things. The facilities provided and ambience of this camp are unmatchable. I loved the campus.
- Although I thought of going to Humber college as it was my primary option to join, my application was on hold for a long time. In the meantime, I received offers from both Fanshawe and Conestoga. I did not receive any email from Fanshawe about the admission offer letter unless I requested the status of my application from my Consultancy advisor. After I got the acceptance letter from Conestoga, I directly joined this campus. I worked in IT support, which is my part-time job, from Jan 2024 to Dec 2024.
- I received the acceptance from this college at the right time. I was waiting a lot for the Humber college acceptance letter but I couldn't get it. I don't regret the decision of not going to Humber anymore. I stayed in a town and got to know the culture of the people here in Canada. I love Canada.
- The admission process is not very tough; it was handled by one of the consultancies I approached, there is no fees I paid for the admission application. I just applied and got accepted. Just filling in the details and giving an SOP would be enough. Not much of a task.
- The minimum score one needs to score in IELTS is 6.5; I'm not sure about the other language tests.
- There were no challenges when I applied for this college. It was very easy to apply. All you need to do is wait for the email on their decision. By the way, this college has a higher acceptance rate. I would recommend the students if they are not really bothered about the placement opportunities but get a good experience in their field back home.
- I applied for Fall 2023 which starts in September. I could've applied in May 2023 but I gave the time for the colleges to review the applications. I feel like it is not bad to apply for this intake. You come in the right time, when winter is 2 to 3 months ahead after your entry to Canada.
- The admission process took almost 2 months of time. I had to apply and wait until the decision was made. Just had to be patient enough.
Faculty
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- There will be 5 to 6 subjects each semester. It would be 1:30 for each subject. The faculty has access to each student and can manage to get a hold of them.
- Teaching methodology is PowerPoint. There are presentations which usually take place. There are many group projects which will improve the teamwork in the future.
- My faculty have assisted me in finding the part-time job oncampus through their referral.
- I admire some of my faculty members, as I have beenin touch with them since the beginning. I'm connected to them over LinkedIn.
Campus Life
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- There are a total of 5 campuses.
- I already shared about the facilities and events. We have access to everything. The events and fests were awesome.
- It helps us to grow the network and get to know new people here. It is best to attend those events, which will be a relief for many and boost the energy to do anything.
- Welcome fests are great with DJs coming up.
Part Time Jobs
- Part-time opportunities are fewer. You have a lot of students who look for the jobs in the beginning. It is challenging. Making connections and getting a job through a referral is the best thing we can do.
- 1 in 200 students get TA, RA and DA positions.
- The pay range varies from 18 to 20 CAD an hour.
- IT support, the Student Recreation Centre, CSI students, the Venue, and Tim Forton's Foos cafe has part time jobs.
- The maximum number of hours per week is 24.
- It is difficult to get the jobs On campus. But you have to make sure the resume is perfect.
- Most Indian students work in the food chain like cafes, coffee shops, and restaurants. It is easy if you have friends working in those places. The students have to prepare resumes and apply for the jobs online.
- As far as I know, referral is a crucial thing to be considered. Without a referral it would be very tough to get a job just by applying. So always ensure you have someone working in any field you want to apply to.
Placement
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- There is a large number of students who graduate after each batch. The number of pass-outs are more and the openings are fewer. This leads to heavy competition.
- The average salary would be 60000 CAD annually.
- Students start applying for the jobs online through Indeed, Linkedin, Glassdoor. They do networking as well, and it plays a crucial role.
- Very few people got placed in the companies. Especially those who have experience back in India.
- Banks like TD, RBC, and Scotiabank.
Accommodation
Off Campus
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- Off campus is better, as the price is less. I used Facebook and also personal networks to get an accommodation.
- I paid 500 for a shared room.
- I did not find many challenges. My friends found the accommodation challenging in the beginning due to the housing crisis.
- My suggestions for the future students would be to just try to get in touch with the people already staying in Canada. They will be happy to help.
- My accommodation is 13km away, and I used to travel almost an hour to reach the campus. I was comfortable at my house, so travelling never bothered me much.
Exams
- We need IELTS. There are other exams like TOEFL and PTE that will work too.
- Statement of Purpose, LOR, CV, previous experience if you have any, a bachelor's degree with a minimum number of backlogs, and a decent score in schooling.
- There is no interview part for this application process.
- It is a direct application; that's it. There's not much to do except apply and wait for the decision to be made.
Fees
- I paid 8500 CAD per semester for the tuition fees.
- The room rent was 500 CAD per person in shared accommodation.
- The fees were semester-wise in the college. I paid for the two semesters first and then paid the third semester fees and final semester fees later on.
- The monthly expenses would be 650 CAD including the room rent, groceries and any other daily needs. It is better to keep an additional amount in all cases.
- Room rent is a minimum of 500 CAD; transportation would be 80 CAD per month depending on the town you are in; regular expenses would be 100 CAD depending on the amount you spend.
Scholarship
- I did not receive any scholarship for my course in ITBA.
- Some students who scored in the semesters would receive so.
- The amount from the college. None of my batchmates received scholarships.
- No one that I know of. It depends on the field they are in. I heard some students getting some amount deducted from their fees.
- Things have changed after I passed out.
