Established in 1964, Brock University is a public institution located on a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) biosphere reserve in St. Catharine's, Ontario. The school has more than 17,000 students and offers an international program for American students and those from other parts of the world. The visual arts program options at Brock include a three-year bachelor's, a four-year honors bachelor's, a four-year combined bachelor's in art and computer science and a five-year combined bachelor's in art and education. Specializations for students include drawing, painting, installation art, video art, photography and digital media.
Brock University
500 Glenridge Ave.
St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1
Canada
(905) 688-5550
brocku.ca
Located in Toronto, Ontario College of Art & Design is home to more than 2,500 students. The university boasts small class sizes, with a student to faculty ratio of only 16 to 1, according to the school's website. The public university offers four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in criticism and curatorial practice, drawing and painting, media, photography, printmaking and sculpture and installation art. Graduates from the program have the option to spend a fifth year studying in Florence to receive a post-graduate certificate in Advanced Visual Studies. The school offers Masters of Fine Art degree and also has an international student program.
Ontario College of Art & Design
100 McCaul St.
Toronto, ON M5T 1W1
Canada
(416) 977-6000
ocad.ca
Founded in 1908, the University of British Columbia is in the province's largest city, Vancouver. The school is home to more than 45,000 undergraduate and graduate students, approximately 5,500 of which are international, according to the 2009 Barron's Profiles of American Colleges. All students gain exposure to drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture and digital media and take a seminar course each year that focuses on artistic criticism and writing. For graduate-level students, the school grants master's level degrees as well.
University of British Columbia
1200-1874 East Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
Canada
(604) 822-8999
ubc.ca
With more than 27,000 undergraduate and graduate students, the University of Calgary is a public university. The school has an international student recruiting program, which has resulted in the presence of over 1,700 foreign students at the university, reports its website. The university offers a traditional Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in studio arts as well as a combined education and art degree. Students can also choose to major in art and a humanities-related field like foreign languages, history or literature. A master's program in fine arts is also offered.
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive Northwest
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
Canada
(403) 220-5110
uca.edu