The Rotman School of Management is located in the downtown area of North America’s third largest financial district: Toronto. Our location is one of the things that give us a competitive advantage over other good business schools in Ontario. Both being in Toronto and located in the core of downtown area have its perks.
First of all the City of Toronto; apart from being the provincial capital of Ontario, the city itself has a lot to offer. It is the most multicultural city in North America. You can see many different nationalities on the streets and on the TTC-Toronto’s public transit system. You can taste a lot of different ethnic foods without having to leave the country! If you are an international student, you will not only find your own community but also will have the opportunity taste something from home. There are many festivals and events taking place in Toronto; you can check out this great blog about Toronto.
Being in the financial centre of Canada, you can expose yourself to many different opportunities in various industries. You can see many Canadian head offices in Toronto as well as offices of global companies. When you do an MBA, naturally you expect more options to be available to you. Thus location matters when you are doing your MBA.
As a business school, we benefit a lot from our location. Our school is minutes away from Bay Street-Canada’s Wall Street. Being in the centre of this highly dynamic city has its obvious advantages. We have access to many recruiters located on Bay Street who love to come on campus to interview our students or hold events at our venue. The campus is very accessible by subway; employers find it very easy to conduct on-campus interviews because they do not have to spend their entire day commuting. They have interviews in the morning and are back in the office after lunch. They find it very efficient. The same applies to the students. They can have a coffee chat with one of our alumni in between classes. Having this practicality makes networking fun and fast.
Toronto is more urbanised than the top USA cities along with Montreal.
New York 8.3 million or 2.7%
Los Angeles 3.8 million or 1.3%
Toronto 5.1 million or 16.2%
The unlimited events and public speaker series at the Rotman School are again due to our very convenient location. A lot of external people enjoy coming to Rotman to see the school and meet with different people. All of our MBA students can attend these events free of charge. These events are not only informative but also a good break from course work. They also develop new contacts and expand their network in the city.
As they say it is “location location location” that makes a place unique and highly sought after. When choosing a business school, it is definitely important to consider the proximity of the school to the city centre because it will give you clues about a number of things: on-campus recruitment, various events, guest speakers, networking opportunities and also it will set the parameters of your whereabouts as well for two years. Who does not want to live in the city and walk to school and interviews?