Once you have decided on the program that you want (or need) to take to get work in the occupation you have chosen for your career destination, your next step is to find out who offers this program. There are a few sites on the Internet that will help you out with this, and we provide links to these below. Remember, though, that the Internet is only one way to find out what schools offer what programs, and some of the websites may not always be comprehensive. Be sure to use a few other means of searching for this information. These other ways can include:
Talking to someone already working in the field. Want to be an architect? Talk to an architect. He or she will have gone through the same process of finding a school that your are now going through, and should know of at least some of the schools that offer the education you need.
Check out print and other electronic resources. Your local college, school, and public libraries and employment centres should have books and/or computer programs that will list what institutions offer what programs.
Internet Resources
EDINFO
From Alberta Advanced Education and Career Development, EDINFO is a listing of educational programs offered by Alberta's post-secondary institutions, and distance learning courses offered in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Whether you are thinking of a Ph.D. in geophysics or a course in auctioneering, EDINFO will have the program for you. Search for programs offered by a particular school, or search through an alphabetical list of programs to find out what schools offer each program.
Schoolfinder Search
This Canadian site allows you to search for colleges and universities in Canada by several different criteria, including program, city population, entrance dates, language of instruction, school size, and tuition.
Find Your College
From U.S. News, this search engine lets you look for American colleges by size, cost, major, and location.
ExPAN College Search
Another American college search site. Allows you to focus your search quite well to very specific majors, and then provides a lot of information on each particular college you find that offers your programs.
CollegeView Search
Yep. Yet another American college search site. Like ExPAN, it provides a lot of information on the different schools in its database. But it is heavy on graphics and can take a frustratingly long time to load.
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