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| Motto | Together, we're leading the way |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1967 |
Academic affiliations | CBIE,ACCC,AUCC |
| President | Elaine Popp |
| Students | More than 13,000 (2025: 10,682 FTEs)[1] |
| Location | , Ontario ,Canada 43°56′38″N78°53′49″W / 43.94389°N 78.89694°W /43.94389; -78.89694 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colours | Black & green |
| Nickname | Lords |
Sporting affiliations | CCAA |
| Mascot | Lou |
| Website | www |
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Durham College is apublic college inOntario, Canada, with two main campuses inOshawa andWhitby. Durham College offers over 145+[clarification needed] academic programs, including sixbachelor degrees and elevenapprenticeship programs, to around 13,700 full-time students.
The college opened on September 18, 1967, in Oshawa, with 16 portable classrooms, 14 staff and 205 students. It offered courses inapplied arts,business andtechnology. The college soon added courses inhealth sciences and adult training. By 1977, enrolment had grown to 1,250 students.[2]
In 1993, the college opened a secondary campus in Whitby, Ontario. It began to offer skilled trades and apprenticeship programs through the campus's Skills Training Centre.
In the early 2000s, the college established partnerships withYork andTrent universities which allowed students to access university courses from the Durham College Oshawa campus. In 2003, a similar partnership was formed withOntario Tech University. The college expanded its program offerings to include over 100 full-time programs. Enrolment grew to over 7,100 students.
In 2018, Durham College completed construction on a new building known as the Centre for Collaborative Education (CFCE). It houses several classrooms for health programs and the Suswaaning Endaajig: First Peoples Indigenous Centre.
The Ontario Power Generation Centre for Skilled Trades and Technology (CSTT), located at the Whitby campus, opened in 2022 is home to numerous labs and shops. The facility allowed the college to increase its industrial skilled trades training capacity in Whitby by 750 students.
In October 2022 it was announced that the college had acquired naming rights to theOshawa GO Station, located 30 minutes away from the college's main campus by bus (8.2 km), for an undisclosed sum.[3]
Both campuses feature on-campus housing for students, sports and recreational activities, student services, a campus store, dining options, transportation and parking.
The college features a 73,000-square-foot (6,800 m2) campus library, which has four floors of learning space and a rotunda housing a periodicals collection. Other learning spaces include the computer learning commons, student services building, student centre, and a variety of other study spaces.
Durham College offers first-year information, academic support resources, career services, student testing/in-class accommodations with approved documentation through the Access & Support Centre (ASC), and Student Academic Learning Services (SALS). The student life office and Student Association offer events and programs for students of all years. Student-run media includesThe Chronicle online student newspaper, and Riot student radio. The college offers a variety ofathletic programs.
Durham College shares its Oshawa campus and facilities like the library and athletic facilities withOntario Tech University.
The college offers a wide range of programs in various disciplines, including business,information technology,media,art,design,science,skilled trades,criminal justice,emergency services,health, social community services andengineering technology. Additionally, it administers part-time programs,[4] micro-credentials,[5] and professional development courses,[6] available both online or in-person.
Durham College has two main campuses, located in Oshawa and Whitby, Ontario.
Varsity sports at Durham include:
Teams compete as the "Durham Lords".
The college was selected as one of Toronto's top employers in 2025.[11]
