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Get ready to combine creativity with business insights for success in the communications, media, arts and design sectors. Centennial’s School of Communications, Media, Arts and Design facilitates practical industry-recognized programming in realistic settings that leads to a career as a modern-day storyteller.

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Our focus has always been on ensuring you confidently enter the workforce, ready to lead, and employers are noticing. Employers rated Centennial College grads #1 amongst the GTA colleges.

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One distinguishable factor about Pixar’s culture is that anyone can pitch their ideas about shots. This means I can get notes not only from the Director, but also fellow animators or from other departments. The process is similar to when I was in the program at Centen...

Chaeyeon LeeAnimation - 3D Graduate, Pixar Animator

Because of its close-knit size, it allowed us to gain one-on-one attention. We got to know everyone. Everyone within my group had the same classes, so it was kind of Elementary School-ish, and we built bonds.

Urvil James VillaruelPublic Relations - Corporate Communications

Public Relations lit up all these light bulbs for all the things I’ve always liked, and never had the ability to actually express, career-wise. It was a strategy, it was art, it was writing. Centennial College wasn’t just school, it was a way of developing m...

Priya KhemchandraPublic Relations

Centennial College has helped me in so many ways with my dream of becoming a writer by supporting me and advocating on my behalf to make sure I succeed in all aspects of my education. All my life, I knew I wanted to go in a field of study where I could he...

Chantelle Fogarty-GriswoldProfessional Writing

The Interactive Media Management program mostly focused on the whole idea of user-experience design and putting the user first. In the first semester, you learn the basics of how to build an interactive tool or program, and in the second semester, you get to

Laura BunceInteractive Media Management

I particularly enjoyed the research courses, and most recently, the investor relations course, because I feel like in school they usually don't really teach us to invest our money, so it was a very good program. I also liked law and ethics, because now we...

Bianka KnightPublic Relations Management

All the experiences I've had and networks that I've created are going to be useful for me, because now I know what it means to be an artist and an entrepreneur because of the music program and Centennial College.

Akeem RaphaelMusic Industry Arts and Performance

There were three main reasons I decided to come to Centennial College. There was a Mentorship Program, experiential learning as well as the field placement. Centennial College helped me define what I was interested in doing with arts management....

Jane SmytheArts Management

They don't try to change you, they don't try to diminish your voice and identity. They want you to follow your own style in your own way and work with that through whatever you want to develop.

Victor VasquezFine Arts Studio

Our all-encompassing approach to UX design, from research to strategy to analytics, is what impressed me most about our Interactive Media Management program. It's not just what a UX designer does, but the whys and hows.

Melissa FrewInteractive Media Management

Alice and Career Services helped me a lot. When you come from another country, things can be very different. With two or three appointments, I got everything I needed.

Maryori LaraAdvertising

It was my top choice, and I absolutely love it. The core of journalism is storytelling, so I just want to be the best storyteller I can be. I'm going to be reaching a lot of people through what I do.

Tiara ChutkhanJournalism

Our joint Journalism program with the University of Toronto (Scarborough) offers the best of both worlds. In university, you get the theory, while college is more hands-on and practical.

Michael ChenJournalism

You’re producing such a great product. It's a good learning experience —really fun, but hard work. Covering the 2017 North American Indigenous Games, as a class, was a great learning experience. It was our first time really interacting with the studio, and the equipm...

Erin MooreSports Journalism

It was a really friendly atmosphere. The professors are really supportive, and I entered my internship knowing exactly what to do. The supervisors were impressed.

Rebecca GossPublic Relations

Thehands-on experiences covering Raptors 905 games, Toronto Blue Jays spring training and the North American Indigenous Games made a great way to learn valuable skills. The technical and production side is most appealing.

Patrick StothersSports Journalism

Centennial's PR and Corporate Communications program is a great source of talent for our fast-growing agency. Graduates arrive well-prepared with a solid understanding of the industry and the critical skills they need to begin building their careers. Though our busi...

Linda AndrossManaging Partner, APEX Public Relations

We learned a lot, with a lot of hands-on training. I didn’t always feel like I was in a classroom, and I felt that I was being challenged every single time. You don’t always get to choose your group members, because you don’t choose who you work in the real world, so ...

Leticia CooperPublic Relations

I highly recommend** the Corporate Communications and Public Relations program at Centennial College for anyone looking to fast-track their career into this competitive industry. The CCPR program gave me a solid understanding of communication theories but allowed me to use my knowledge in

Courtney FergusonPublic Relations – Corporate Communications

The Centennial program is great. I feel that students come out of the program with the essential skills they need in the workplace.

Greg TIndustry Partner, Field Placement Supervisor

I love the Centennial program for the quality of students it produces. Students come out looking at the world through a critical lens that those well-established in the workforce have forgotten to consider.

Michael S.Industry Partner, Field Placement Supervisor

While at Centennial, I learned to embrace the idea of starting my career.Centennial provided me with the essential skills to become what I wanted to be. The support I received at Centennial helped lead me to my first job and gave me the resources to start my own compa...

Adrian SeeleyPublic Relations – Corporate Communications

The Centennial College Corporate Communications and Public Relations program provided me with the practical skills to succeed in the workplace. From writing and communications planning to media relations and design, the courses offered all teach a different aspect of the communica...

Stephanie MurphyPublic Relations – Corporate Communications

The students are enthusiastic, willing to learn, have communications writing skills and excited about real-life work experience.

Barbara JIndustry Partner, Field Placement Supervisor

A part of what made my time at Centennial so phenomenal was not just what I was learning, but whom I was learning from – industry professionals and some of the best in the business.

Madison DowneyPublic Relations – Corporate Communications

The CCPR program gives students the skills and confidence you need to hit the ground running in the industry. What I learned those eight short months made me into the professional I am today, and the skills will continue to serve me throughout my career. After finishing, it was amazi...

Kadeem GriffithsPublic Relations – Corporate Communications

The professors truly are superstars. They excel at what they do and bring many years of experience working in the PR industry. By practicing what they preach, this gives students the chance to gain confidence in what they’re learning. The professors motivate students by giving e...

Anthony OuPublic Relations – Corporate Communications

What a great program! It was a pleasure to participate as a mentor. We covered a lot of ground, and it provided me with an opportunity to “refresh” and for my assigned student to get a 360-degree vision our organization’s marketing, development and operat...

Mary Ann Farrell Vice President of Marketing and Communications

The Arts Management program wasthe perfect certificate to accompany my undergrad in Communications. I was able to make connections in Toronto's arts and culture scene and gain hands-on experience that allowed me to secure a paid position at an arts festiv...

Kelsey MuldoonArts Management

It gave me a sense of drive, waking up every morning to go to school and meet other people. The joy of just watching other people play, it made me feel like I made a good choice for this career I chose to quit engineering for. ...

KunleMusic Industry Arts and Performance

Centennial's Arts Management program is very practical. The amount of skills and knowledge I gained in only eight months was incredible. I think the biggest assets of the program are the mentorship, storyworks and field placement. Making personal and professional con...

Allison HessArts Management

I absolutely loved my experience in The Fine Arts Studio Program! The instructors were incredibly supportive, and encouraged us to discover ourselves as individual artists. This was really important to me because I wasn’t certain about my creative direction. In class, we were exp...

Natalie PlociennikFine Arts Studio

This program gave me a solid understanding of all areas of communications, especially media relations, design, strategy and event management. The curriculum focused on practical skills needed in today’s news cycle and digital world, and included studying current real-...

Amanda CarvalhoCommunications and Public Affairs Officer, Ross Memorial Hospital, Public Relations –Corporate Communications

One distinguishable factor about Pixar’s culture is that anyone can pitch their ideas about shots. This means I can get notes not only from the Director, but also fellow animators or from other departments. The process is similar to when I was in the program at Centen...

Chaeyeon LeeAnimation - 3D Graduate, Pixar Animator

Because of its close-knit size, it allowed us to gain one-on-one attention. We got to know everyone. Everyone within my group had the same classes, so it was kind of Elementary School-ish, and we built bonds.

Urvil James VillaruelPublic Relations - Corporate Communications

Public Relations lit up all these light bulbs for all the things I’ve always liked, and never had the ability to actually express, career-wise. It was a strategy, it was art, it was writing. Centennial College wasn’t just school, it was a way of developing m...

Priya KhemchandraPublic Relations

Centennial College has helped me in so many ways with my dream of becoming a writer by supporting me and advocating on my behalf to make sure I succeed in all aspects of my education. All my life, I knew I wanted to go in a field of study where I could he...

Chantelle Fogarty-GriswoldProfessional Writing

The Interactive Media Management program mostly focused on the whole idea of user-experience design and putting the user first. In the first semester, you learn the basics of how to build an interactive tool or program, and in the second semester, you get to

Laura BunceInteractive Media Management

I particularly enjoyed the research courses, and most recently, the investor relations course, because I feel like in school they usually don't really teach us to invest our money, so it was a very good program. I also liked law and ethics, because now we...

Bianka KnightPublic Relations Management

All the experiences I've had and networks that I've created are going to be useful for me, because now I know what it means to be an artist and an entrepreneur because of the music program and Centennial College.

Akeem RaphaelMusic Industry Arts and Performance

There were three main reasons I decided to come to Centennial College. There was a Mentorship Program, experiential learning as well as the field placement. Centennial College helped me define what I was interested in doing with arts management....

Jane SmytheArts Management

They don't try to change you, they don't try to diminish your voice and identity. They want you to follow your own style in your own way and work with that through whatever you want to develop.

Victor VasquezFine Arts Studio

Our all-encompassing approach to UX design, from research to strategy to analytics, is what impressed me most about our Interactive Media Management program. It's not just what a UX designer does, but the whys and hows.

Melissa FrewInteractive Media Management

Alice and Career Services helped me a lot. When you come from another country, things can be very different. With two or three appointments, I got everything I needed.

Maryori LaraAdvertising

It was my top choice, and I absolutely love it. The core of journalism is storytelling, so I just want to be the best storyteller I can be. I'm going to be reaching a lot of people through what I do.

Tiara ChutkhanJournalism

Our joint Journalism program with the University of Toronto (Scarborough) offers the best of both worlds. In university, you get the theory, while college is more hands-on and practical.

Michael ChenJournalism

You’re producing such a great product. It's a good learning experience —really fun, but hard work. Covering the 2017 North American Indigenous Games, as a class, was a great learning experience. It was our first time really interacting with the studio, and the equipm...

Erin MooreSports Journalism

It was a really friendly atmosphere. The professors are really supportive, and I entered my internship knowing exactly what to do. The supervisors were impressed.

Rebecca GossPublic Relations

Thehands-on experiences covering Raptors 905 games, Toronto Blue Jays spring training and the North American Indigenous Games made a great way to learn valuable skills. The technical and production side is most appealing.

Patrick StothersSports Journalism

Centennial's PR and Corporate Communications program is a great source of talent for our fast-growing agency. Graduates arrive well-prepared with a solid understanding of the industry and the critical skills they need to begin building their careers. Though our busi...

Linda AndrossManaging Partner, APEX Public Relations

We learned a lot, with a lot of hands-on training. I didn’t always feel like I was in a classroom, and I felt that I was being challenged every single time. You don’t always get to choose your group members, because you don’t choose who you work in the real world, so ...

Leticia CooperPublic Relations

I highly recommend** the Corporate Communications and Public Relations program at Centennial College for anyone looking to fast-track their career into this competitive industry. The CCPR program gave me a solid understanding of communication theories but allowed me to use my knowledge in

Courtney FergusonPublic Relations – Corporate Communications

The Centennial program is great. I feel that students come out of the program with the essential skills they need in the workplace.

Greg TIndustry Partner, Field Placement Supervisor

I love the Centennial program for the quality of students it produces. Students come out looking at the world through a critical lens that those well-established in the workforce have forgotten to consider.

Michael S.Industry Partner, Field Placement Supervisor

While at Centennial, I learned to embrace the idea of starting my career.Centennial provided me with the essential skills to become what I wanted to be. The support I received at Centennial helped lead me to my first job and gave me the resources to start my own compa...

Adrian SeeleyPublic Relations – Corporate Communications

The Centennial College Corporate Communications and Public Relations program provided me with the practical skills to succeed in the workplace. From writing and communications planning to media relations and design, the courses offered all teach a different aspect of the communica...

Stephanie MurphyPublic Relations – Corporate Communications

The students are enthusiastic, willing to learn, have communications writing skills and excited about real-life work experience.

Barbara JIndustry Partner, Field Placement Supervisor

A part of what made my time at Centennial so phenomenal was not just what I was learning, but whom I was learning from – industry professionals and some of the best in the business.

Madison DowneyPublic Relations – Corporate Communications

The CCPR program gives students the skills and confidence you need to hit the ground running in the industry. What I learned those eight short months made me into the professional I am today, and the skills will continue to serve me throughout my career. After finishing, it was amazi...

Kadeem GriffithsPublic Relations – Corporate Communications

The professors truly are superstars. They excel at what they do and bring many years of experience working in the PR industry. By practicing what they preach, this gives students the chance to gain confidence in what they’re learning. The professors motivate students by giving e...

Anthony OuPublic Relations – Corporate Communications

What a great program! It was a pleasure to participate as a mentor. We covered a lot of ground, and it provided me with an opportunity to “refresh” and for my assigned student to get a 360-degree vision our organization’s marketing, development and operat...

Mary Ann Farrell Vice President of Marketing and Communications

The Arts Management program wasthe perfect certificate to accompany my undergrad in Communications. I was able to make connections in Toronto's arts and culture scene and gain hands-on experience that allowed me to secure a paid position at an arts festiv...

Kelsey MuldoonArts Management

It gave me a sense of drive, waking up every morning to go to school and meet other people. The joy of just watching other people play, it made me feel like I made a good choice for this career I chose to quit engineering for. ...

KunleMusic Industry Arts and Performance

Centennial's Arts Management program is very practical. The amount of skills and knowledge I gained in only eight months was incredible. I think the biggest assets of the program are the mentorship, storyworks and field placement. Making personal and professional con...

Allison HessArts Management

I absolutely loved my experience in The Fine Arts Studio Program! The instructors were incredibly supportive, and encouraged us to discover ourselves as individual artists. This was really important to me because I wasn’t certain about my creative direction. In class, we were exp...

Natalie PlociennikFine Arts Studio

This program gave me a solid understanding of all areas of communications, especially media relations, design, strategy and event management. The curriculum focused on practical skills needed in today’s news cycle and digital world, and included studying current real-...

Amanda CarvalhoCommunications and Public Affairs Officer, Ross Memorial Hospital, Public Relations –Corporate Communications

One distinguishable factor about Pixar’s culture is that anyone can pitch their ideas about shots. This means I can get notes not only from the Director, but also fellow animators or from other departments. The process is similar to when I was in the program at Centen...

Chaeyeon LeeAnimation - 3D Graduate, Pixar Animator

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