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Concordia in the news
Posted on January 15, 2016
University affairs
Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution:
- Concordia ranks #131 in a Times Higher Education (THE) listing of the 200 most international universities in the world. The THE ranking is based on a measurement of each institution’s proportion of international staff and international students and the proportion of research papers published with at least one co-author from another country. Academica Group references and links to the ranking.
- Les Affaires, writing about the popularity among international students of MBA programs at Quebec universities, produces a chart that shows there are 12 international students currently enrolled in Concordia's MBA program, out of a total MBA cohort of 110.
- Les Affaires publishes a piece about how students enrolled in different MBA programs in Quebec may finance their studies. It states that Concordia, for one, distributed $235,000 in bursaries and prizes to its MBA students in 2014-2015. The article also states that Concordia charges $7,000 for its MBA and $75,000 for its EMBA.
- Relief Web posts a release from the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia. It invites applications for the MIGS Professional Training Program for the Prevention of Mass Atrocities, June 1st to June 3rd. The release confirms the participation of two noted speakers: Lieutenant-General (retired) Roméo Dallaire, a senior fellow at the MIGS, and Kyle Matthews, MIGS senior deputy director.