George Brown College*

Toronto, Ont.

700 graduate students
Design

Partnerships
Academic: Polytechnic University of Milan (Italy), DUOC (Chile), Veritas University (Costa Rica)
Business: Course sponsors include Canada Mortgage Assn., government agencies, Magna.
Top Employers: IDEO, Bruce Mau, Umbra

Claim to Fame: Paul Rowan, co-founder of Umbra, is an alumnus; so is Alex Wigington, creative director of Oxygen Design.

Signature Programs: George Brown's innovative design program offers degrees in design management. A 10-month graduate program on sustainable design is currently working on World House, a global initiative to design sustainable affordable housing.