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Canadian university guarantees graduates a job

Submitted by on October 5, 2009 – 7:10 amNo Comment

ur-idThe University of Regina in Saskatchewan is offering prospective students a unique guarantee:

If you don’t find a “career-oriented job” within six months of graduation, the school will give you a scholarship to cover another year of university — tuition-free.

As the CBC reported:

Currently the university boasts a highly successful post-graduation employment rate through a co-op program that matches students with potential employers.

University president Vianne Timmons says the new guarantee should build on that success.

“Right now 97 per cent of our [co-op] students get employed in a career of their choice within six months,” Timmons said during a media conference Wednesday. “We want to push that to 100 per cent, and so we’re very confident we can guarantee this for our students.”

In addition to the co-op program, a number of other U of R degree programs — from journalism, to police studies, to social work — include a work experience component.

For more details about the University of Regina, click here for tuition information, and click here for instructions on how to apply.

You can learn more about living in the city of Regina here. Just be prepared for the weather

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