From our humble early beginnings as a community college in 1967, Conestoga has risen to become one of Canada's premier polytechnic institutes. We offer advanced applied education, and research leading to the commercialization of innovation in southwestern Ontario. For nine of the last eleven years independent research has named Conestoga as the number one publicly funded college in Ontario! Our graduate job placement rate is an amazing 94.2% six months after graduation. Full-time Students: 8,500 Apprenticeship Students: 4,000 Part-time Students: 38,000 40% of all adults in Waterloo Region have taken at least one course at Conestoga. Our graduates annually pump $1.4 billion into the local economy.