GAIN A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: ACCELERATE YOUR INNOVATION STRATEGY WITH TOP TECHNICAL TALENT
Your organization needs top technical talent to deliver on your innovation strategy and drive your business forward. The MScAC program gives you a competitive edge through access to world-class graduate students who are trained to be ground-breaking tech innovators.
Our Partners
MScAC works with the best in industry, from for-profit corporations, research institutions, hospitals and hospital networks, crown corporations, not-for-profit organizations, and more. These are the organizations that actively entrust the MScAC program to address their R&D and innovation goals.
Why MScAC
MScAC imposes a higher standard of creative and intellectual exploration than co-op study programs, giving you the competitive edge you are looking for
Hiring made simple – follow your own personalized hiring process while gaining access to world-class innovators who are trained to be industry-ready
Exclusive access to MScAC staff who will assist with onboarding, project development, and securing the best candidates for the applied research internship projects
Benefits to partners
- Tap into a program that redefines traditional co-op models by exclusively offering students more practical R&D training through applied research internships
- Applied research projects proposed and defined by each partner organization to drive the organization forward
- No upfront costs or obligations until an internship contract is signed by an MScAC student
- Internships take place in the last 8 months of the MScAC program, which enables a seamless transition to permanent positions
- Multiple cost offsets are available, including applied-research funding opportunities (e.g. Mitacs Accelerate, NSERC Alliance) and tax incentives (e.g. SR&ED)
Since 2017, ModiFace has been one of MScAC's industry partners. With world-class academic training and support, the students have accomplished amazing results during their 8-month internships with us, which they carry on to their future careers.
Not only is there great curation of the students who go in, but they’ve also had eight months of graduate-level teaching by some of the world’s best professors in this field and there’s an eight-month internship that gives them an opportunity to continue to collaborate with professors at U of T.
Top-Tier Talent and
Applied Research
An average of 1 in 6 applicants are accepted into the MScAC program, with nearly all students having professional experience prior to joining the program
MScAC students receive 8-months of graduate training in various areas of applied computing from the University of Toronto's world-leading faculty before starting their internships
MScAC graduate students ready to hit the ground running, championing innovative approaches and able to lead projects from initiation to completion
MScAC graduate students receive rigorous training in technical entrepreneurship and communications in computer science, providing them with the full skill set needed for on-the-job success
In addition to graduate courses in computer science, MScAC students also take courses relevant to their concentration. The MScAC program’s concentrations include Applied Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Computer Science, Data Science, Data Science for Biology, and Quantum Computing
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Partnerships Team
Each graduate student in the Master of Science in Applied Computing program (MScAC) takes part in an 8-month internship (May to December) that must include a substantial applied research component.
The MScAC graduate program imposes a much higher standard of creative or intellectual exploration than would normally be encountered in a co-op study program or a paid work experience program.
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Internship opportunities must be formally vetted by the MScAC program prior to being promoted to MScAC students. Contact the MScAC Partnerships team at partners@mscac.utoronto.ca for more information.
