University of Toronto - UofT vs University of Ontario Institute of Technology - UOIT vs Le Cordon Bleu Paris vs ABC Business Academy vs Durham College - DC

Side-by-side comparison from 394 verified student reviews. Scan one row at a time — winners are highlighted

Quick verdict
Higher overall rating: Le Cordon Bleu Paris (4.60)
University of Toronto - UofT: wins 0/7 categories
University of Ontario Institute of Technology - UOIT: wins 0/7 categories
Le Cordon Bleu Paris: wins 3/7 categories
ABC Business Academy: wins 0/7 categories
Durham College - DC: wins 0/7 categories
Université du Québec à Rimouski - UQAR: wins 0/7 categories
RUBIKA: wins 4/7 categories
Comparing
Best programme: Psychology
Best programme: Forensic Psychology
4.60
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Best programme: Culinary Arts
Toronto, Canada
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Best programme: Advertising and Communication
Valenciennes, France
4.40
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Best programme: 2D Animation
Category ratings
Facilities
4.20
4.38
4.40
Not rated
3.06
Not rated
4.47
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Location
4.40
3.85
4.70
Win
Not rated
3.06
Not rated
3.13
Professors
4.15
4.14
4.60
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Not rated
3.17
Not rated
4.27
Internationality
4.41
4.19
4.60
Win
Not rated
3.06
Not rated
3.87
Student life
3.91
3.75
3.90
Not rated
3.09
Not rated
4.20
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Value
4.24
4.05
3.90
Not rated
2.97
Not rated
4.67
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Accommodation
3.87
3.74
3.00
Not rated
3.03
Not rated
4.33
Win
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • +Excellent academic programs and world-class professors
  • +Strong sense of community and helpful networking opportunities
  • +Great campus facilities and accessibility
  • +Strong academic programs and knowledgeable professors
  • +Welcoming and friendly university environment
  • +Abundant resources and helpful support for students
  • +Exceptional teaching quality from passionate, experienced instructors
  • +Unmatched precision, emphasis on quality, and professional skill development
  • +Welcoming environment, strong support, and valuable alumni network

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  • +Practical, career-focused education with real-world skills.
  • +Supportive and engaging learning environment with diverse opportunities.
  • +Qualified instructors with industry experience.

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  • +Industry-active instructors and professional preparation
  • +Supportive and welcoming atmosphere
  • +Emphasis on practical, project-based learning
Cons
  • -Administrative and management issues lead to understaffed services and slow appointment booking.
  • -Outdated facilities, overpriced dining options, and a focus on research over student experience are criticized.
  • -Limited career opportunities, a competitive academic environment, and insufficient student wellness resources are major concerns.
  • -Administrative and management issues cause frustration and loss of credits.
  • -Facilities are outdated and in poor condition.
  • -Administrative and management issues cause frustration.
  • -Outdated facilities and lack of modern resources are disappointing.
  • -The curriculum feels irrelevant and disconnected from real-world needs.

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  • -Administrative and management issues cause significant frustration.
  • -Outdated facilities and poor upkeep are a consistent problem.
  • -Communication and transparency from staff are lacking.

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  • -Administrative and management issues cause frequent problems.
  • -Facilities are frequently described as outdated and in poor condition.
  • -Teaching quality and curriculum relevance are inconsistent and often disappointing.
Rating summary
What students say

With a generally positive reception, this university excels most in **Internationality** and **Location**, both scoring above 4.4. **Facilities** and **Value** also received strong marks. Conversely, **Student Life** and **Accomodation** represent areas for potential improvement, with scores closest to 4.0.

This university garners excellent marks for its **Facilities**, achieving a score of 4.38. It also performs well in **Internationality** (4.19) and **Professors** (4.14). Areas with room for improvement include **Student Life** (3.75) and **Accomodation** (3.74), which received the lowest ratings among the surveyed aspects. **Location** (3.85) and **Value** (4.05) fall within a moderate range.

This university demonstrates exceptional strength in its **location** (4.7), **professors** (4.6), and **internationality** (4.6). Students are particularly impressed with the quality of instruction and the global environment. Conversely, **accommodation** stands out as the lowest-rated area at 3.0, suggesting room for improvement in this aspect. Student life and value for money also received moderate scores.

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Professors emerge as the strongest area for this university, receiving the highest rating. Conversely, value for money received the lowest score among the evaluated aspects. Other areas, including facilities, location, student life, accommodation, and internationality, received generally moderate ratings, indicating a consistent, albeit not exceptional, performance across these categories.

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This institution demonstrates exceptional strengths in its **Value** (4.67) and **Facilities** (4.47), indicating high satisfaction in these key areas. **Accomodation** (4.33) and **Student Life** (4.20) also received positive scores. However, the university's **Location** (3.13) stands out as a comparatively weaker aspect, with **Internationality** (3.87) also receiving a moderate rating.

Reviews summary
Highlights

With a 4.21 average rating, ~98% of reviews are positive, praising academic quality, research, and opportunities. A small minority cite concerns about underfunded student services and teaching quality.

Most (~86%) reviews are positive, highlighting friendly environments and helpful professors. A small percentage (~5%) of feedback mentions issues with transfer credits. The average rating is 4.14/5.

Students highly praise the exceptional quality of teaching and knowledgeable instructors. Facilities are noted as impeccable and the learning environment welcoming, contributing to professional and personal growth for ~100% of reviewers.

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With ~100% positive sentiment and an average rating of 3.14/5 from 35 reviews, students praise the college's hands-on, technical education and industry-experienced instructors. The learning environment and academic rigor are also highlighted positively.

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With a 4.4/5 average rating from 15 reviews, ~93% are positive. Students praise quality teaching from industry professionals and a supportive, welcoming atmosphere. The heavy workload and project-focused curriculum prepare them well for professional careers.

Rating distribution
5★
37%
38%
60%
0%
3%
0%
47%
4★
49%
48%
40%
0%
9%
0%
47%
3★
13%
10%
0%
0%
89%
0%
7%
2★
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1★
0%
5%
0%
0%
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Most useful review
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PhD Psyc

The program itself is great and really prepares you for an academic career, but the quality of the supervisors varies a lot. Some people in the department are excellent and enjoy empowering their students, but the majority of profs make you feel like they're doing you a favour by giving you their time of day/guidance. Might be an issue exclusively with this department, but still. And the campus is cool! Great cheap eats around. Shout out to El Rey for when you want to splurge a bit and get some awesome tacos!

Felt like I was trapped

I was a transfer from university of Toronto and when I tell you it genuinely feels like the program coordinators got their creditions from a homeless man down the street. I was in the computer science program at uoft transferred to the same here and the absolute incompetent morons at the transfer credit office basically disregarded over 12-13 credits I righfully earned as general credits instead of the correct course equivalence at the school. For example eesa courses ( environmental science) at uoft transferred as LIBERAL STUDIES CREDIT. Despite the otu equivalent course having the same syllabus as the eesa course the Program heads clearly made it a competition to display their blatant stupidity by disregarding this and continuing to assess these credits falsely. This school will trap you doing bulls*it courses and HOW ARE YOU CALLED A TECH UNIVERSITY WHEN YOU PROVIDE 0 COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES OVER THE SUMMER AND YOUR COURSES ARE ALWAYS FULL

Student in 2013

I really enjoyed my time at LCB! I've found that my skills when I entered the work force were much higher than others. I think though there was a big portion missing in recipe development and composition. True- we did learn it through memorizing the recipes, but we really were missing classes on how different ingredients affect the final textures.. how you can change them... etc. That I still am not an expert in .. and I create recipes! Ouf! Also, I don't know if you still do a month of sugar work... but that really wasn't necessary and should be either cut or minimized to just 2 lessons. It's such a niche skill to know that I would have really preferred more technical skills. I loved the old location. The "rumors" I'm getting about the new location are that it's not as good, unfortunately - that i's become more of a money focused/marketing machine. I really hope that this image can be fixed as I love LCB and enjoyed my time there! Oh also - there should be more help for students to get jobs and featuring old students accomplishments - from cookbook launches to new bakeries so that current and old students can support them.

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