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{{Short description|College in Manitoba, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox university | name = Red River College Polytechnic | image = Red River College logo.png | image_alt = Three white lines curved towards the right surrounded by a white ring on a red background | caption = | other_name = RRC Polytech | former_names = {{ubl | Industrial Vocational Education Centre | Red River Community College | Red River College of Applied Arts, Science, and Technology}} | motto = | motto_lang = | mottoeng = | type = [[Public university|Public]] | established = {{Start date|1938}} | closed = | founder = <!-- or |founders= --> | endowment = | budget = | chair = Loren Cisyk<ref name=BoardMembership>{{Cite web |title=Board Membership |url=https://www.rrc.ca/governance/membership/ |access-date=30 June 2024 |website=RRC Polytech}}</ref> | chancellor = | president = Fred Meier<ref name=BoardMembership /> | vice_president = | academic_staff = | total_staff = | enrollment = 21,000 | alumni = | city = [[Winnipeg]] | province = Manitoba | country = Canada | coordinates = {{Coord|49|55|06|N|97|12|39|W|type:edu|display=inline,title}} | campus_type = [[Urban area|Urban]] | campus_size = <!-- use {{Convert}} --> | colours = {{Colour box|#C41230}}{{Colour box|#000000}} Red and black | sports_nickname = RRC Rebels | sporting_affiliations = {{hlist|[[Colleges and Institutes Canada|CICan]]|[[Canadian Colleges Athletic Association|CCAA]]|[[Campus Manitoba]]|{{abbr|CBIE|Canadian Bureau for International Education}}|[[Canadian University Press|CUP]]}} | mascot = <!--or |mascots= --> | sports_free_label = <!-- up to |sports_free_label3= --> | sports_free = <!-- up to |sports_free3= --> | website = {{URL|rrc.ca}} | logo = | logo_size = | logo_upright = | logo_alt = | embedded = <!-- or |nrhp= or |module= --> | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | map_size = | pushpin_map_caption = | footnotes = }} '''Red River College Polytechnic''' ('''RRC Polytech''') is a [[List of colleges in Canada|college]] located in [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba, Canada. It is the province's largest institute of applied learning and applied research, with over 200 degree, diploma, and certificate programs, and more than 21,000 students annually.<ref name="AboutRRC">{{cite web|title=About RRC|url=http://www.rrc.mb.ca/about|publisher=Red River College|access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref> Between 6,000 and 8,000 students attend daily, as well as students registered in [[Continuing education|continuing]] and [[distance education]] programs. RRC Polytech hosts approximately 1500 international students each year, from over 60 countries.<ref name="GovMB">{{cite web|title=Red River College|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/ie/study/red_river.html|publisher=Government of Manitoba|access-date=6 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010031628/http://www.gov.mb.ca/ie/study/red_river.html|archive-date=10 October 2012}}</ref> It has over 200 full-time programs in such areas as [[biotechnology]], construction trades, digital multimedia, business, [[aerospace]], nursing, engineering technology, as well as others.<ref>{{cite web|title=Applied Learning Prepares You For Success|url=http://www.rrc.ca/index.php?pid=34|work=Admissions|publisher=Red River College|access-date=11 September 2012}}</ref> RRC Polytech offers one year certificate, two- and three-year diploma, joint-degree and post-graduate advanced diploma programs. [[English as an Additional Language]] programs for international students begin each month.<ref name=GovMB /> The college also offers three Kids Technology Camps throughout the year to introduce kids to technology. "Girls Exploring Trades & Technologies Camp" is a program for girls 12 to 14, "Technology Exploration Camp" is a summer camp program for girls and boys aged 11 to 13, and "Saturday Kids Kamps" introduces Grade 7 students to Electrical Engineering Technology.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kids Technology Camps|url=http://www.rrc.ca/index.php?pid=6334|publisher=Red River College|access-date=11 September 2012}}</ref>
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