The Academica Timeline

No one becomes a sector leader overnight. Since our inception in 1997, we’ve been hard at work developing our understanding of Canadian postsecondary education and honing our research and consulting skills to ensure our work is in keeping with the latest best practices.

 

1997: University Applicant Survey (UAS)

 

2003: College Applicant Survey (CAS)

 

2004: UAS and CAS conducted online for the first time.

 

2005: Became Academica Group, Inc.

 

2005: Acceptance Declined Survey (ADS)

 

2006: Academica Top Ten

 

2007: Received Gold Seal Certification from the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association (MRIA)

 

2008: UAS and CAS combined to create the sector-leading University/College Applicant Study (UCAS)

 

2009: Launched US branch

 

2010: Published “Strategic Enrolment Intelligenceā€ and launched the Did Not Apply study

 

2011: Launched Academica Careers, the Incoming Student Survey (ISS), and held the first Academica Summit

 

2012: Indigenous Education Summit & launch of the Indigenous Top Ten

 

2013: Launched the StudentVu panel

 

2014: Launched the Academica Forum

 

2015: Formalized our Program Market Analysis framework

 

2016: Formally launched our Brand Research Services

 

2017: Launched our Early Leavers Survey (ELS)

 

2019: Publicly launched our Devant division

 

2020: COVID-19-specific prospective student studies (Domestic Prospective Student Survey & International Prospective Student Survey)

 

2022: Launched annual Student Housing Studies and consulting services

 

2023: Relaunched the Academica Forum