Brandon University

28Jun 2022 by Aspectama Alsut

Brandon University is a university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, with an enrollment of 3375 (2020) full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. The current location was founded on July 13, 1899, as Brandon College as a Baptist institution. It was chartered as a university by then President John E. Robbins on June 5, 1967. The enabling legislation is the Brandon University Act. Brandon University is one of several predominantly undergraduate liberal arts and sciences institutions in Canada.[4]

The university is a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate (CUSID) and a member of U Sports. Brandon University has a student to faculty ratio of 11 to 1 and sixty percent of all classes have fewer than 20 students. In the 2015 Macleans rankings of primarily undergraduate universities in Canada, Brandon University was ranked 16th out of 19 overall and #1 in the student to faculty ratio category[5] The school of music is rated one of the best in Canada. The university press, The Quill, is a member of CUP.

Degrees and Programs

Undergraduate

  • Bachelor of Arts (BA)
  • Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
  • Bachelor of Education (BEd)
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
  • Bachelor of First Nations and Aboriginal Counselling (BFNAC)
  • Bachelor of Music (BMus)
  • Bachelor of Nursing (BN)
  • Bachelor of Science (BSc)
  • Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science (BSES)
  • Bachelor of Science in Psychiatric Nursing (BScPN)

Graduate

Diplomas

  • Graduate Diploma in Rural Development (GRD)
  • Post Diploma in Mental Health (BScMN)

Programs

Defunct programs

  • Brandon University Northern Teacher Education Program (BUNTEP)