Saint Mary’s University (SMU) is a formerly Catholic, public university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The school is best known for having nationally leading programs in business and chemistry, as well as one of the best Canadian women’s basketball programs. The campus is situated in Halifax’s South End and covers approximately 32 hectares (79 acres).
Reputation
The annual Maclean’s rankings evaluate universities on 13 performance measures. Maclean’s evaluates universities in three categories, with Saint Mary’s being ranked amongst other universities the publication categorized as “primarily undergraduate” institutions. In Maclean’s 2022 rankings, Saint Mary’s was ranked fourth amongst 19 “primarily undergraduate” universities in Canada.
The Canadian University Report is conducted annually by The Globe and Mail, and reflects the opinions of more than 33,000 undergraduate students across the country as gathered in a student satisfaction survey. Saint Mary’s University is in the “small” category of along with 15 other universities with enrolment between 4,000 and 12,000 students.
The Canadian University Report stated that overall student satisfaction had a grade of B+ in 2013, the same as in 2012, A− in quality of teaching, A− in class size, A− in buildings and facilities and improvement shown in six key categories.