
ACADIA UNIVERSITY CANADA
Wolfville, Canada
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Established: 1838
Total Students: 3,737
Percentage of International Students: 6%
- Founded 1838.
- In pulverevinces – Through effort (dust) we conquer.
- President and Vice Chancellor. Dr. Peter Ricketts.
- Bruce Galloway (’68)
- Campus size. 250 acres (100 hectares)
- Full-Time Enrolment. Undergraduate: 3,574.
- First-year Student Origins. Eastern Canada: 67%
- Clubs and Organizations- 70+ student-run opportunities
- Faculty to Student Ratio- 1:14
By choosing Acadia, you have opportunities to work closely with professors, volunteer in the community, study abroad, enjoy co-op placements, and be engaged in real-world research. Acadia’s four faculties – Arts, Pure and Applied Sciences, Professional Studies, and Theology – offer more than 200 degree combinations in its undergraduate academic programs and graduate programs. Some of our most popular majors are in biology, marketing, English, psychology, environmental studies, and kinesiology.
- Chaplaincy
- Faith
- Well Being
- Counselling
- Career Advices
- Chase Court
- Chipman House
- Christofor Hall
- Crowell Tower (13 Story High-rise)
- Cutten House
- Dennis House – First floor houses student health services
- Eaton House
- Roy Jodrey Hall
- Seminary House – Also houses the School of Education in lower level
- War Memorial (Barrax) House
- Whitman Hall (Tully) – All female residence
- Willett House (former residence)
University rankings | |
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Canadian rankings | |
Maclean’s Undergrad[21] | 4 |
Maclean’s Reputation[22] | 29 |
Acadia University’s campus is beautiful. So beautiful, in fact, that we often hear this phrase, “I visited campus and fell in love.” Just steps beyond Acadia’s campus you can explore a rich, natural environment that includes the world’s highest tides, vineyards, woodland trails, and farmlands.
- Edgar Archibald, scientist and politician
- Norman Atkins, Canadian senator
- Ron Barkhouse, MLA for Lunenburg East (Horton Academy)
- Todd Battis, Correspondent CTV National News
- Gordon Lockhart Bennett, Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island
- Arthur Bourns, President of McMaster University
- Libby Burnham, lawyer, Chancellor of Acadia University
- Bob Cameron, football player
- Dalton Camp, journalist, politician and political strategist
- Elizabeth Cannon, University of Calgary’s President & Vice-Chancellor
- Paul Corkum, physicist and F.R.S.
- John Wallace de Beque Farris, Canadian senator
- Mark Day, actor
- Michael Dick, CBC-TV Journalist
- Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868–1953), clergyman and politician
- William Feindel, neurosurgeon
- Dale Frail, astronomer
- Rob Ramsay, actor
- Alexandra Fuller, writer
- Gary Graham, musician, choral conductor
- Milton Fowler Gregg, VC laureate, politician
- Robbie Harrison, Nova Scotian politician and educator
- Richard Hatfield, Premier of New Brunswick
- Charles Brenton Huggins, Nobel Laureate
- Kenneth Colin Irving, industrialist
- Robert Irving, industrialist
- Ron James, Canadian comedian
- Lorie Kane, LPGA golfer
- Gerald Keddy, Member of Parliament
- Joanne Kelly, Actress
- Kenneth Komoski, Educator
- David H. Levy, astronomer
- Peter MacKay, lawyer, Canadian Minister of National Defence
- Henry Poole MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia
- Paul Masotti, football player
If you are planning to study abroad in Canada and targeting this university, you can get in touch with AEC. Give us a call on +91-8448446609 or 011-43334444 to get assistance on call. You ca also write a query and sent it to us at enquiry@aecoverseas.com.
