Mount Saint Vincent University

Mount Saint Vincent University
Former names
Mount Saint Vincent Academy (1873–1925)
Mount Saint Vincent College (1925–1966)
MottoVeritas ad Deum ducit (Latin)
Motto in English
Truth Leads to God
TypePublic liberal arts university
Established1873 (1873)
EndowmentCAN$36.22 million[1] (as of March 31, 2022)
ChancellorSister Margaret Mary Fitzpatrick
PresidentDr. Joël Dickinson
Total staff
600
Students4,762 [2]
Undergraduates3,316
Postgraduates1,446
Address
166 Bedford Highway
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3M 2J6

44°40′15″N 63°38′47″W / 44.67083°N 63.64639°W / 44.67083; -63.64639
CampusSuburban
ColoursDark Blue  
NicknameMystics
AffiliationsAUCC, IAU, CBIE, CUP.
MascotCaptain Crow
Websitewww.msvu.ca

Mount Saint Vincent University, often referred to as the Mount, is a public, primarily undergraduate, university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and was established in 1873. Mount Saint Vincent offers undergraduate Arts, Science, Education, and Professional Studies undergraduate programs. The Mount has 13 graduate degrees in Applied Human Nutrition, School Psychology, Child and Youth Study, Education, Family Studies and Gerontology, Public Relations and Women's Studies. The Mount offers a doctorate program and a Ph.D. in Educational Studies through a joint initiative with St. Francis Xavier University and Acadia University. The Mount offers over 190 courses, ten undergraduate degree programs, and four online graduate degree programs.[3]

The university attracts many students partly because of its small class sizes, specialty programs, and location. The Mount has Canada Research Chairs in Gender Identity and Social Practices as well as Food Security and Policy Change. This institution is unique nationwide as it has a Chair in learning disabilities, a Master of Public Relations program, a Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies, and numerous other programs, faculty, and research initiatives.[4]

  1. ^ "Management Discussion and Analysis and Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2018" (PDF). Mount Saint Vincent University. p. 15. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "2018 MSVU Enrolment Statistics". Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Mount Saint Vincent University". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19.
  4. ^ "Quick Facts". Mount Saint Vincent University. Archived from the original on August 7, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2019.

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