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Latin: Universitatis Montis Allisoniani | |
Motto | Litterae, Religio, Scientia |
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Motto in English | Writing, Divinity, Knowledge |
Type | Public Liberal Arts University |
Established | June 1839 |
Religious affiliation | United Church of Canada |
Academic affiliations | Maple League of Universities, Universities Canada, IAU, ACU, CIS, CBIE, AUS, CUP |
Endowment | $233 million (2023)[1] |
Chancellor | Lynn Loewen |
President | Dr. Ian Sutherland |
Academic staff | 129 |
Students | 2,412[2] |
Undergraduates | 2,396 |
Postgraduates | 16 |
Location | , , Canada 45°53′55″N 64°22′25″W / 45.89861°N 64.37361°W |
Campus | College Town, 72 acres (29 ha) |
Colours | Garnet & gold |
Nickname | Mounties |
Sporting affiliations | U Sports - AUS CCAA - ACAA |
Website | www |
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Mount Allison University (also Mount A or MtA) is a Canadian primarily undergraduate liberal arts university located in Sackville, New Brunswick, founded in 1839.
Mount Allison was the first university in the British Empire to award a baccalaureate to a woman (Grace Annie Lockhart, B.Sc., 1875). It was also the first university in Canada to grant a bachelor of arts to a woman (Harriet Starr Stewart in 1882). Graduates of Mount Allison have been awarded a total of 56 Rhodes Scholarships, the highest per capita of any university in the Commonwealth of Nations.[4]