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Motto | T7ETSXEMÍNTE RE STSELXMÉM means “to strive ahead” in Secwepemctsín. It indicates that the journey of learning is enduring and unremitting. |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1970 |
Chancellor | Nathan Matthew |
President | Brett Fairbairn |
Provost | Gillian Balfour |
Academic staff | About 500 (as of 2022)[1] |
Students | 12,812 FTE, 27,701 total including on campus, online and dually enrolled, part and full time[2] |
Location | Kamloops and Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada |
Campus | Urban |
Sport Teams | Thompson Rivers WolfPack |
Colours | TRU Blue TRU Sage |
Nickname | TRU WolfPack |
Affiliations | U Sports, AUCC, IAU, CVU, CWUAA, CBIE, CUP, RUCBC, CICan, UnivCan |
Website | www |
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Thompson Rivers University (commonly referred to as TRU) is a public teaching and research university offering undergraduate and graduate degrees and vocational training. Its main campus is in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, and its name comes from the two rivers which converge in Kamloops, the North Thompson and South Thompson. The university has a satellite campus in Williams Lake, BC and a distance education division called TRU-Open Learning. It also has several international partnerships through its TRU World division. TRU is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) at the associate, baccalaureate and master's degree levels.[3]
TRU offers 140 on-campus programs, including trades apprenticeships, vocational certificates and diplomas, bachelor's and master's degrees and law, and approximately 60 online or distance programs through the Open Learning division.