University of New Brunswick

University of New Brunswick
Coat of arms
Latin: Universitas Novi Brunsvici[1]
Former names
Academy of Liberal Arts and Sciences (1785–1800)
College of New Brunswick (1800–1828)
King's College (1828–1859)
MottoSapere aude (Latin)
Motto in English
Dare to be wise
TypePublic
Established1785; 239 years ago (1785)
Academic affiliations
CARL, CUSID, CVU, Universities Canada
Endowment$238.328 million[2]
ChancellorH. Wade MacLauchlan[3]
PresidentPaul Mazerolle
VisitorBrenda Murphy (as Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick)
Academic staff
747 FTE
Students10,556 (Fall 2023)[4]
Undergraduates8,460
Postgraduates2,096
Location
Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick[5]
,
Canada

45°56′44″N 66°38′27″W / 45.94556°N 66.64083°W / 45.94556; -66.64083
CampusUrban
Colours   Red & black
NicknameReds (Fredericton), Seawolves (Saint John)
Sporting affiliations
U Sports – AUS
ACAA
Websiteunb.ca

The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universities in North America.[6] UNB was founded by a group of seven Loyalists who left the United States after the American Revolution.[7]

UNB has two main campuses: the original campus in Fredericton (UNBF), established in 1785, and a smaller campus in Saint John (UNBSJ), which opened in 1964. The Saint John campus is home to New Brunswick's anglophone medical school, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, an affiliate of Dalhousie University. Additionally, there are two small satellite health sciences campuses situated in Moncton and Bathurst. UNB offers over 75 degrees in fourteen faculties at the undergraduate and graduate levels, with a total student enrolment of 9,725 between the two principal campuses during the 2021–2022 year.[8] UNB was named the most entrepreneurial university in Canada at the 2014 Startup Canada Awards.[9]

The University of New Brunswick has educated numerous Canadian federal cabinet ministers including Sir John Douglas Hazen, William Pugsley and Gerald Merrithew, many Premiers of New Brunswick such as Frank McKenna and Blaine Higgs,[10] three puisne justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, Oswald Smith Crocket, James Wilfred Estey, Gérard La Forest,[11] as well as prominent artists and writers. UNB had ties to the Confederation Poets movement; Bliss Carman and Sir Charles G.D. Roberts were alumni.[12][13]

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  2. ^ "Consolidated Financial Statements 2023" (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "H. Wade MacLauchlan appointed as UNB's next chancellor". blogs.unb.ca. June 13, 2023. Archived from the original on September 23, 2023. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  4. ^ "2023–2024 Full-Time plus Part-Time Enrolments" (PDF). Association of Atlantic Universities. October 13, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "University of New Brunswick". Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  6. ^ Burpee, L.J. and A.G. Doughty (Editors) (1912) The Makers of Canada – Index and Dictionary of Canadian History Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Morang & Co. Ltd. Toronto.
  7. ^ Happy Birthday to the University of New Brunswick Archived January 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. MacLeans. By Julia Belluz. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
  8. ^ "Enrolment – MPHEC". www.mphec.ca. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  9. ^ "UNB Newsroom". Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  10. ^ "Blaine Higgs | the Canadian Encyclopedia". Archived from the original on November 22, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  11. ^ "Supreme Court of Canada – Biography – Gérard Vincent la Forest". January 2001. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  12. ^ "University of New Brunswick | the Canadian Encyclopedia". Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  13. ^ "Confederation Poets | NBLCE". Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.