Motto | Lux et Veritas Floreant |
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Motto in English | Let Light and Truth Flourish |
Type | Public |
Established | 1938 as United College; 1967 as University of Winnipeg |
Endowment | $64.7 million[1] |
President | Todd Mondor |
Academic staff | 340[2] |
Administrative staff | 489[2] |
Students | 9,028[2] |
Undergraduates | 8,776[2] |
Postgraduates | 252[2] |
Location | , Manitoba , Canada |
Campus | Urban |
Language | English |
Affiliations | |
Mascot | Wes Lee Coyote |
Sports team | Winnipeg Wesmen |
Website | uwinnipeg |
The University of Winnipeg (UWinnipeg or UW) is a public research university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It offers undergraduate programs in art, business, economics, education, science and applied health as well as graduate programs. UWinnipeg's founding colleges were Manitoba College and Wesley College, which merged to form United College in 1938. The University of Winnipeg was established in 1967 when United College received its charter.
The governance was modelled on the provincial University of Toronto Act of 1906 which established a bicameral system of university government consisting of a senate (faculty), responsible for academic policy, and a board of governors (citizens) exercising exclusive control over financial policy and having formal authority in all other matters. The president, appointed by the board, was a link between the bodies to perform institutional leadership.[3]
The university is a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate (CUSID) and a member of U Sports.