uLethbridge quick facts
School motto
Latin, meaning Let There Be Light
School colours
Mascot
The fastest land mammal in the Western Hemisphere
School tradition
Touch the pronghorn statue outside the University Library for good luck before exams
Blackfoot name
Meaning Sacred Buffalo Stone
8,956
students
As of September 2019
8,318
Undergraduate students
505
Master's students
133
Doctoral students
One of Canada's leading research universities
In 2019, RE$EARCH Infosource Inc. ranked uLethbridge as one of the top-three research universities (undergraduate category) in Canada, a position we have maintained for four consecutive years. We consistently punch above our weight in research funding.
#1
Medical and Science Grants (primarily undergraduate category)
Top 6%
Worldwide in Research Performance
1 of 4
Comprehensive Academic and Research Universities in Alberta
16
Research centres and institutes
Top 5 Canadian Undergraduate Universities
uLethbridge consistently ranks as one of Canada's top universities and is one of the top five Undergraduate Universities (Maclean’s University Rankings, 2020).
Top 4
Student Awards, Student Services
(Maclean’s University Rankings, 2020)
Top 10
Overall student satisfaction
(Maclean’s University Rankings, 2020)
World-renowned faculty
Our faculty members bring their research into the classroom and actively engage students in research opportunities.
7
Royal Society of Canada Fellows
4
Royal Society of Canada College Members
11
Canada Research Chairs
2
3M National Teaching Fellows
Extraordinary facilities
Where you learn, shapes how you learn. With the opening of Science Commons in 2019, we are home to Canada’s most advanced facility for science education and research.
With locations on both the Lethbridge and Calgary campuses, the Centre for Financial Market Research and Teaching is the best-equipped academic trading room in Western Canada.
Our art collection includes more than 16,000 pieces, and is one of the most significant collections in Canada.
Strength in graduate studies
Our graduate enrolment reached a record-breaking 638 students in 2019.
More than 70 per cent of our graduate students in thesis-based programs present at conferences or meetings in their field of research.
More than 65 per cent of our doctoral students co-author papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Pronghorn pride
1000+
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2
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Shining alumni
45,000+
Alumni worldwide
1,600
Graduates join our alumni family each year
95.5%
Graduate employment rate
3
Rhodes Scholars