Quick Facts about Mount Saint Vincent University

Innovative Mix of Academic Programs

Founded in 1873
3,781 students from 55 countries
More than 390 full and part-time faculty
More than 270 staff
More than 40,500 alumnae around the world
40 acres of lush green space with modern and classical buildings
Plenty of wildlife on campus – deer, ducks and a large community of crows (hence our mascot – Captain Crow!)

Each year, hundreds of students benefit from more than $3 million in MSVU scholarships and bursaries
Average class size of 24 – nationally recognized as being amongst the lowest in Canada.
Faculty-to-Student Ratio of 1:20
100% of undergraduate programs have experiential learning opportunities attached
Only Atlantic Canadian University to offer Child and Youth Study at the undergraduate & graduate level
Only University in Canada to hold a Chair in Learning Disabilities
Home to the nationally recognized MSVU Art Gallery
One of the first Women’s Studies departments to be established at a Canadian University.
The first Atlantic Canadian University to provide a tuition-waiver program for former youth in care
Our varsity women’s volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball, soccer and cross-country running teams have more combined ACAA championships than any of our competition
Only Canadian university with a building dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of women – the Margaret Norrie McCain Centre for Teaching, Learning and Research

First university in the Maritimes to offer co-operative education and home to the longest-standing accredited co-op program
First English-speaking Bachelor of Public Relations in Canada
Only Masters of Public Relations program in Canada
First Indigenous cohort tourism education program of its kind in the country
A graduate certificate in Health Communication and Aging – the first of its kind in Canada
A leader in distance education, with 200 courses (undergraduate and graduate), 11 complete undergraduate programs and four graduate programs offered online and at a distance.

In 2019, we opened the state-of-the-art Sheila A. Brown Centre for Applied Research in Human Health, focusing on Alzheimer’s disease, obesity, early childhood health, and more.
Over $2.08 million earned by undergraduate and graduate students in research positions over the past three years
Only Atlantic Chair for Women in Science and Engineering (NSERC) – Dr. Tamara Franz-Odendaal

Dr. Janice Keefe, Professor in the department of Family Studies and Gerontology – Lena Isabel Jodrey Chair in Gerontology (Janice is also director of the NS Centre on Aging at MSVU)
Dr. Jamie Metsala, Professor in the Faculty of Education – Jarislowsky Chair in Learning Disabilities