UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA Q-6

Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2
Tel: (204)474-8880; Admissions: (204)474-6382; Web Site: http://www.umanitoba.ca/

Description: Province-supported, university, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1877. Setting: 685-acre suburban campus. Total enrollment: 26,572. Faculty: 1,141. 11,184 applied, 73% were admitted. Full-time: 16,885 students, 55% women, 45% men. Part-time: 6,147 students, 62% women, 38% men. Core. Calendar: 8-month academic year plus 6-week summer session. Academic remediation for entering students, honors program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships. Off campus study at University of Winnipeg, Red River Community College. ROTC: Army, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements: Required: high school transcript. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 7/1. Notification: continuous. Preference given to province residents for some programs.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $35 Canadian dollars. Tuition, fee, and room and board charges are reported in Canadian dollars. Canadian resident tuition: $3000 full-time. Mandatory fees: $165 full-time. full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. College room and board: $4925.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: national fraternities, local fraternities, eating clubs. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices, student patrols, late night transport-escort service. Option: coed housing available. Elizabeth Dafoe Library plus 12 others with 1.6 million books and 12,800 serials.

Community Environment: Winnipeg, despite its small size population, 652,350, and winter chill (zero to 30 degrees below Fahrenheit), offers students an extraordinary range of activities: opera, ballet, symphony orchestra, theatre, major league football and hockey, cosmopolitan restaurants, the only stone and fur trade fort still intact (Lower Fort Garry), and the 8,000-acre Oak Hammock Marsh wildlife preserve.