UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK SAINT JOHN

PO Box 5050
St. John, NB, Canada E2L 4L5
Tel: (506)648-5500
Free: 800-743-5691
Admissions: (506)648-5674
E-mail: apply@unbsj.ca
Web Site: http://www.unb.ca/

Description:

Province-supported, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1964. Setting: 250-acre urban campus. Research spending 2003-04: $4.6 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $4581 per student. Total enrollment: 2,791. Faculty: (128 full-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 10:1. 2,600 applied, 85% were admitted. Students come from 8 provinces and territories, 45 other countries, 6% from out-of province, 5% live on campus. Retention: 85% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; psychology; biological/life sciences. Core. Calendar: Canadian standard year. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at University of Maine. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, SAT. Required for some: recommendations. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: Rolling, 3/31 for nonresidents. Notification: continuous until 8/31, continuous for nonresidents.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. Province resident tuition: $4770 full-time. Mandatory fees: $175 full-time. College room and board: $5150. International student tuition: $9392 full-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 20 open to all. Most popular organizations: Business Administration Society, OPTAMUS, International Student Association, Chinese Cultural Association, Muslim Student Association. Major annual events: Orientation Week, Winter Carnival. Student services: personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 230 college housing spaces available; 71 were occupied in 2003-04. Option: coed housing available. Ward Chipman Library with 155,500 books, 700 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $270,000. 100 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.