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Memorial University of Newfoundland

PO Box 4200 Station C
St. John’s, Newfoundland  A1C 5S7
Telephone: 709-737-8000

President: Dr. Christopher Loomis (pro tempore)

Profile

As Atlantic Canada’s largest comprehensive university, Memorial is home to approximately 17,000 students across four campuses – each one unique in location, specialization and reputation. Memorial offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate degree options in arts, science, education, fine arts, medicine, engineering and applied science, business, music, maritime studies, technology and ocean instrumentation, human kinetics and recreation, nursing, pharmacy, resource management and social work.

Memorial emphasizes outreach education by serving as a community resource and expanding its international linkages to promote individual, cultural and economic growth. The university offers a high-quality, affordable educational experience at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Excellence in education is furthered by highly successful cooperative education programs that blend theory and practice.

Memorial’s largest campus is located in St. John’s, a sophisticated, cosmopolitan city with small town warmth and safety. Located on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, the St. John's Campus offers a wide array of undergraduate and graduate degree programs and state-of-the-art facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth II Library system, one of the best university libraries in Canada. Students also have access to top-ranked, advanced laboratories and technology in science, math, computers, languages and economics.

St. John’s is also home to the Marine Institute. Recognized as one of the most respected centres of marine learning and applied research in the world, it offers over 20 industry-driven programs including bachelors and masters’ degrees, postgraduate certificates, diplomas, advanced diplomas and certificate programs. Students have access to some of the most high-tech training and applied research facilities in the world.

Located in Corner Brook on the province’s west coast, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College offers an intimate learning experience with special expertise in environmental and fine arts programming. This small, spectacular campus offers a personalized undergraduate education and the low student-instructor ratio ensures that students receive individual attention and ample opportunity to interact with the faculty.

The Harlow, U.K. campus allows students to study the international components of their chosen program. The campus is also available as a base for faculty members and graduate students conducting research or further study in the U.K.

History
Year of foundation: 1925
Former name of the institution: Memorial University College.

Student fees

Canadian student fees  2008 - 2009 *
Undergraduate tuition fees: $2,550
Graduate tuition fees: $969 - $3,030

International student fees  2008 - 2009 *
Undergraduate tuition fees: $8,800
Graduate tuition fees: $1,260 - $3,936

* Source: Memorial University of Newfoundland

Note: In addition to tuition fees, universities generally charge fees for goods and services supplied to students. This includes areas such as student associations, sports and health. These additional fees vary widely per university and per student and can run from a few hundred dollars to a few thousand dollars. Check with the university for details.

Student enrolment

2008 preliminary fall enrolment *
Full-time (undergraduates): 12,700
Full-time (graduates): 1,595
Part-time (undergraduates): 2,241
Part-time (graduates): 987

* Source: Memorial University of Newfoundland

Programs and degrees

Note: The program information is compiled by AUCC staff in cooperation with staff at member institutions. The programs are classified according to the Classification of Instructional Programs 2000. To search for the programs offered by this institution, please consult the Directory of Canadian Universities’ programs database online at http://www.aucc.ca/can_uni/search/index_e.html.

Student facilities and services

Personal support services
Health services, art gallery, bookstore, botanical garden, campus ministry, centre for students with disabilities, childcare centres, counselling centre, campus enforcement and patrol and centre for career development.

Academic support services
Academic advising centre, folklore and language archive, help centres in numerous disciplines, cooperative education services centre, international student adviser, services for Native students, women’s resource centre, writing centre, career planning centre and much more.

First-year student programs
Academic advising, first-year seminar series, orientation program, parent’s night, ‘‘ask me’’ program, first-year student focus group, first-year student expectations/expenses group, first-year semester-long course to help students integrate into postsecondary studies, host family program, leaders involved in further education program, peer orientation assistant program, first-year university student society, and many more.

Housing
On-campus: The St. John’s campus has two residences: Paton College and Burton’s Pond Apartments. Paton College consists of 10 dormitories that accommodate approximately 100 residents each. Burton’s Pond Apartments consists of four courts and offers an independent lifestyle. Annual fees for Paton College are $5,542 (10 meals per week/double room), $5,812 (14 meals per week/double room), $5,968 (19 meals per week/double room). Annual fees for Burton’s Pond Apartments are $3,044 (single room/two semesters). At Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, the 188 residence rooms are singles. Annual cost (two semesters): $2,408 (including phone/voice-mail). The chalet style apartments house 300 students. Annual cost (two semesters): $2,830.

Off-campus: On average, accommodation prices are: room $300/month, bachelor $350/ month, one-bedroom $450/month, two-bedroom $550/month, three-bedroom $625/month, and four-bedroom $800+/month.

Student assistance
Undergraduate: Last year, Memorial University awarded in excess of $2 million in undergraduate scholarships with more than half of that amount going to entrance scholarships. The value of individual awards ranges from $500 non-renewable to $5,000 renewable. The Memorial University career experience program offers on-campus employment to approximately 2,000 students.

Graduate: The School of Graduate Studies administers a combination of endowed and operating funds, which together add up to $2.75 million per year. In addition, academic units add some $3.3 million per annum for teaching and research purposes. Funded students receive packages ranging from $7,500 to $20,000. Further information is available at: www.mun.ca/sgs.

University research

Memorial University of Newfoundland is shaped and sustained by the highest standards of contemporary research, and by the people, economy, location and history of its community. More than 50 percent of all the research and development undertaken in Newfoundland and Labrador is performed by researchers at Memorial University.

Memorial is committed to excellence in teaching, research and scholarship, and service to the general public. Its mandate involves undertaking research on the challenges facing the province and sharing its expertise with its community. Memorial University’s Inco Innovation Centre situated in the heart of the St. John’s campus and houses a wide range of independent research and educational facilities.

The university’s pan-university Core Research Equipment and Instrument Training Network is designed to maximize the impact of Memorial’s institutional investments in research through enhanced access to and utilization of major research equipment. Memorial University has made a significant investment in the support of student research. Providing support for developing researchers will be a fundamental aim of the university in the future development of its research agenda.

International education

Memorial’s global relationships provide students with work terms and professional placements around the world. Our cooperative education students have the opportunity to work throughout North America, Europe, Scandinavia, South America and the Middle East.

Students can travel and study in countries around the world for weeks at a time by participating in one of our field schools offered in arts, sciences, recreation and fine arts.

Memorial’s comprehensive exchange programs put virtually the entire world at your feet. Students have attended universities in Mexico, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Malta and several other locations.

As a member of the National Student Exchange Program, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College students have the opportunity to travel and study in a new location for one or two semesters. With over 120 participating universities to choose from in the United States and Canada, students can choose to study in locations such as Florida, West Virginia, Oregon, New Mexico, Hawaii, Quebec and Saskatchewan.

Contact
Shona Perry-Maidment, Director
Office of Student Recruitment
Telephone: 709-737-8754
E-mail: shona@mun.ca

Related colleges

Marine Institute (Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University; offers diploma, certificate, and graduate diploma programs)
PO Box 4920
St John’s NL A1C 5R3
Telephone: 709-778-0200

Queen’s College
(Co-educational, affiliated residential college; offers theological studies, Anglican)
Prince Philip Drive
St John’s NL A1B 3R6
Telephone: 709-753-0116

Sir Wilfred Grenfell College
(Memorial University’s liberal arts college)
Corner Brook NL A2H 6P9
Telephone: 709-637-6200