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Queen’s University

99 University Avenue
Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N5
Telephone: 613-533-6000

Profile

Queen’s is known as one of Canada’s leading universities for academic excellence and an exceptional student experience. Located in Kingston, Ontario, it is a mid-sized university with 17 faculties, colleges and professional schools, as well as the Bader International Study Centre at Herstmonceux, East Sussex, U.K.

Queen’s has influenced Canadian higher education for 168 years and is known for its incomparable 24-hour learning environment, excellence in teaching, talented students, spirit, tradition and a strong sense of community. As a residential university, 95 percent of students come from outside of Kingston, more than 85 percent live 15 minutes from campus, and 90 percent of first-year students live in residence.

The student experience will be further enhanced in 2010 with the addition of the Queen’s Centre, a multipurpose athletic and student life facility featuring three gyms, more than 25,000 square feet of fitness and cardio space, a 38m by 25m pool, food court, student coffee shop and much more.

The university’s tradition of innovation, quality and leadership in the academic world is marked by a number of pioneering initiatives. The university initiated graduate work and correspondence study in Canada, and was the first to offer academic programs in business and commerce, engineering, physics, art conservation, policy studies and industrial relations.

Canada’s first lectureship in politics and economics was established at Queen’s, as was the first course in radiological physics, the first chair in Canadian history, the first national MBA program using tele-conferencing technology and the first privately-funded executive MBA.

History
Year of foundation: 1841
Former name of the institution: Queen’s College at Kingston.

Student fees

Canadian student fees  2009 - 2010 *
Undergraduate tuition fees: $4,929 - $5,001
Graduate tuition fees: $5,795 - $6,017

International student fees  2009 - 2010 *
Undergraduate tuition fees: $16,317 - $17,026
Graduate tuition fees: $11,906 - $12,364

* Source: Statistics Canada. Fees for general programs in arts and humanities.

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

2009 rounded preliminary fall enrolment *
Full-time (undergraduates): 14,600
Full-time (graduates): 3,900
Part-time (undergraduates): 3,300
Part-time (graduates): 320

* Source: Council of Ontario Universities

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
Aboriginal student services, apartment and housing service, Ban Righ Foundation for continuing university education for women, bookstore, chaplaincy, computer store, counselling and disability services, day care centre, education on queer issues project, human rights office, international centre, internship program, jobs on campus, learning commons, legal aid, le centre francophone, Queen’s interfaith council, radio station, sexual health resource centre, student health, the rector, theatres, walk home service and women’s centre.

The Student Affairs division at Queen’s champions the student experience by supporting and empowering students. Its departments provide and connect students with the support, services and facilities they need to maximize every opportunity for learning and living on campus and in the community.

Through a diverse array of programs and services, Student Affairs complements, enables and advocates for all student involvement – whether through campus employment, membership in clubs and organizations, participation in athletics or recreational activities, association with faculty societies or contributions to student governments like the AMS (Alma Mater Society) and SGPS (Society of Graduate and Professional Students).

Academic support services
Academic advisors, archives, art gallery, career services, centre for teaching and learning, education abroad advisor, Four Directions Aboriginal student centre, peer mentors, six networked libraries, the learning commons, workshops, tutors, writing centre.

First-year student programs
Queen's residences living and learning program provides a series of optional, informal educational events on problem areas or topics of great interest such as decision-making, personal safety on campus, study skills, exam preparation, alcohol awareness, healthy eating, money management, orientation, relationships, sexual assault, sexual health, social issues, societal discrimination, the Canadian mosaic and women's/gender issues.

Housing
On-campus: Fifteen traditional-style residences can accommodate up to 3,800 students in both single gender and co-ed buildings within single, double or triple rooms. Students living in residence are automatically enrolled in a meal plan, and may choose from a variety of meal plan options. One of the 13 first-year residences offers an optional meal plan. http://housing.queensu.ca/residence/

Off-campus: Community housing manages university-owned rentals in the Queen’s core in addition to two apartment complexes on West campus. One apartment building contains 123 one-bedroom apartments for student couples ($641*/month including utilities, parking is extra); the other consists of 260 one-, two-, and two-bedroom with study apartments for student couples and families (one-bedroom, $665*/month; two-bedroom and two-bedroom with study, $755*/month; prices include utilities and unserviced parking). Students can also find accommodations around campus in a variety of configurations and price ranges. The department also provides a listing service that students can search for their accommodation needs. Please visit http://housing.queensu.ca/community_housing for more information.

* Note: Rates shown are for September 2009 and are subject to change.

Student assistance
Queen’s University administers a variety of student financial aid programs to assist students in financing their university education. Queen’s programs include a merit and need-based entrance awards program; need-based bursaries; in-course scholarships and awards; work programs (need-based work study program, and a summer work experience program) and emergency short-term loan funding. Queen’s also administers all government student grant and loan programs (OSAP, provincial/territorial outside Ontario, U.S. government assistance programs).

University research

Queen’s University is a mid-sized, residential university that has a reputation for excellence in undergraduate education and sustaining and enhancing first-class research across a broad range of graduate programs and centres of research. In 2007-2008, Queen’s earned over $190 million in total research funding. National awards won by faculty members include such prestigious honours as the NSERC John C. Polanyi Award, Juno awards, the Order of Canada, and Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada, Killam Prize, and Killam and Steacie fellowships. Researchers at Queen’s lead one of Canada’s “big science” projects, the SNOLAB International Underground Science Facility which seeks to find ‘dark matter’ in the universe and continues studies on the properties of neutrinos.

International education

Queen’s places a strong emphasis on providing students with opportunities to gain international experience. The university has a robust program of international exchange, involving bilateral agreements with about 130 universities in 35 countries. The university also has access to a further 30 universities through consortial exchanges.

Queen’s operates an international campus, the Bader International Study Centre (BISC), at Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, U.K. This campus has a capacity of 180 students per term and offers high-quality programs in humanities, social sciences, business and law. Two special features are small class-size and a rich program of field study integral to every course. The ISC accepts students from universities around the world.

About 1,600 Queen’s students per year go abroad for independent study, internships, field trips and other activities – this amounts to about 10 per cent of Queen’s total enrolment.

Queen’s students are drawn from all across Canada and approximately 83 countries around the world. International enrolment is approximately 17 per cent at the graduate level and four per cent at the undergraduate level.

For more information, visit: www.queensu.ca/international.