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The University of Winnipeg

515 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9
Telephone: 204-786-7811

President and Vice-Chancellor: Dr. Lloyd Axworthy

Profile

The University of Winnipeg, located in the urban heart of Winnipeg, is committed to access and excellence in arts and sciences. From its unique high school Collegiate on campus (grade 9 to 12) right through its 55+ program in the Division of Continuing Education, The University of Winnipeg believes in lifelong learning and making postsecondary education accessible to non-traditional and underrepresented populations such as rural, Aboriginal, inner-city and new Canadian students. Undergraduate degree programs are offered in arts -- including a new Bachelor of Arts in Human Rights and Global Studies -- sciences, education and theology. A new Faculty of Business and Economics was added in 2008. At the graduate level, several new master's degree programs were added that year as well, including an MA in Aboriginal Governance. 

Joint master’s programs (with the University of Manitoba) are offered in public administration, history and religious studies, and several applied programs with Red River College are available. Menno Simons College, an affiliate of UWinnipeg, offers international development and conflict resolution studies.

UWinnipeg’s innovative Global College is a multi-disciplinary approach to addressing pressing global issues for students and local, national, and international communities. Leatherdale Internships are available to students studying abroad and international students wishing to pursue their studies at UWinnipeg.

UWinnipeg’s Wii Chiiwaakanak Learning Centre bridges the digital divide and provides Aboriginal students and community members with free access to computers, internet, Elder’s circles, a homework club and other resources. The Aboriginal Student Services Centre offers culturally sensitive services to the university’s 800-plus First Nations, Métis and Inuit students.

The university is expanding its campus with the new Richardson College for the Environment and Science Complex, a leading-edge science complex that will be a model of green building technology. As well, the university is currently constructing a new student residence, as well as a new building devoted to business, and its Continuing Education Division. It will be renovating space adjacent to the main campus to create a new student centre, and renovation of the Canwest Theatre and Film building and an expanded state-of-the art fitness centre are now complete. The UWinnipeg renaissance is helping to revitalize and strengthen Winnipeg’s downtown community.   

The university also has an excellent reputation for cultivating writers – such as alumnus David Bergen, 2005 Giller Prize winner.

History
Year of foundation: 1871
Former names: Manitoba College (1871); Wesley College (1888); United College (1938).

Student fees

Canadian student fees  2008 - 2009 *
Undergraduate tuition fees: $2,786
Graduate tuition fees: $5,250

International student fees  2008 - 2009 *
Undergraduate tuition fees: $10,032
Graduate tuition fees: $10,500

* Source: The University of Winnipeg (fees for general programs in arts)

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 fall enrolment *
Undergraduates: 8,835

* Source: The University of Winnipeg

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 centre, Bulman Student Centre, community ambassador services program, career resource centre, career trek program for youth at risk, Centre for Distributed/Distance Learning, CKUW (student radio), counselling services, day-care centre, Duckworth Centre (home of the Wesmen basketball and volleyball teams, a fitness centre, banked track, three gyms, saunas, squash, racquetball, and handball courts), employment center, international student services office, Klinic Student Health Services, mature student orientation, Nathan Micay Disability Resource Centre (services for students with special needs), peer support counselling, prior learning assessment and recognition, safewalk and saferide programs, student central (centrally-located one-stop student service shop for UWinnipeg’s nearly 9,000 students), The Uniter (student newspaper), students’ association, Virtuosi Concert Series, women’s centre, Global Welcome Centre (immigrant student supports).  

Academic support services
Academic advising, art gallery, bookstores, library, centre for academic writing/the learning centre (with free tutoring in writing, math, chemistry, and physics), the Bernice Blazewicz Pitcairn Learning Commons boasts the Stimpson Media Gallery (computers, television monitors, high-speed Internet access and state-of-the-art technology), on- and off-campus Internet access to all students with costs built into tuition fees, and a 65-seat student computer lab.

First-year student programs
The academic writing centre/learning centre, study skills program, student orientation programs, and first-year advising. Support program for students admitted conditionally.

Housing
The University of Winnipeg has developed comfortable, affordable close-to-campus student housing options in downtown Winnipeg and is nearing completion of a new student residence on campus which will provide a home for 176 students and 25 student families. We offer single rooms in eight newly-renovated houses, and dorm-style accommodations on all-student floors of the Lions Manor senior citizens’ housing complex. Housing options are within a ten-minute walk from campus, and offer clean and comfortable rooms, live-in resident assistants, volunteer opportunities, and a chance to meet great people. Housing fees range from $1,720 to $2,220 per term (fees are subject to change); we offer a wide range of accommodations from dorm-style rooms to unfurnished and furnished bachelor suites to unfurnished one-bedroom suites. For more housing information, visit http://housing.uwinnipeg.ca or e-mail housing@uwinnipeg.ca.

Student assistance
Undergraduate: Undergraduate students at UWinnipeg have the unique opportunity to get involved in hands-on research with the university’s award-winning research faculty, UWinnipeg Canada Research Chairs and to work in Canada’s emerging centre of excellence for infectious disease science and research. Each year, the University of Winnipeg distributes almost $2 million in student awards to new and returning students. High school graduates with outstanding academic, leadership, extra-curricular, and athletic achievement may qualify for entrance scholarships ranging from $100 to $24,000. The University of Winnipeg guarantees scholarships to students with an entrance average of 80 percent or higher. Approximately one-half of all entrants receive an entrance scholarship. As well, bursaries are available for students with special financial needs including Aboriginal students, new Canadians, students from the North, rural students and adult learners. The innovative Opportunity Fund provides fast-track bursaries and tuition credits to students who are under-represented at the university including new Canadians, inner-city and Aboriginal youth.

University research

The University of Winnipeg offers a dynamic environment for researchers and students. As a primarily undergraduate institution, with a total of nine graduate degree programs underway by September of 2008, UWinnipeg offers students high-quality training and many research opportunities. Our research focuses on a variety of issues facing the community, province, and nation. Issues such as housing policy, multicultural communities and inner-city and urban development are explored at the community level. Provincially, researchers tackle population health, sustainability, northern environmental and cultural issues, along with trans-border water issues and water quality on Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba. Nationally, UWinnipeg researchers are investigating Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, child security in sport, child and adult literacy, and the politics and history of Canada.

UWinnipeg recently announced creation of the Richardson College for the Environment, expanding its research capacity and knowledge areas. The university’s newly-appointed Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Science Education gives our students a unique opportunity to explore the relationship between cultural and science education in indigenous communities.

International education

The University of Winnipeg has exchange agreements with 16 universities in countries including Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Scotland, South Korea, Turkey, and the United States.

These agreements include internships in international development studies in conjunction with Menno Simons College, and in human rights and global studies, health security and human potential, and climate change through the university’s Global College. Faculty members are also eligible for a variety of exchanges.

UWinnipeg’s student body has over 500 international students from more than 50 countries. Many work at the university in the library, recreation and athletic services, the Student Records Office, the bookstore, the physical plant, and the Technology Solutions Centre. They also work as teaching assistants and lab demonstrators, or in the student union offices.

The International Office provides advising, admissions, and other supports to international students. For more information, please visit www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/intl-index.

Finally, UWinnipeg’s Alumni Association has members across the country and established a branch in Hong Kong where alumni, current and future students throughout Asia can connect or re-connect with the university.

Associated institution

Menno Simons College
520 Portage Avenue, Suite 210
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 0G2
Telephone: 204-953-3855
Website: http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~msc/