The University of Manitoba is the largest university in the province of Manitoba

Manitoba University

University of Manitoba
Motto	Floreat
Motto in English	Flourish or Prosper
Established	1877
Type	Public
Religious affiliation	non-denominational
Endowment	$342 million
President	Dr. David Barnard
Admin. staff	2,348
Undergraduates	24,948
Postgraduates	3,387
Location	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Campus	Urban
Sports team	Manitoba Bisons
Colours	Gold and brown
Mascot	Bison
Affiliations	AUCC, CARL, IAU, CIS, CVU, UArctic, ACU, CWUAA, Campus Manitoba, Robert B. Ferguson Museum of Mineralogy, CUP, Gallery One One One and FitzGerald Study Centre
Website	www.umanitoba.ca

The University of Manitoba is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It is placed in SJTU's list of the world's Top 500 Universities. According to U.S. News & World Report, the University of Manitoba is among the top 20 universities in Canada and top 400 universities in the world as of 2009.

Location

The University of Manitoba has three main locations—the Bannatyne Campus, the Fort Garry Campus and the William Norrie Centre. The downtown Bannatyne campus of the University comprises a complex of ten buildings located west of the Health Sciences Centre between McDermot Ave and William Ave in Central Winnipeg. This complex houses the medical and dental instructional units of the University. The Faculty of Dentistry, the Faculty of Medicine, the School of Medical Rehabilitation, and the School of Dental Hygiene are the major health sciences units located on this campus. The Faculty of Pharmacy officially joined the Bannatyne campus with the opening of the 95,000 sq ft (8,800 m²) Apotex Centre on October 16, 2008. The main Fort Garry Campus (located on the Red River in south Winnipeg) comprises over 60 teaching and research buildings of the University and sits on 233 hectares (580 acres) of land. In addition, Smartpark is the location of seven buildings leased to research and development organizations involving university-industry partnerships. The William Norrie Centre on Selkirk Avenue is the campus for social work education for inner-city residents. The University also operates agricultural research stations near Glenlea and Carman, Manitoba. The Ian N. Morrison Research Farm near Carman is a 406 acres (164 ha) facility located 70 km (43 mi) from Winnipeg, while the Glenlea facility is approximately 1,000 acres (405 ha) and located 20 km (12 mi) from Winnipeg. 

University of Manitoba's Administration Building

University of Manitoba Tier Building

Biological Laboratories

University of Manitoba St Pauls College

University of Manitoba St Johns College

University of Manitoba St Andrews College

University of Manitoba Aboriginal House

"Archelon ischyros" in Wallace Building, University of Manitoba

Academics

The University of Manitoba has a total enrolment of approximately 26,000 students in 22 faculties. Most academic units offer graduate studies programs leading to master’s or doctoral degrees.

The current colleges are:

• Université de Saint-Boniface (University of St. Boniface)
• St. John's College
• St. Paul's College
• St. Andrew's College
• University College

The university's faculties:

• Agricultural and Food Sciences
• School of Agriculture
• Faculty of Architecture offers a program in architecture accredited by the Canadian Architectural Certification Board at both the bachelor level (B.Arch.) and the master's level (M.Arch.).
• School of Art
• Faculty of Arts
• Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
• Faculty of Dentistry
• School of Dental Hygiene
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Engineering - Students can choose to specialize in the following disciplines: Biosystems Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering and Mechanical Engineering 
• Extended Education
• Faculty of Human Ecology
  1. Faculty of Human Ecology: Department of Human Nutritional Sciences has an accredited dietetic program. The university is accredited by a professional organization such as the Dietitians of Canada and the university's graduates may subsequently become registered dietitians. List of universities with accredited dietetic programs
• I. H. Asper School of Business
• Robson Hall - Faculty of Law
• Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music
• School of Medical Rehabilitation
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Nursing
• Faculty of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Kinesiology & Recreation Management
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Social Work
• Division of Extended Education
• University 1

Programs

• Aboriginal Business Studies
• Aboriginal Governance
• Accounting
• Actuarial Mathematics - Business
• Actuarial Mathematics - Science
• Agribusiness
• Agriculture
• Agriculture Diploma
• Agroecology
• Agronomy
• American Sign Language/English Interpretation
• Animal Systems
• Anthropology
• Applied Mathematics
• Architecture (Masters)
• Art
• Art History
• Asian Studies
• Astronomy
• Athletic Therapy
• Biochemistry
• Biological Sciences
• Biosystems Engineering
• Biotechnology
• Business
• Canadian Studies
• Catholic Studies
• Central & East European Studies
• Ceramics
• Chemistry
• City Planning (Masters)
• Civil Engineering
• Classical Studies
• Classics
• Commerce
• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Cree
• Criminology
• Dental Hygiene
• Dentistry
• Pre-Dentistry
• Drama
• Drawing
• Economics
• Education - Bachelor of Education
• Education - Post Baccalaureate
• Electrical Engineering
• Engineering
• English
• Entomology
• Entrepreneurship/Small Business
• Environmental Design - Archtitecture
• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies
• Family Social Sciences
• Film Studies
• Finance
• Fine Arts
• Food Science
• French
• Genetics
• Geography
• Geological Sciences
• Geology
• Geophysics
• German
• Global Political Economy
• Graphic Design
• Greek
• Health Sciences
• Health Studies
• History
• Human Ecology
• Human Nutritional Sciences
• Human Resource Management
• Icelandic
• Interior Design (Masters)
• International Business
• Italian
• Jazz Studies
• Judaic Studies
• Kinesiology
• Labour Studies
• Landscape Architecture (Masters)
• Latin
• Latin American Studies
• Law
• Linguistics
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Management
• Management Information Systems
• Management of Organizations
• Marketing
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Medicine
• Pre-Medicine
• Medieval & Renaissance Studies
• Microbiology
• Music
• Music Composition
• Music Education
• Music History
• Music Performance
• Native Studies
• Nursing
• Occupational Therapy (Masters)
• Ojibway
• Operations Management/Research
• Painting
• Pharmacy
• Pre-Pharmacy
• Philosophy
• Photography
• Physical Education
• Physical Geography
• Physical Therapy (Masters)
• Physics
• Plant Biotechnology
• Polish
• Political Studies
• Pre-Dentistry
• Pre-Medicine
• Pre-Pharmacy
• Pre-Veterinary Medicine
• Printmaking
• Psychology - Arts
• Psychology - Science
• Recreation Management and Community Development
• Religion
• Respiratory Therapy
• Russian
• Science
• Sculpture
• Social Work
• Sociology
• Soil Science
• Spanish
• Statistics
• Textile Sciences
• Theatre
• Ukrainian
• Ukrainian Canadian Heritage Studies
• University 1
• Video
• Women's & Gender Studies

Aboriginal

The University of Manitoba provides services to urban Aboriginal people. The University of Manitoba Native Studies summer course brings first-year Aboriginal students to campus before the start of the school year for some campus orientation. Aboriginal Elders are present on campus at University of Manitoba to provide social supports. Dedicated tutoring services are available within the University of Manitoba’s Medicine, Engineering and Social Work ACCESS Programs. The University of Manitoba reaches into Aboriginal communities to talk to potential students at a much younger age through Curry Biz Camp, which fosters entrepreneurship among young First Nations and Métis students.

University rankings

University rankings
University of Manitoba
ARWU World	201-300
ARWU Clinical Medicine	76-100
THE-WUR World	301-350
Canadian rankings
ARWU National	8-17
Maclean's Medical/Doctoral	15
THE-WUR National	17-19

History

Early history

Historical Photo of University of Manitoba

The University of Manitoba is a non-denominational university, founded by Alexander Morris, that received a charter on February 28, 1877. It officially opened on June 20, 1877  to confer degrees on students graduating from its three founding colleges - St. Boniface College (Roman Catholic/Francophone), St John's College (Anglican) and Manitoba College (Presbyterian). The University of Manitoba granted its first degrees in 1880. The University was the first to be established in western Canada. Alan Beddoe designed the university coats of arms.

The University has since added a number of colleges to its corporate and associative body. In 1882 the Manitoba Medical College, which had originally been founded by practising physicians and surgeons, became a part of the University. Charles Henry Wheeler (architect) designed the Bacteriological Research Building (1897), part of the Manitoba Medical College. George Creeford Browne (architect) designed the Science Building, 1899-1900.

Other colleges followed:

• Methodist Church's Wesley College in 1888 
• Manitoba College of Pharmacy in 1902
• Manitoba Agriculture College in 1906
• St. Paul's College in 1931
• Brandon College in 1938
• St. Andrew's College in 1946

In 1901 the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba changed the University Act so that the university could do its own teaching, and in 1905 a building in downtown Winnipeg became its first teaching facility with a staff of six science professors. The governance was modelled on the provincial University of Toronto Act of 1906 which established a bicameral system of university government consisting of a senate (faculty), responsible for academic policy, and a board of governors (citizens) exercising exclusive control over financial policy and having formal authority in all other matters. The president, appointed by the board, was to provide a link between the 2 bodies and to perform institutional leadership. In the early part of the 20th century, professional education expanded beyond the traditional fields of theology, law and medicine. Graduate training based on the German-inspired American model of specialized course work and the completion of a research thesis was introduced.

The first school of architecture in western Canada was founded in 1919 at the University of Manitoba. By 1920, the University of Manitoba was the largest university in the Canadian Prairies and the fifth largest in Canada. It had eight faculties: Arts, Science, Law, Medicine, Engineering, Architecture, Pharmacy, and Agriculture. It awarded the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bachelor of Civil Engineering (BCE), Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE), Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (BME), Bachelor of Architecture (BArch), Bachelor of Pharmacy (PhmB), Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (BSA), Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Master of Arts  (MA), Master of Civil Engineering (MCE), Master of Electrical Engineering (MEE), Doctor of Medicine (MD), and Doctor of Laws (LLD). It had 1,654 male students and 359 female students, and 184 academic staff, including 6 women. The Faculty of Law was an affiliated college, the Manitoba Law School, which was founded jointly by the university and the Law Society of Manitoba in 1914. In 1920 it had 123 students, including 5 women, and 21 academic staff. It became a full part of the university in 1966. The University was originally located on Broadway. In 1929, following the addition of more programs, schools, and faculties, the University moved to its permanent site in Fort Garry, Manitoba. The University maintained the Broadway facilities for many years.

The University established an Evening institute in 1936. St. Andrew's College, which originally trained the ministry for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada, became an affiliated College in 1981. St. Andrew's College was the first Ukrainian-language college opened by the Orthodox Church in North America. It is home to a large Ukrainian cultural and religious library. The policy of university education initiated in the 1960s responded to population pressure. In 1967, two of the colleges that had been part of the University of Manitoba were given university status by the provincial government. United College, which had been formed by the merging of Wesley College and Manitoba College, became the University of Winnipeg, and Brandon College became Brandon University. St. Boniface College and St. John's College, two of the founding colleges of the University, are still part of the University of Manitoba. St. Boniface College is the University's only French language college; it offers instruction in French and facilities for the training of teachers who expect to teach in the French language. St. John's College, which dates back to 1820, offers instruction in Arts and Science and, among other special programs, prepares men and women for the ordained ministry of the Anglican Church.

The University today

Robson Hall - Faculty of Law

Thirty-three of the many buildings on the Fort Garry campus of the University of Manitoba are used directly for teaching. Four of these are colleges: St. John's College, St. Paul's College, St. Andrew's College, and University College. The remaining buildings contain laboratories, administrative and service offices, residences, or are the property of research agencies. In a typical year, the university has an enrolment of approximately 27,000 students - 24,000 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate. The university offers more than 90 degrees, more than 60 at the undergraduate level. Most academic units offer graduate studies programs leading to master’s or doctoral degrees. In 2007-08, the university acquired more than $150 million in research income. The university currently holds 48 Canada Research Chairs and is either home to or a partner in 37 research centres, institutes and shared facilities. These centres foster collaborative research and scholarship. The University of Manitoba is the network leader of ISIS Canada (Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures), headquartered in the Faculty of Engineering. ISIS Canada is a National Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) developing better ways to build, repair and monitor civil structures. The University is also an active member in 13 other NCEs. The Centre for Defence and Security Studies at the University of Manitoba has an active research, teaching and outreach program designed to advance knowledge, understanding and debate in Canada on defence and security issues.

University Centre

Legacy

On 28 February 2002, Canada Post issued 'University of Manitoba, 1877-2002' as part of the Canadian Universities series. The stamp was based on a design by Steven Slipp, based on photographs by Mike Grandmaison and on an illustration by Bonnie Ross. The 48¢ stamps are perforated 13.5 and were printed by Ashton-Potter Canada Limited.

Libraries and archives

The University of Manitoba has 19 libraries and 1 archives:

• Albert D. Cohen Management Library
• Architecture/Fine Arts Library
• Archives & Special Collections, includes the Rare Book Room
• Bill Larson Library (Grace General Hospital)
• Carolyn Sifton-Helene Fuld Library (St. Boniface General Hospital)
• Concordia Hospital Library
• Donald W. Craik Engineering Library
• Eckhardt Gramatté Music Library
• E.K. Williams Law Library
• Elizabeth Dafoe Library
• Faculty of Medicine Archives, includes the Ross Mitchell Rare Book Room
• Father Harold Drake Library (St. Paul's College)
• J.W. Crane Memorial Library (Deer Lodge Centre)
• Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library
• Riverview Health Centre Virtual Library
• Sister St. Odilon Library (Misericordia Health Centre)
• St. John's College Library
• Sciences and Technology Library
• Seven Oaks General Hospital Library
• Victoria General Hospital Library
• William R. Newman Library

Research

Facts And Figures :

As the first major research university in Western Canada, the University of Manitoba has been bringing research to life for more than a century.  From the development of canola and advances in wireless communication, to the prevention of Rh disease of the newborn and new strategies for fighting HIV/AIDS, our researchers have made contributions that have had a global impact. Today, our faculty and students continue to earn an international acclaim in fields as diverse as Global Public Health, Climate Change, Civil Societies, Clean Energy, Water Quality, Healthy Aging, New Materials, Communications Technologies, Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Aboriginal and Northern Development, Sustainable Agriculture, and Healthy Foods.

Research Funding Figures:
 

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Research Chairs

CANADA RESEARCH CHAIRS

• Canada Excellence Research Chair
• Canada Research Chairs at the University of Manitoba
• Canada Research Chairs website: www.chairs.gc.ca

ENDOWED AND SPONSORED RESEARCH CHAIRS
The University of Manitoba is also home to research chairs created through contributions from individuals, government agencies, foundations and/or corporations, which provide targeted support in defined research fields. 

• Endowed and Sponsored Research Chairs at the University of Manitoba
• Policies and procedures for the establishment of chairs
• Support Program for Externally-Funded Research Chairs

Research Centres, Institutes, Facilities & Groups

Research centres, institutes and shared facilities promote the exchange of ideas and provide collaborative research environments that stimulate multidisciplinary research and development. They also afford novel training opportunities for students and are valuable resources for the community at large.  

The University's current research centres, institutes and facilities include:

• Aerospace Materials Engineering Facility
• Applied Electromagnetics Facility
• Canadian Centre for Agri-food Research in Health and Medicine
• (with St. Boniface General Hospital and Agriculture and Agri-food Canada)
• Canadian Wheat  Board Centre for Grain Storage Research
• Centre for Aboriginal Health Research
• (with Health Sciences Centre)
• Centre for Architectural Structures and Technology (C.A.S.T.)
• Centre for Defence and Security Studies
• Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS)
• Centre for Global Public Health
• Centre for Globalization and Cultural Studies
• Centre for Higher Education Research and Development (CHERD)
• Centre for Human Models of Disease
• Centre for Human Rights Research 
• Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics
• Centre for the Research and Treatment of Atherosclerosis
• Centre on Aging 
• Crystallography and Mineralogy Research Facility
• Digital Image Analysis Facility
• Great-West Life Manitoba Breast Cancer Research and Diagnosis Centre
• (with CancerCare Manitoba)
• Health, Leisure and Human Performance Research Institute
• Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
• (with St. Boniface General Hospital)
• Institute for the Humanities
• Institute of Industrial Mathematical Sciences
• Internet Innovation Centre
• Legal Research Institute
• Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
• Manitoba Centre for Proteomics and Systems Biology
• (with Health Sciences Centre)
• Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology
• (with CancerCare Manitoba)
• Manitoba Centre for Nursing and Health Research (MCNHR)
• Manitoba Institute for Materials
• Manitoba Regional Materials and Surface Characterization Facility
• Manitoba Research Data Centre
• National Centre for Livestock and the Environment
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility
• RESOLVE (Prairie  Research Network on Family Violence)
• Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals (RCFFN)
• Spinal Cord Research Centre
• Transport Institute
• Winnipeg Institute for Theoretical Physics (with University of Winnipeg)
• W.R. McQuade Structural Engineering Laboratory

Research groups include:

• Aquatic Biology Research Group
• Community Acquired Infections Research Group
• Composite Materials and Structures Group
• Developmental Health Research Group
• Education for Sustainable Well-Being Research Group
• Experimental Media Research Group
• Gastroenterology Research Group
• Manitoba Group in Protein Structure and Function
• Military & Veteran Health Sciences Research Group
• Mood and Anxiety Disorders Research Group
• Palliative Care Research Group
• Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research Group
• Qualitative Research Group

 Research Tools

Research Tools is a set of web applications designed for University of Manitoba Researchers.

Through the Research Tools, you can:

• Access external funding opportunities
• Post your research expertise and make it searchable on the University Home Page
• Seek potential collaborators
• Manage your research projects information online

 Research Tools was created by ORS in collaboration with IST. It is an ongoing project and integrates various UM systems, including InfoEd (ORS), Aurora (Budgets & Grants) and VIP (Human Resources).

Applications within Research Tools

Profile, Keywords, Collaboration & Funding Opportunities

This site allows you to enter your research expertise keywords and descriptions. Information you choose to make public will be searchable in the public Research Experts Search. This site also allows you to sign up to receive external Funding Opportunities alerts. In addition, you may post project summaries to seek collaborators within the University. International Activities (collected for the Office of International Relations) may also be entered here.

Expertise Search (Internal)

This site allows you to search all information entered by UM Researchers. It has the same functionality as the public Research Experts Search but contains both public and University-only information.

Research Projects

This site allows you to view current status and financial summary of your research projects and proposals. You can also find your UM Project Number for your ethics protocol applications.

Student (Research Grant-Funded) Jobs

This site allows you to post student jobs that are funded by research grants. Students will have access to these postings through the public Research Grant-Funded Student Jobs site.

CFI Equipment

This is a list of the University's CFI-funded equipment. Researchers may contact designated project leaders with regard to potential use.

Resources

This site contains archived information for faculty members such as presentations from the Research Orientation Series and the New Faculty Orientation package.

Human resources

The academic staff are represented by two different unions. The professors are represented by the University of Manitoba Faculty Association, while sessional instructors and teaching assistants are represented by the CUPE Local 3909. Professors at the Faculty of Dentistry are represented by the University of Manitoba Dental Clinical Staff Association.

The support staff is divided up into many unions. The support staff and the campus security are represented by the AESES, though the support staff at the Faculty of the Engineering are represented by CUPE Local 1482. All of the outside workers are represented by the CAW Local 3007.

Undergraduate admission requirements

High school student or graduate

Students applying based on high school courses.

Mature student
Students over 21 years of age who do not meet the high school requirements and either have never attended another university/college or have completed less than 24 credit hours.

Returning, re-admission, or continuing student
Students wishing to return to a previously attended University of Manitoba program. Students who previously applied, but did not attend the University of Manitoba.

Transfer student or second degree student

Students who have completed previous college or university courses from the University of Manitoba or another post-secondary institution.

Visiting student

Students who wish to enroll in courses at the University of Manitoba with the purpose of having credit transferred to their home university/college.  

International student Students applying with an international education background.

Awards & Scholarships

The University of Manitoba rewards academic excellence with an exciting program of entrance scholarships for recent high school graduates and a wide range of awards for current students who excel within their faculties. In 2010/11, more than 1100 1st-year students received entrance scholarships totalling over $1.5 million, while 2nd year and senior students received more than $6 million of scholarship and award funding. When this is combined with $340,000 in athletic scholarships, $3 million in UM bursaries, and $1.3 million in scholarship and bursary funding from outside agencies, the University of Manitoba issued more than $13 million to students in the form of awards, scholarships and bursaries.

• Athletic awards
• Automatic undergraduate scholarships - for current students
• Bursaries - need-based awards
• Entrance awards - high school students
• Current award postings - apply today for UM and non-UM awards
• External award listings - an ongoing listing of non-UM awards
• Program specific awards - search faculty/school websites for awards
• Graduate students
• Saunderson and Stanton Awards for Excellence in Teaching
• University of Manitoba Employees Scholarship - Information & application
• University of Manitoba Colleges - The University of Manitoba campus has 4 colleges that may offer bursaries and scholarships for student members when they join (Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface is excluded for Fort Garry students).

University administration

University Presidents

• James Alexander MacLean (1913–1934)
• Sidney Earle Smith (1934–1944)
• Henry Percy Armes, acting (1944–1945)
• Albert William Trueman (1945–1948)
• Albert Henry S. Gillson (1948–1954)
• Hugh Hamilton Saunderson (1954–1970)
• Ernest Sirluck (1970–1976)
• Ralph Campbell (1976–1981)
• Arnold Naimark (1981–1996)
• Emőke J.E. Szathmáry (1996–2008)
• David Barnard (2008–Present)

University Chancellors

• S. P. Matheson (1908–1934)
• John W. Dafoe (1934–1944)
• A. K. Dysart (1944–1952)
• Victor Sifton (1952–1959)
• Justice S. Freedman (1959–1968)
• Peter D. Curry (1968–1974)
• Richard S. Bowles (1974–1977)
• Isabel G. Auld (1977–1986)
• Henry E. Duckworth (1986–1992)
• Authur V. Mauro (1992–2001)
• Bill Norrie (2001–2010)
• Harvey Secter (2010-)

  Notable past and present instructors

• Robert Archambeau ceramic artist, Governor General's Award winner
• Arthur Henry Reginald Buller F.R.S.C.,FRS, noted mycologist
• Aniruddha M. Gole, IEEE Fellow
• Frank Hawthorne F.R.S.C., award-winning mineral sciences professor
• Guy Maddin, Film director and former Professor
• Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, major founder of the Jewish Renewal Movement
• Arthur Schafer, director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics and prominent ethicist
• Jean Friesen, former Deputy Premier and Minister of Intergovernment Affairs of New Democratic Premier Gary Doer's cabinet
• Reg Alcock, former President of the Treasury Board of Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin's cabinet
• H.C. Wolfart, professor of linguistics
• Patricia Churchland and Paul Churchland, former Professors of philosophy, known for the school of eliminative materialism
• Nathan Mendelsohn, Professor of mathematics

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