Enrollment: 8,560

From the St. Mary's website: Now celebrating its 200th anniversary, founded in 1802, Saint Mary's offers a full range of unique graduate and undergraduate programs, including forensic science, applied science, applied psychology, astronomy, environmental studies, Irish studies, Atlantic Canada studies, business administration, criminology, history, international development studies, philosophy and women's studies. A wide selection of programs provide a co-op education option, allowing students to mix academics with practical skills.

The $18-million Sobey Building is a state-of-the-art facility that recently opened and rivals the best instructional facilities in North America. The university has completed its $25-million residence renovations project, providing students with high quality, community-centred residence life with all the 21st century conveniences. Every student living in residence can now plug in to the Internet, Saint Mary's online courses and the large Patrick Power Library resources. This will add to the more than 1,000 Internet access ports located throughout the Sobey Building, Loyola Academic Complex, labs, offices, classrooms and students lounges throughout the campus.

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Housing: Living in residence means you are at the heart of university life. You will develop lasting friendships, experience a great variety of social and educational activities, meet many people from around the world and be a part of a very close community. The University does not require students to live in residence; however, it highly recommends residence life and encourages all first year students to reside on campus.