ULethbridge quick facts
School motto
Latin, meaning Let There Be Light
School colours
Mascot
The fastest land mammal in the Western Hemisphere
School tradition
Touch the pronghorn statue outside the University Library for good luck before exams
Blackfoot name
Meaning Sacred Buffalo Stone
8,314
students
As of September 2023
7,550
Undergraduate students
625
Master's students
139
Doctoral students
One of Canada's leading research universities
The University of Lethbridge has built an outstanding record of research achievement. Our tradition of excellence has been achieved by the collective achievements of our researchers and fostered by our commitment to support high impact research across disciplines.
#1
Medical and Science Grants (Primarily Undergraduate category, Maclean's University Rankings, 2022 and 2023)
1 of 4
Comprehensive Academic and Research Universities in Alberta
17
Research Centres and Institutes
World-renowned faculty
Our faculty members bring their research into the classroom and actively engage students in research opportunities.
7
Royal Society of Canada Fellows
2
Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars
38
Research Chairs
2
3M National Teaching Fellows
Extraordinary facilities
Where you learn, shapes how you learn. With the opening of Science Commons in 2019, we are home to Canada’s most advanced facility for science education and research.
With locations on both the Lethbridge and Calgary campuses, the Centre for Financial Market Research and Teaching is the best-equipped academic trading room in Western Canada.
Our art collection includes more than 16,000 pieces, and is one of the most significant collections in Canada.
Strength in graduate studies
Our graduate enrolment reached more than 600 students in 2023.
More than 70 per cent of our graduate students in thesis-based programs present at conferences or meetings in their field of research.
More than 65 per cent of our doctoral students co-author papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Pronghorn pride
1,300+
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3
1
Shining alumni
50,000+
Alumni worldwide
1,600
Graduates join our alumni family each year
94.8%
Graduate employment rate
3
Rhodes Scholars