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Acadia University

Acadia University
15 University Avenue
Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6

Official telephone: (902) 542-2201
Fax number: (902) 585-1081
Website: https://www2.acadiau.ca/
Screen last updated on: January 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 3,363
Full-time undergraduates: 3,195
Part-time undergraduates: 153
Total graduate students: 574
Full-time graduate students: 265
Part-time graduate students: 309

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 250 acres
Nearest major city: Halifax, Nova Scotia

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
Percent of students who live off campus: 55%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: yes
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Dance Acadia; Power Cheerleading; Water Watch Canada; LINC; Biology

ATHLETICS

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball  
Men's footballyes 
Men's football  
Men's ice hockeyyes 
Men's ice hockey  
Men's soccer  
Men's socceryes 
Men's swimming and diving  
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Women's basketball  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cross-country running  
Women's rugbyyes 
Women's rugby  
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer  
Women's swimming and diving  
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's track and field  
Women's volleyball  

Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball; cheerleading; equestrian sports; fencing; field hockey; ice hockey; lacrosse; rugby; soccer; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Halifax International

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