WINNIPEG, MB – Preliminary enrolment numbers show more students than ever before are choosing to study at The University of Winnipeg with growth strongest in graduate programs which saw an 11.85% increase compared to this time last year, while undergraduate enrolment is also up 0.6%, for a blended overall increase of 1.1%. First year students self- identifying as Aboriginal is also strong at 12.03%, making UWinnipeg one of the top universities in Canada for Indigenous participation.
“In the past several years we’ve worked hard to create relevant programs in emerging fields and we have grown our Graduate Studies Faculty significantly, and students both here and abroad are responding,” said Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, President and Vice-Chancellor. “We now offer the only Master’s degree in Development Practice with a focus on Indigenous development in the world, as well as fourteen other germane Master’s degrees in fields ranging from curatorial arts, to bioscience and public policy.”
Axworthy added that with UWinnipeg’s newly created Faculty of Kinesiology, further academic development is in progress in the growing fields of athletic therapy, sport pedagogy, coaching education, concussion research, inner-city youth sport development, and healthy living and nutrition programs. In the past decade, UWinnipeg’s student enrollment has grown by 55%, more than double the rate of growth at other Manitoba universities.
UWinnipeg is also offering increased flexibility and more students are taking spring and summer classes, with a 10.7% increase this year over last, from 2,756 student enrolments to 3,051.
UWinnipeg now attracts approximately 14,000 people downtown – full and part-time students, adult learners, high school Collegiate students, faculty and staff.
OVERALL 2012-2013 ENROLMENT AT A GLANCE – as of September 7, 2012Undergrad and graduate student total: 10,104 (an increase of 1.1% over last year)
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UNDERGRADUATE: UWinnipeg had registered 9,651 full and part time undergraduate students in 30,533 full course enrolment equivalents (an increase of 0.6%)
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GRADUATE: UWinnipeg had registered 453 graduate students in 15 Master degree programs. (an increase of 12.85%)
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ADULT LEARNERS – PROFESSIONAL, APPLIED AND CONTINUING EDUCATION (PACE) 989 adults were enrolled in UWinnipeg’s continuing education programs, with that number expected to double by March as each program has differing start dates. PACE course-load-per-student is up 10.10%. Also of note: the number of international students enrolled in PACE programs has grown from 55 students last year to 66 students this year (an increase of 20%).
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COLLEGIATE – The Collegiate had 353 students enrolled, a small decrease compared to last year. UWinnipeg is one of the few universities in Canada with a high school on campus, with students from grade 9 to grade 12. It also includes the innovative Model School which provides individualized learning plans to students referred by the community.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS 4-YR TREND
2009-10:
- Students: 9,047
- % Increase: 3.43%
- Full Course Equivalent: 29,303
2010-11:
- Students: 9,292
- % Increase: 2.71%
- Full Course Equivalent: 29,660
2011-12:
- Students: 9,588
- % Increase: 3.19%
- Full Course Equivalent: 30,500
2012-13:
- Students: 9,651
- % Increase: 0.66%
- Full Course Equivalent: 30,533
QUICK STATS at UWINNIPEG
- International students – 507
- English Language program students – 392
In the next several weeks, enrolment numbers will fluctuate somewhat as students drop and add courses. Final enrolment numbers will be available in November.
MEDIA CONTACT
Diane Poulin, Communications Officer, The University of Winnipeg
P: 204.988.7135, E: d.poulin@uwinnipeg.ca
