UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK

Campus

The University of New Brunswick has two campuses known as Fredericton and Saint John. Fredericton campus was first founded, and then a smaller campus known as Saint John was established. Fredericton has shared the College Hill with St. Thomas University, while the Saint John campus has New Brunswick’s Anglophone medical school, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick. The university also has two small satellite health sciences campuses, and they are located in Moncton and Bathurst.

The library of the University of New Brunswick stocks several study materials. To be very specific, the university library stores items such as journals, books, eBooks, references, data, and more.  The library also stores research papers from various programs that help both the students and the teaching staff. 

Research

The university has an active involvement in research, where it holds around 11 Canada Research Chairs. Besides this, it is also home to over 60 research centers and institutes. The university has shouldered responsible for conducting around 75 percent of overall university research in the entire province. 

One of the university’s many achievements in the field of research includes developing the technology used by Google, which is also a research partner with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.  Apart from all this, it is also known as the world’s first research center in dermoskeletics. 

Programs and Academic Groups

The University of New Brunswick offers more than 75 undergraduate programs to its students. It offers the courses through the below-mentioned programs:-

• Arts
• Forestry
• Law
• Leadership studies
• Nursing
• Science
• Computer Science
• Engineering
• Business
• Kinesiology

Student Life

In the case of accommodation, the University has a wide range of residence options to offer to its students. The students can choose from on-campus housing, homestays as well as off-campus housing. The university has around 13 residences in Fredericton and two residences in Saint John to offer accommodations to its students. The students can choose as per their convenience from more than 125 societies and clubs.

No matter which campus the students choose, they will access facilities like fitness classes and even outdoor activities such as kayaking and snowshoeing. In the case of off-campus housing, the students can look for apartments and get themselves well-furnished off-campus apartments.