Bishop’s University

B.U. at a glance

Bishop's University was founded in 1843 and sits on a 222-hectare (550 acre) campus. Bishop's offers 106 programs in 5 faculties and 25 departments.
Skyview of the Bishop's University campus and surrounding countryside.
The average time to commute to campus is 15 minutes, there are 21 social and academic clubs, 3 '3M' National Teacher Fellows and 6 '3M' National Student Fellows, and 9 varsity sports teams.
Student walking on campus in early winter with a smile and the sun shining.
33 percent of the student population are francophone, with 2,841 students enrolled in 2024-25 overall. 74 countries are presented at Bishop's, with student exchange opportunities with 26 countries. There are 8 graduate programs and certificates, and the student-faculty ratio is 23 to 1.
With the sun reflecting on the pavement, two students who are only visible from the waist down, walk across a multi-coloured crosswalk on campus.
Bishop's has 5 Canada Research Chairs, a 550-acre campus (which equates to 267 Olympic-size swimming pools), is carbon-neutral, and also has a student-run bi-weekly newspaper called The Campus. We also have an award from Velo Sympathique for our bike-friendly campus.
International Students from Aruba

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