Brandon University

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Brandon University

Former name	Brandon College
Motto	Aletheuontes de en Agape "Speaking the truth in love"
Type	Public
Established	1899
Academic affiliations	AUCC, IAU, ACU, CUSID, Campus Manitoba, CUP.
Endowment	C$34 million[1]
Chancellor	Mary Jane McCallum
President	David Docherty
Students	2,980
Undergraduates	2,590
Postgraduates	390
Location	Brandon , Manitoba , Canada
Campus	Urban
Colours	Blue & gold
Nickname	Brandon Bobcats
Sporting affiliations	U Sports
Mascot	Bailey the Bobcat
Website	www.brandonu.ca

Brandon University is a university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, with an enrolment of approximately 3,375 (2020) full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students.^[2] The current location was founded on July 13, 1899, as Brandon College as a Baptist institution. It was chartered as a university by then President John E. Robbins on June 5, 1967. The enabling legislation is the Brandon University Act.^[3] Brandon University is one of several predominantly undergraduate liberal arts and sciences institutions in Canada.^[4]

The university is a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate (CUSID) and a member of U Sports. Brandon University has a student-to-faculty ratio of 11 to 1 and sixty percent of all classes have fewer than 20 students.^[4] The university press, The Quill, is a member of CUP.