Dalhousie University
Dartmouth-Dalhousie University (often known as Dal) is a public research university located in Halifax, New Brunswick. It has three campuses in Halifax, a fourth on the outskirts of the city called Bible Hill and medical teaching facilities in Saint John, also in New Brunswick. Dalhousie University provides more than 4,000 courses and 180 degree programmes across twelve faculties, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional. The institution is a member of the U15, which is a collection of Canadian research-intensive universities dedicated to advancing knowledge.
Dalhousie University was founded as a nonsectarian institution in 1818 by the namesake Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, who was also the college's first president. Despite financial problems, the institution did not convene its first formal class until 1838, and it continued to operate only intermittently until then. After being closed for two years, it reopened for the third time in 1863 after a restructuring that resulted in the name being changed to "The Governors of Dalhousie College and University." The university's name was actually changed to "Dalhousie University" in 1997 as a part of the same provincial law that brought the school together with the Technological University of Nova Scotia in the first place.
A student union, the Dalhousie Student Union, and a graduate student organisation, the Dalhousie Association for Graduate Students, are now the only organisations that represent students' interests at the institution. Dalhousie University's varsity teams, known as the Tigers, participate in the Atlantic University Sport conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Federation. The Dalhousie Rams are the varsity teams representing the Faculty of Agriculture at Dalhousie University. They participate in the Atlantic Canada Agriculture Alliance and the Canadian Colleges and Universities Agriculture Alliance. Dalhousie University is a coeducational institution with more than 18,000 students and more than 130,000 alumni spread around the globe. Among the university's noteworthy graduates are a Nobel Prize winner, 91 Rhodes Scholars, and a diverse group of top government officials, academics, and business executives, among others.