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Facts, figures and rankings

Dalhousie is a lot more than numbers—but this data, including our rankings, helps demonstrate how our teaching, research, and student experience stacks up against the best universities across Canada and the world.

Our rankings

14th overall in Canada, World University Rankings
301-350 overall internationally, World University Rankings
16th overall in Canada, Impact Rankings
Top 100 overall internationally, Impact Rankings
100th Law (internationally)
Top 250 Psychology, Life sciences, and clinical and health disciplines (internationally)

12-17th overall in Canada
Top 400 overall internationally
20th Oceanography (internationally)
Top 100 Atmospheric science (internationally)
Top 150 Environmental science & engineering and political sciences (internationally)

12th overall in Canada
298th overall internationally
86th overall internationally, Sustainability Rankings
Top 200 Agriculture & forestry, earth & marine sciences, geography, geology, geophysics, law, nursing and petroleum engineering (internationally)

7th Canada's best medical doctoral universities overall
3rd Canada's best medical doctoral universities by scholarships and bursaries
4th Canada's best medical doctoral universities by student/faculty ratio
4th Canada's best medical doctoral universities by student awards
4th Canada's best medical doctoral universities by faculty awards

Facts and figures

About our students

Over 21,000 students are enrolled at Dalhousie:

  • 62% are from out-of-province.
  • 23% are international students.

The average entering grade of first-year students is 87.6%.

Over 2700 students take part in work-term opportunities each year.

More than $67M is invested each year in undergraduate scholarships, bursaries and student employment.

We've had 94 Rhodes Scholars.

Our students come from over 115 countries around the world.

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About teaching and learning

We have 6,000+ faculty and staff.

More than 90% of first-choice candidates accept academic positions.

We have 13 academic Faculties, offering 4,000+ courses and 200+ degree programs.

92% of our faculty have a PhD or doctorate.

We have one of the lowest student-faculty ratios in Canada.

 

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About our research

$210M in annual research funding administered — up 25% over the past five years.

We have 56 Canada Research Chairs — more than any other university in Atlantic Canada.

Nearly 5,000 graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.

Oceans on all 7 continents are being monitored by our groundbreaking Ocean Tracking Network.

Our researchers collaborate and publish with colleagues in nearly 200 countries, and have formal international research partnership agreements with over 60 institutions around the world.

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More about Dalhousie

Our alumni number more than 155,000.

We have over 90 exchange programs for students in more than 43 countries.

Our students have more than 250 clubs and societies to choose from.

We offer 2,660 student housing spaces in a variety of residences.

We train the majority of Atlantic Canada's front-line health workers.

Our student athletes - the Dalhousie Tigers (Halifax) and Dalhousie Rams (Truro) - compete across seven sports, while contributing an average of 4,000 hours of community volunteer work each year.

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