Dal at a Glance
Dalhousie: By the numbers
About our students
Students enrolled at Dalhousie University | over 19,000 |
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From out of province | 60% |
International students | 22% |
Average entering grade of first-year students | 87.6% |
Number of first-year students receiving entrance awards | 1,400 |
Number of Rhodes Scholars | 92 |
Number of countries represented | Over 115 |
About our faculty
Number of professors in 1863 | 6 |
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Number of professors in 2017 | 999 |
Percentage of faculty with a PhD or doctorate | 92% |
Student/faculty ratio | 16.5/1 |
About our research
Number of Canada Research Chairs | 60 (more than any university in Atlantic Canada) |
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Number of kilometres that Dalhousie-developed ‘lidar’ technology traveled through space to reach Mars | 184 million (approximately) |
Number of continents whose oceans are being monitored by Dalhousie's groundbreaking Ocean Tracking Network project | All 7 of them |
Dollars awarded annually in external research grants and awards |
$181 million |
More about Dal
Number of Faculties | 13 |
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Degree programs available | 200+ |
Number of alumni | 148,569 (fall 2020) |
Number of stars received from QS Stars, one of the top global university ratings systems |
5 out of 5 |
Students taking part in work-integrated learning |
nearly 90% |
Exchange programs for students | Over 90 (in more than 43 countries) |
Student clubs & societies | 400+ |
Student housing spaces | 2,660 in a variety of residences |
Year of founding | 1818 |
British pounds given by George Ramsay, ninth Earl of Dalhousie, to establish the university | £7,000 |
Estimated current value of Ramsay's gift |
$960,873 (Canadian dollars) |