Mount Saint Vincent University

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Mount Saint Vincent University

Former names	Mount Saint Vincent Academy (1873–1925), Mount Saint Vincent College (1925–1966)
Motto	Veritas ad Deum ducit (Latin)
Motto in English	"Truth Leads to God"
Type	Public liberal arts university
Established	1873; 151 years ago (1873)
Endowment	CAN$29.98 million[1] (as of March 31, 2018)
Chancellor	Sister Margaret Mary Fitzpatrick
President	Dr. Joël Dickinson
Vice-Chancellor	Dr. Joël Dickinson
Students	4,418 [2]
Undergraduates	3,318
Postgraduates	1,100
Address	166 Bedford Highway Halifax, Nova Scotia B3M 2J6 44°40′15″N 63°38′47″W / 44.67083°N 63.64639°W / 44.67083; -63.64639
Campus	Suburban
Colours	Dark Blue
Nickname	Mystics
Affiliations	AUCC, IAU, CBIE, CUP.
Mascot	Captain the crow
Website	http://www.msvu.ca/

Mount Saint Vincent University, often referred to as the Mount, is a public, primarily undergraduate, university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and was established in 1873. Mount Saint Vincent offers undergraduate Arts, Science, Education, and Professional Studies undergraduate programs. The Mount has 13 graduate degrees in Applied Human Nutrition, School Psychology, Child and Youth Study, Education, Family Studies and Gerontology, Public Relations and Women's Studies. The Mount offers a doctorate program and a Ph.D. in Educational Studies through a joint initiative with St. Francis Xavier University and Acadia University. The Mount offers over 190 courses, ten undergraduate degree programs, and four online graduate degree programs.^[3]

The university attracts many students partly because of its small class sizes, specialty programs, and location. The Mount has Canada Research Chairs in Gender Identity and Social Practices as well as Food Security and Policy Change. This institution is unique nationwide as it has a Chair in learning disabilities, a Master of Public Relations program, a Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies, and numerous other programs, faculty, and research initiatives.^[4]