Facts
ULethbridge quick facts
School motto
Latin, meaning Let There Be Light
School colours
Mascot
The fastest land mammal in the Western Hemisphere
School tradition
Touch the pronghorn statue outside the Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ Library for good luck before exams
Blackfoot name
Meaning Sacred Buffalo Stone
8,373
students
from more than 90 countries around the world
7,658
Undergraduate students
715
Graduate students
1070
Calgary Campus students
1,631
International students from 90 countries
One of Canada's leading research universities
The Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Lethbridge has built an outstanding record of research achievement. Our tradition of excellence has been achieved by the collective achievements of our researchers and fostered by our commitment to support high impact research across disciplines.
#1
Medical and Science Grants in Canada (²Ñ²¹³¦±ô±ð²¹²Ô’s 2024, 2023 and 2022 Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ Rankings (Primarily Undergraduate))
1 of 4
Comprehensive Academic and Research Universities in Alberta
17
Research Centres and Institutes
World-renowned faculty
Our faculty members bring their research into the classroom and actively engage students in research opportunities.
7
Royal Society of Canada Fellows
3
Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars
37
Research Chairs
2
3M National Teaching Fellows
Extraordinary facilities

Where you learn, shapes how you learn. With the opening of in 2019, we are home to Canada’s most advanced facility for science education and research.

With locations on both the Lethbridge and Calgary campuses, theis the best-equipped academic trading room in Western Canada.

Our includes more than 16,000 pieces, and is one of the most significant collections in Canada.
Strength in graduate studies

Our graduate enrolment reached more than 700 students in 2024.
More than 70 per cent of our graduate students in thesis-based programs present at conferences or meetings in their field of research.
More than 65 per cent of our doctoral students co-author papers in peer-reviewed journals.