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UPEI reaches all-time high enrolment in 2008-2009 academic year
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Despite regional demographic challenges in post-secondary enrolment, the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) recorded its highest-ever enrolment for full and part-time students for this academic year.
Enrolment statistics released by the Association of Atlantic Universities today show that total full and part-time enrolment at UPEI stands at 4,245 this year, an increase of 5.5 per cent over last year. The number of full and part-time undergraduate students rose to 3,968, and full and part-time graduate students increased to 277.
“Increased enrolment at UPEI reflects our growing reputation for high-quality, diverse undergraduate and graduate programs, strong student engagement, cutting-edge research, and award-winning faculty,” says Rosemary Herbert, vice-president of academic development.
In fact, a recently released National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) shows that first- and fourth-year students attending UPEI have a high degree of satisfaction with their experience at the university. Of 1,513 first-year and fourth-year students invited to fill out the survey, 53 per cent completed it in the spring of 2008, well above the Canadian average response rate of 39 per cent.
First-year science student Dana Hadway, from Didsbury, Alberta, is one of 15 first-year students attending UPEI from that province. Now one of three Alberta students on the UPEI women’s field hockey team, Hadway is enjoying the positive learning and social environment that the university offers its students.
“UPEI is really friendly,” she says. “It’s a close-knit community – there is always someone to talk to, and the other teams always come to cheer us on. Academically, I really appreciate the small class sizes and the fact that our professors are more than willing to help us and spend time with us.”
The number of international students at UPEI increased to 354, up 27.8 per cent over last year and a record high for the university. The students come from 46 countries around the world, including China, Korea, France, Finland, Sweden, Mexico, Japan and Australia.
Fourth-year business student Cuiying Li, of Guangzhou, China, says that when she came to UPEI, she discovered that it offers international students a supportive environment to learn English. She also enjoys her course work, reasonable tuition and small class sizes here. In fact because of her experience, three of her friends from Guangzhou are studying computer science and business at UPEI.
Recruitment officer Chris Power has noticed in his travels that more and more students across Canada are taking note of UPEI and asking for information about the programs offered here.
“Some of our greatest ambassadors are our current students, sharing stories in their local communities.”
Enrolment statistics released by the Association of Atlantic Universities today show that total full and part-time enrolment at UPEI stands at 4,245 this year, an increase of 5.5 per cent over last year. The number of full and part-time undergraduate students rose to 3,968, and full and part-time graduate students increased to 277.
“Increased enrolment at UPEI reflects our growing reputation for high-quality, diverse undergraduate and graduate programs, strong student engagement, cutting-edge research, and award-winning faculty,” says Rosemary Herbert, vice-president of academic development.
In fact, a recently released National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) shows that first- and fourth-year students attending UPEI have a high degree of satisfaction with their experience at the university. Of 1,513 first-year and fourth-year students invited to fill out the survey, 53 per cent completed it in the spring of 2008, well above the Canadian average response rate of 39 per cent.
First-year science student Dana Hadway, from Didsbury, Alberta, is one of 15 first-year students attending UPEI from that province. Now one of three Alberta students on the UPEI women’s field hockey team, Hadway is enjoying the positive learning and social environment that the university offers its students.
“UPEI is really friendly,” she says. “It’s a close-knit community – there is always someone to talk to, and the other teams always come to cheer us on. Academically, I really appreciate the small class sizes and the fact that our professors are more than willing to help us and spend time with us.”
The number of international students at UPEI increased to 354, up 27.8 per cent over last year and a record high for the university. The students come from 46 countries around the world, including China, Korea, France, Finland, Sweden, Mexico, Japan and Australia.
Fourth-year business student Cuiying Li, of Guangzhou, China, says that when she came to UPEI, she discovered that it offers international students a supportive environment to learn English. She also enjoys her course work, reasonable tuition and small class sizes here. In fact because of her experience, three of her friends from Guangzhou are studying computer science and business at UPEI.
Recruitment officer Chris Power has noticed in his travels that more and more students across Canada are taking note of UPEI and asking for information about the programs offered here.
“Some of our greatest ambassadors are our current students, sharing stories in their local communities.”
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