Bishop's University

Bishop's University

Université Bishop's  (French)
Motto	Recti cultus pectora roborant  (Latin)
Motto in English	Sound learning strengthens the spirit
Established	1843
Affiliation	Non-denominational
Endowment	C$ 32.5 million
Chancellor	Brian Levitt
Principal	Michael Goldbloom
Students	2,756
Undergraduates	2,404 full-time students 352 part-time students
Location	Sherbrooke (Lennoxville), Quebec, Canada
Campus	Rural: 550 acres (220 ha)
Colours	Purple and Silver
Nickname	Bishop's Gaiters
Mascot	Alligator
Affiliations	AUCC, IAU, QSSF, CBIE, CUP.
Website	http://www.ubishops.ca

Coordinates: 45°22′0.16″N 71°50′43.67″W / 45.3667111°N 71.8454639°W / 45.3667111; -71.8454639

Bishop's University is a predominantly undergraduate university in Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Bishop's is one of three universities in the province of Quebec that teach primarily in English (the others being McGill University and Concordia University, both in Montreal). The university shares a campus with its neighbour, Champlain College Lennoxville, an English-language public college. It remains one of Canada's few primarily undergraduate universities. Established in 1843 as Bishop's College and affiliated with the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in 1853, the school remained under the Anglican church's direction from its founding until 1947. Since that time, the university has been a non-denominational institution. Bishop's University has graduated fifteen Rhodes Scholars.

Bishop's College was established by Bishop George Jehoshaphat Mountain on December 9, 1843, in Lennoxville, Quebec, for the education of members of the Church of England and erected into a university in 1853. The school was founded by Bishop Mountain, the third Anglican bishop of Quebec as a liberal arts college. In 1845, instruction began, and in 1854, the first degrees were granted. The first principal of the college was Bishop Mountain's nephew.