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UPEI

University of Prince Edward Island
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Former names
Prince of Wales College (1860); Saint Dunstan's University (1855)
Motto Faith, Knowledge, Service
Type Public
Established 1969
Affiliation non-denominational
Endowment $20 million
Chancellor Don McDougall
President Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz
Academic staff
252 permanent, 51 term faculty (includes 5 3M Teaching Award winners & 15 funded research chairs)
Students 3,995
Undergraduates 3,543
Postgraduates 452
Location 550 University Avenue
Charlottetown
, Prince Edward Island, Canada
C1A 4P3
Campus mixed rural / urban
Sport Teams UPEI Panthers
Colours          Green & Red
Nickname Panthers
Mascot Pride the Panther
Affiliations ACU; CIS; AUCC; AUS; CBIE
Website http://upei.ca/

The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is a public liberal arts university in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and the sole university in the province. Founded in 1969, the enabling legislation is the University Act, R.S.P.E.I 2000.

The university traces its roots back to 1804, when Lt. Governor Edmund Fanning and the Legislative Council of Prince Edward Island called for the establishment of Kent College. By 1820, the first Kent College building, known as "the National School", or James Breading's School was erected. Later succeeded by Central Academy, which received a Royal Charter in 1834. The Colleges were renamed for the Prince of Wales in honour of the future King Edward VII in 1860. The University of Prince Edward Island also traces its roots back to its two earlier predecessor organizations, St. Dunstan's University and Prince of Wales College, founded in 1855 and 1860 respectively. The two institutions were merged in 1969 by the government of Alex Campbell as part of a campaign to integrate the Island's Roman Catholic and Protestant communities, which had previously maintained the two separate institutions of higher learning. Holland College was later created to fill the void left by the merger of Prince of Wales College into the university. The University of Prince Edward Island is a non-denominational university established in 1969 by the amalgamation of Prince of Wales College (PWC) founded in 1834, and St. Dunstan's University (SDU) founded in 1855. The first student to enrol was Elizabeth Rollins Epperly, who would later become president. Its predecessor institutions ceased to operate although St. Dunstan's still retains its charter and the lands that were home to Prince of Wales became the campus for Holland College. UPEI is located on the former St. Dunstan's campus.


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