成人大片 achieves enrolment target

成人大片 achieves enrolment target

December 15, 2014

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Queen鈥檚 has slightly exceeded its full-time enrolment target for the 2014 academic year, according to the 2014-15 annual enrolment report submitted to Senate at its December meeting. Queen鈥檚 2014 full-time enrolment is 21,667 students. The university expects to see a total enrolment of approximately 23,000 students by 2016.

That total includes both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as those enrolled in distance learning, professional programs or the Bader International Study Centre who are not resident on campus.

鈥淨ueen鈥檚 is well known for its transformative student learning experience and demand for our programs among highly qualified students continues to be very strong,鈥 said Daniel Woolf, Principal and Vice-Chancellor. 鈥淭he university plans to grow its enrolment modestly over the next two years, focusing on programs where we have capacity. This will help protect our financial sustainability and allow for further investment in areas such as student services and faculty renewal.鈥

Alan Harrison, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic), says that Queen鈥檚 university continues to invest in, and enhance student supports to meet evolving needs.

鈥淭wo new residence buildings will open in fall 2015, adding 550 spaces, and we have increased capacity in crucial areas like Health, Counselling and Disability Services, the International Centre, and in first-year transition support programs such as SOAR, Q Success and Bounce Back,鈥 says Harrison.

鈥淭he university鈥檚 international recruitment efforts are focused on attracting academically high achieving students to help enhance the international dimension of the Queen鈥檚 experience.鈥

- Alan Harrison, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic)

This year鈥檚 enrolment report also shows Queen鈥檚 progress in attracting international students, with nearly double the number of international undergraduates accepting Queen鈥檚 offer of admission compared to last year.

鈥淭he university鈥檚 international recruitment efforts are focused on attracting academically high achieving students to help enhance the international dimension of the Queen鈥檚 experience,鈥 says Harrison. 鈥淣early five per cent of the 2014 incoming undergraduate class is international and Queen鈥檚 continues to increase its recruitment efforts abroad.鈥

Queen鈥檚 has also made progress over the past few years in attracting Aboriginal students, with this year鈥檚 incoming class including 52 self-identified aboriginal students, an increase of 93 per cent over the 27 who began at Queen鈥檚 in 2011.

Queen鈥檚 enrolment targets are proposed annually by the Strategic Enrolment Management Group, in alignment with the , and approved by the university鈥檚 Senate.